Handbook of Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment

by W. John Livesley (Editor), Roseann Larstone (Editor)

The leading reference on personality disorders and their treatment, this authoritative work is now significantly revised with 80% new content reflecting important advances in the field. Preeminent experts provide in-depth coverage of conceptual and taxonomic issues, psychopathology, epidemiology and longitudinal course, etiology and development, and specific diagnoses. Diagnostic issues are explored and available assessment instruments discussed. All available evidence-based treatments are reviewed in consistently organized chapters that cover theoretical and empirical foundations as well as clinical strategies, facilitating comparison of the various approaches.

New to This Edition
*Incorporates more than 15 years of major research advances; includes 21 chapters on new topics.
*Critically examines DSM-5 diagnostic criteria.
*Chapters on additional treatments--mentalization-based treatment, schema-focused therapy, transference-based psychotherapy, and systems training for emotional predictability and problem solving.
*Chapters on dimensional models, longitudinal studies, and personality pathology in children and adolescents.
*Chapters on specific antisocial/psychopathic, borderline, and obsessive–compulsive personality disorder.
*Integrative section introductions by the editors.

See also Integrated Treatment for Personality Disorder, edited by W. John Livesley, Giancarlo Dimaggio, and John F. Clarkin, which weaves multiple well-established intervention strategies into a systematic modular approach.

Genres: Psychology

712 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall, this is an extremely valuable resource if you are a researcher or clinician interested in personality disorders. Some of the research chapters could do a better job of synthesizing the findings rather than just listing them and examining them and I do wish there was more information on a broader range of personality disorders (other than BPD and ASPD), but that narrowness is probably more a product of the field than the book itself.

The major content domains are Conceptual and Taxonomic issues (excellent), Psychopathology (solid if perhaps a bit superficial), Epidemiology (useful but dense and could have benefited from more synthesis), Etiology (not as useful to me as a clinician, better found in treatment manuals), Diagnosis and Assessment (interesting and useful), Specific patterns (limited in breadth), Evidence based interventions (excellent and impressively comprehensive)

[Ozias · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of useful information for clinicians, but the size of the book, and the layout of it makes it difficult to read. Essentially, it's formated like a collection of journals - which are easier to read digitally imo.