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Severe Personality Disorders

This book is about understanding and managing patients with severe personality disorders. It

covers biological, psychoanalytic and cognitive behavioral approaches and provides a pragmatic

guide to best practice, based on the published evidence, where this is available.

As well as discussing issues of severity, treatability and the range of appropriate management

options, the content explores the common elements of effective interventions and covers early

prediction, countertransference, disruptions of the therapeutic alliance, suicidal crises and what

to do when dealing with dangerous, refractory and stalking patients.

The chapters are authored by an international cast of distinguished investigators and

innovators from the ﬁeld.

This is a holistic, practical guide to the treatment of patients with a range of these disorders

and it should be read by all the members of the mental health team dealing with this

challenging clinical group.

Bert van Luyn is Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Head of Transmural Services for Longterm

Psychiatric Disorders, Symfora Groep, The Netherlands.

Salman Akhtar is Professor of Psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and Supervising and

Training Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, USA.

W. John Livesley is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British

Columbia, Canada.

Severe Personality

Disorders

Edited by

Bert van Luyn

Symfora groep, Amersfoort

Salman Akhtar

Department of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia

W. John Livesley

Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

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First published in print format

2007

ISBN-13 978-0-511-35592-9

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ISBN-13 978-0-521-85651-5

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ISBN-10 0-521-85651-5

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