As with a number of specific areas in the medical professions, the field of personality disorders has experienced a period of rapid growth and development over the past decade. This volume offers the student, practitioner and researcher a single source for the most up-to-date research and treatment writing on a variety of specific areas within the field. Chapters address issues of relevance to personality disorders such as recovery from cancer, schema therapy, borderline personality, chronic depression, and substance abuse. Additional emphasis has been placed on the expansion of each topic...