Recent research in personality disorders: an issue of psychiatric clinics

This issue on ‘Recent Research on Personality Behaviors’ discusses diagnosis,epidemiology, etiology, outcome and treatment for these perplexing disorders.Topics include: Diagnosis: Dimensional diagnosis for PDs, Improving categorical diagnosis of PDs, Separating traits from personality disorders. Epidemiology: The community prevalence of PDs, The clinical prevalence of PDs. Etiology: Genetics of PDs, Neurobiological and imaging studies, The neurobiology of psychopathy, Child development and PDs. Outcome: The long-term outcome of PDs, Mechanisms of recovery in PDs. Treatment: Pharmacological and psychotherapeutic treatments, Managing suicidality, Future directions in PD research.

• ISBN: 978-1-4160-6345-2
• Editorial: Saunders
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Fecha Publicación: 18/08/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés