Recent Research in Personality Disorders, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics, 1e (The Clinics: Internal Medicine)
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EAN/UPC/ISBN Code
9781416063452
Brand
Saunders W B Co
Author
Joel Paris
Pages
240
Year of production
2008
This issue on "Recent Research on Personality Behaviors” discusses diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology, outcome and treatment for these perplexing disorders. Topics include: Diagnosis: Dimensional diagnosis for PDs, Improving categorical diagnosis of PDs, Separating traits from personality disorders. Epidemiology: The community prevalence of PDs, The clinical prevalence of PDs. Etiology: Genetics of PDs, Neurobiological and imaging studies, The neurobiology of psychopathy, Child development and PDs. Outcome: The long-term outcome of PDs, Mechanisms of recovery in PDs. Treatment: Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments, Managing suicidality, Future directions in PD research.