[资源] Personality Disorders (WPA Series in Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry)

ISBN: 0470090367 Title: Personality Disorders (WPA Series in Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry) Author: Mario Maj, Hagop S. Akiskal, Juan E. Mezzich, Ahmed Okasha Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Publication Date: 2005-04-01 Number Of Pages: 536 Average Amazon Rating: 4.0 Editorial Description 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 contro  ...read whole description Personality Disorders (WPA Series in Evidence & Experience in Psychiatry) size: approx. 2.2 MB Be guided by the evidence ... Personality Disorders are among the mental disorders for which the gap between research evidence and clinical practice is most significant. They are currently underdiagnosed and undertreated. Even of an appropriate diagnosis os made, treatment is rarely evidence-based. This book aims to review recent progress and current controversies in this area, providing a guide to clinicians and a contribution to the ongoing revision of the main diagnostic systems. Personality Disorders offers: A comprehensive update on the diagnosis, course and outcome, and treatment of the social and economic burden and perspective and perspectives in the classification An overview of clinical, biological and psychosocial research in the area The unique series format of systematic reviews followed by commentaries Personality Disorders is the eighth volume in the WPA Series "Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry. The book is an unbiased and reliable reference point for all psychiatrists, psychologists, mental health nurses and policy makers.

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