Handbook of personality disorders : theory and practice / edited by Jeffrey J. Magnavita.

Sect. 1. Etiology, Theory, Psychopathology, and Assessment -- 1. Classification, Prevalence, and Etiology of Personality Disorders: Related Issues and Controversy / Jeffrey J. Magnavita -- 2. Psychopathologic Assessment Can Usefully Inform Therapy: A View from the Study of Personality / Theodore Millon and Seth D. Grossman -- 3. The Relevance of Theory in Treating Personality Dysfunction / Jeffrey J. Magnavita -- 4. Assessing the Dimensions of Personality Disorder / Philip Erdberg -- 5. Borderline Personality Disorder and Borderline Personality Organization: Psychopathology and Psychotherapy / Otto F. Kernberg -- 6. Personality Disorder or Relational Disconnection? / Judith V. Jordan -- 7. Sociocultural Factors in the Treatment of Personality Disorders / Joel Paris -- Sect. 2. Contemporary Psychotherapeutic Treatment Models -- 8. Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy (IRT) for Individuals with Personality Disorder / Lorna Smith Benjamin -- 9. Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders / James Pretzer -- 10. The Treatment of Personality Adaptations Using Redecision Therapy / Vann S. Joines -- 11. Dialectical Behavior Therapy of Severe Personality Disorders / Clive J. Robins and Cedar R. Koons -- 12. Time-Limited Dynamic Psychotherapy / Hanna Levenson -- 13. Close Process Attention in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy / Frank Knoblauch -- 14. Application of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to Personality Disorders / Philip Manfield and Francine Shapiro -- Sect. 3. Broadening the Scope of Treatment: Special Populations and Settings -- 15. Pharmacotherapy of Personality Disorders / Robert Grossman -- 16. Day Treatment of Personality Disorders / John S. Ogrodniczuk and William E. Piper -- 17. Residential Treatment of Personality Disorders: The Containing Function / Barri Belnap, Cuneyt Iscan and Eric M. Plakun -- 18. Treatment of Personality Disorders with Co-occuring Substance Dependence: Dual Focus Schema Therapy / Samuel A. Ball -- 19. Personality-Guided Therapy for Treating Medical Patients / Ellen A. Dornelas -- 20. The Role of Trauma, Memory, Neurobiology, and the Self in the Formation of Personality Disorders / Mark R. Elin -- Sect. 4. Expanding the Range of Treatment: Child, Adolescent, and Elderly Models -- 21. Treatment of Dramatic Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents / Efrain Bleiberg -- 22. Treatment of Personality Disorders in Older Adults: A Community Mental Health Model / Rosemary Snapp Kean, Kathleen M. Hoey and Stephen L. Pinals -- Sect. 5. Research Findings and Future Challenges -- 23. Empirical Research on the Treatment of Personality Disorders / Paul Crits-Christoph and Jacques P. Barber -- 24. Toward a Unified Model of Treatment for Personality Dysfunction / Jeffrey J. Magnavita.