Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry Arena

How to Talk to a Borderline

• By Joan Lachkar.

Published November 2010

In How to Talk to a Borderline, Joan Lachkar introduces Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and outlines the challenges and difficulties it presents to clinicians. She expands current understanding of BPD by outlining eight different kinds of borderline personality disorders and how each of these…
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Treating Personality Disorder

Creating Robust Services for People with Complex Mental Health Needs

• Edited by Naomi Murphy, and Des McVey.

Published May 2010

This book considers personality disorders and how they are treated within the institutional context of prisons and hospitals and offers practical guidance on assessment, formulation and integrated treatment planning. Treating Personality Disorder offers contributions from professionals in…
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Metacognition and Severe Adult Mental Disorders

From Research to Treatment

• Edited by Giancarlo Dimaggio, and Paul H. Lysaker.

Published March 2010

Many adults who experience severe mental illness also suffer from deficits in metacognition - put simply, thinking about one’s own thought processes - limiting their abilities to recognize, express and manage naturally occurring painful emotions and routine social problems as well as to fathom the…
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

Distinctive Features

• By Michaela A. Swales, and Heidi L. Heard.

Published December 2008

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is a psychotherapeutic approach designed particularly to treat the problems of chronically suicidal individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The therapy articulates a series of principles that effectively guide clinicians in responding to suicidal…
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Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders

Personality Disorders and Addiction

• By Sharon C. Ekleberry.

Published October 2008

Integrated Treatment for Co-Occurring Disorders addresses a complex client population, which presents service providers with significant professional challenges. Underlying personality disorders compromise treatment effectiveness for medical, other psychiatric, or trauma services, as well as the…
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Borderline Personality Disorder

Meeting the Challenges to Successful Treatment

• By Perry D Hoffman, and Penny Steiner-Grossman.

Published April 2008

Explore and understand new approaches in Borderline therapy Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) lags far behind other disorders such as schizophrenia in terms of research and treatment interventions. Debates about diagnosis, etiology, neurobiology, genetics, medication, and treatment still…
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Borderline Personality Disorder

Meeting the Challenges to Successful Treatment

• By Perry D Hoffman, and Penny Steiner-Grossman.

Published April 2008

Explore and understand new approaches in Borderline therapy. Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) lags far behind other disorders such as schizophrenia in terms of research and treatment interventions. Debates about diagnosis, etiology, neurobiology, genetics, medication, and treatment still…
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Managing Personality Disordered Offenders in the Community

A Psychological Approach

• By John Dowsett, and Jackie Craissati.

Published October 2007

Drawing on the latest evidence from the disparate worlds of mental health and criminal justice, Managing Personality Disordered Offenders in the Community provides a practical guide to the management and treatment of a group who comprise some of the most troubled offenders, who provoke the most…
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Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders

A Guide for Clinicians

• By Kate Davidson.

Published August 2007

It is increasingly recognized that a significant number of individuals with personality disorders can benefit from therapy. In this new edition - based on the treatment of over a hundred patients with antisocial and borderline personality disorders - Kate Davidson demonstrates that clinicians using…
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Personality Disorders

• By Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, and Jan Henk Kamphuis.

Published June 2007

This comprehensive evidence-based book provides a broad and in-depth coverage of personality disorders across a variety of patient groups and treatment settings. Emmelkamp and Kamphuis bring together research examining psychological and biological variables that may play a role in the development…
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