Social Factors in the Personality Disorders: Finding a Niche

ISBN-13: 9781108811637 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 126 str.

Montréal) Joel Paris (McGill University

Opis

Synthesizing the very latest research, this book focuses on the social context of personality disorders. It considers how personality traits and disorders interact with social demands and opportunities, and offers a broad biopsychosocial perspective that will greatly assist mental health professionals with understanding and treatment.

Spis treści

Part I. General Principles: 1. Personality disorders: The history of an idea; 2. Personality traits and personality disorders; Part II. Social Mechanisms: 3. Social content and personality; 4. Modernity and personality disorder; Part III. Specific Patterns of Disorder: 5. The borderline pattern; 6. The problem of narcissism; 7. Antisocial personality disorder; 8. Other personality disorders; Part IV. Models and Clinical Applications: 9. A biopsychosocial model of personality disorder; 10. Finding a niche.