Personality Disorders: Recognition and Clinical Management

Dowson, Jonathan H.; Grounds, Adrian T.

ISBN 10: 0521450497 / ISBN 13: 9780521450492

Published by Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / New York., 1995

About this Item

8vo, hardcover. No dj. Vg condition. Single non-circulating ex-lib stamp on top text-block edge (only marking), short, thin split to rear edge of spine, to minimal effect, contents bright & clean, binding tight. xii, 400 p.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Personality Disorders: Recognition and Clinical Management
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge / New York.
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521450497
• ISBN 13: 9780521450492
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Although the importance of personality disorders have not generally been recognized in clinical practice, they are the origins of many medical consultations and social ills: from substance abuse, alcoholism, self-harm and suicide, to neglect of children, criminality and HIV transmission. In a comprehensive summary and evaluation of the clinical literature, this book seeks to dispel the myth that people with personality disorders are simply individuals for whom nothing can be done. With detailed coverage of recognition, assessment and management, Drs. Dowson and Grounds provide a coordinated empirically-based account of those aspects of personality disorders that are of relevance to psychiatrists and allied disciplines.

From the Back Cover

Although the long-term patterns of problem-behaviour that form personality disorders are part of the major classifications of disease, they have a generally unrecognized importance in clinical practice. These disorders are the origins of many medical consultations and social ills, perhaps associated with self-harm, suicide, neglect of children, criminality, alcohol and drug abuse, HIV transmission and 'accidents'. In a comprehensive summary and evaluation of the clinical literature, this book seeks to dispel the myth that personality disorder is simply a category for those problem individuals for whom nothing can be done. With detailed coverage of recognition, assessment and management, Drs Dowson and Grounds provide a co-ordinated empirically-based account of those aspects of personality disorders which are of relevance to psychiatrists and allied disciplines, including clinical psychologists, social workers, criminologists, specialist nurses and primary care physicians. It describes how many individuals with personality disorders can be helped by health care services.