Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-59385-834-6
Verlag: GUILFORD PUBN

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 506 g

Organizing a vast body of scientific literature, this indispensable book presents the state of the art in understanding borderline personality disorder (BPD) and distills key treatment principles that therapists need to know. Rather than advocating a particular approach, Joel Paris examines a range of therapies and identifies the core ingredients of effective intervention. He offers specific guidance for meeting the needs of this challenging population, including ways to improve diagnosis, promote emotion regulation and impulse control, maintain appropriate therapeutic boundaries, and deal with suicidality and other crises. Highly readable, practical, and humane, the book also explains the latest thinking on the causes of BPD and how it develops.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Paris, Joel

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Definitions1. Making the Diagnosis2. The Boundaries of BPD3. Personality and Development II. Causes 4. Risk Factors5. A General ModelIII. Treatment6. Outcome7. Pharmacotherapy8. Psychotherapy9. Guidelines for Management10. Therapeutic Interventions11. Problems in Therapy12. Suicidality and Hospitalization13. Research Directions

Über Autor(innen)

Joel Paris, MD, is a Research Associate at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital in Montreal. Since 1994, he has been a Full Professor at McGill University and served as Chair of its Department of Psychiatry from 1997 to 2007. He has supervised psychiatric evaluation with residents for over 30 years and has won many awards for his teaching. Dr. Paris is a past president of the Association for Research on Personality Disorders. Over the last 20 years, he has conducted research on the biological and psychosocial causes and the long-term outcome of borderline personality disorder. Dr. Paris is the author of 153 peer-reviewed articles, 11 books, and 36 book chapters. He is also Editor in Chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.