This 8th volume of the WPA series in Evidence and
Experience in Psychiatry provides an update of research evidence
and clinical experience concerning personality disorders.
A general term for a group of behavioural disorders, personality
disorders are usually characterised by lifelong, ingrained,
maladaptive patterns of deviant behaviour, lifestyle and social
adjustment that are different in quality from psychotic and
neurotic symptoms. The book reviews recent progress and
current controversies in this area, providing a guide to clinicians
and a contribution to the ongoing revision of the two main
diagnostic systems, the DSM-IV and ICD-10.
Written by Mario Maj, an internationally renowned psychiatrist
and secretary for publications of the World Psychiatric
Association, this work includes coverage of neuroscientific and
psychiatric aspects and is an unbiased and reliable reference
point.
विषयसूची
List of Review Contributors.
Preface
Chapter 1. Schizotypal, Schizoid and Paranoid Disorders
Cluster A Personality Disorders: A Review (Josef Parnas, Deborah
Licht and Pierre Bovet).
Chapter 2. Antisocial Disorder
Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Review (C. Robert
Cloninger).
Chapter 3. Histrionic and Borderline Disorder
Borderline and Histrionic Personality Disorders: A Review
(Michael H. Stone).
Chapter 4. Narcissistic Disorder
Narcissistic Personality Disorder: A Review (Elsa
Ronningstam).
Chapter 5. The Anxious Cluster
The Anxious Cluster of Personality Disorders: A Review (Peter
Tyrer).
Chapter 6. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder
The Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder (OCPD): A Review
(Paul T. Costa, Jack Samuels, Michael Bagby, Lee Daffin and Hillary
Norton).
Epilogue: The Renaissance of the Ancient Concept of Temperament
(with a Focus on Affective Temperaments) (Hagop S. Akiskal and
Kareen Akiskal).
Index.
लेखक के बारे में
Mario Maj, University of Naples, Italy
Hagop S. Asiskal, University of California, San Diego,
USA
Juan E. Mezzich, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New
York, USA
Ahmed Okasha, Ain Shams University, Cario, Egypt