The author is keenly aware of the profound societal, ethical and philosophical issues that arise in and around the no man's land' occupied by personality disordered individuals...this book, like the diagnosis' of its essential character, has no national boundaries. The subject-matter is representative of a clinical situation that could arise and has arisen in many jurisdictions. The bad or mad' conundrum confronts the very credibility of psychiatry and its knowledge base...the potential readership of this book has no established parameters and will appeal to many. This book is highly...