{"product_id":"personality-disorders-and-older-adults-diagnosis-assessment-and-treatment-hardback-9780471649830","title":"Personality Disorders and Older Adults; Diagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment (Hardback) 9780471649830","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePersonality Disorders and Older Adults\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDiagnosis, Assessment, and Treatment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe chapter on evolutionary theory and the development of personality disorders is especially creative and cutting-edge. \"Personality Disorders and Older Adults\" should be on the bookshelf of all mental health professionals who work with ‘problem’ clients in geriatric settings, and of all academics who want to understand the latest thinking on personality and dysfunction.--Victor Molinari, University of South Florida\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel L. Segal (Author), Frederick L. Coolidge (Author), Erlene Rosowsky (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780471649830, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 May 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.3 x 19.6 x 2.5 cm, 0.785 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The foreword describes this book as the best of its kind in the field of personality disorders of the elderly. I fully agree and recommend it to practitioners, researchers, and educators. It should be required reading for graduate students in psychology and for those preparing for careers in mental health. It really is an outstanding book!\"\u003cbr\u003e —Norman Abeles (\u003ci\u003ePsycCRITIQUES\u003c\/i\u003e, August 15, 2007)  \u003cp\u003e\"The authors have provided a useful guide to understanding and treating older patients.\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease\u003c\/i\u003e, volume 195, No 8, August 2007)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe older adult population is booming in the United State and across the globe. With this boom comes an increase in the number of older adults who experience psychological disorders. Current estimates suggest that about 20% of older persons are diagnosable with a mental disorder: Personality disorders are among the most poorly understood, challenging, and frustrating of these disorders among older adults. This book is designed to provide scholarly and scientifically-based guidance about the diagnosis, assessment, and treatment of personality disorders to health professionals, mental health professionals, and senior service professionals who encounter personality-disordered or \"difficult\" older adults.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword.\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePreface.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1. Introduction to Personality Disorders and Aging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Demographics of Aging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMental Health and Aging: The Big Picture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOverview of Personality and Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory of the Personality Disorder Category.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Conceptualizations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV-TR\u003c\/i\u003e Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenges Associated with Personality Disorder Psychopathology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout This Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2. The Odd and Eccentric (Cluster A) Personality Disorders and Aging.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Diagnostic Criteria.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCluster A Personality Disorders: Paranoid, Schizoid, and Schizotypal.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParanoid Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchizoid Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSchizotypal Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3. The Dramatic, Emotional, and Erratic (Cluster B) Personality Disorders and Aging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCluster B Personality Disorders: Antisocial, Borderline, Histrionic, and Narcissistic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAntisocial Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBorderline Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistrionic Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarcissitic Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4. The Fearful or Anxious (Cluster C) Personality Disorders and Aging.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCluster C Personality Disorders: Avoidant, Dependent, and Obsessive-Compulsive.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAvoidant Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDependent Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eObsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5. Other Personality Disorders and Aging: Sadistic, Self-Defeating, Depressive, Passive-Aggressive, and Inadequate.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonality Disorders in \u003ci\u003eDSM-III-R\u003c\/i\u003e Appendix A and in \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV-TR\u003c\/i\u003e Appendix B.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSadistic Personality Disorder: \u003ci\u003eDSM-III-R\u003c\/i\u003e Appendix A.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Self-Defeating Personality Disorder: \u003ci\u003eDSM-III-R\u003c\/i\u003e  Appendix A.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDepressive Personality Disorder: \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV-TR\u003c\/i\u003e  Appendix B.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePassive-Aggressive Personality Disorder: \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV-TR\u003c\/i\u003e Appendix B.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInadequate Personality Disorder—A Manifestation of Frontal Lobe Syndrome?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInadequate Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6. Epidemiology and Comorbidity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpidemiology of Personality Disorders in Later Adult Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity and Psychiatric Samples.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Debate about Stability versus Change for the Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpidemiology and Gender.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourse and Prognosis for the Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComorbidity: General Issues.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComorbidity of Personality Disorders with Clinical Disorders and with other Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonality Disorders and Dementia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7. Theories of Personality Disorders: Cognitive, Psychoanalytic, and Interpersonal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive Theories of Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive Therapy Basics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication to Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychoanalytic Theories of Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProvinces and Instincts of the Psyche.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeuroses, Psychoses, and Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychoanalytic Theory and Aging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief Note about the Humanistic Approach.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterpersonal Theories of Personality Disorders.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Horney’s Interpersonal View of the Personality, Personality Disorders, and the Basic Conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHorney’s Description of Types.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Resolution of Neurotic Conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHorney, Feminist Psychology, and Humanism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHorney, Aging, and Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8. Theories of Personality Disorders: Evolutionary and Neurobiological.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolutionary Theories of Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBasic Concepts of Evolutionary Theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication to Antisocial, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Dependent, and Avoidant Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication to Borderline Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication to Paranoid Personality Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication to Schizoid, Schizotypal, and Avoidant Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeurobiological Theories of Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9. Assessment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChart\/Records Review.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Clinical Interview of the Patient.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterview with Informants.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-Report Objective Personality Instruments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMillon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonality Diagnostic Questionnaire-Fourth Edition Plus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoolidge Axis II Inventory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMinnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNEO Personality Inventory-Revised.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication of Personality Inventorieswith Older Adults.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSemi-Structured Clinical Interview.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Structured Interview for \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV\u003c\/i\u003e Personality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInternational Personality Disorder Examination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStructured Clinical Interview for \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV\u003c\/i\u003e Axis II Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePersonality Disorder Interview-IV 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiagnostic Interview for \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV\u003c\/i\u003e Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApplication of Semi-Structured Interviews with Older Adults.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10. Treatment: General Issues and Models.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCore Features of Personality Disorder Affecting Treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReliance on Primitive Defenses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRigidity of Character Structure and Limited Repertoire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEffect on Others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCourse of Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoutes into Treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunction of Buffering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunction of Bolstering.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunction of Binding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Essential Caveat.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoals of Treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInvisibility of Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat (Little) Is Known.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComorbidity of Axis I and Axis II Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Comorbidity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTreatments and Therapies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSomatic Treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychological Treatments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCountertransference.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGuideposts for Treatment Planning and Goal Setting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstanding the Phenomenology of Personality Disorders and Helping Guide Treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns of Attachment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside and Outside Feeders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRules of Personality Disorders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIllusion of Uniqueness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11. The “Goodness of Fit” Model and Its Implications for Treatment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Goodness of Fit” Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrait Template.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUtility of a Personality Trait Model.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eImplications of the Goodness of Fit Model for Designing a Treatment Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReferences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor Index.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52502951624984,"sku":"9780471649830","price":60.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780471649830.jpg?v=1786320872","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/personality-disorders-and-older-adults-diagnosis-assessment-and-treatment-hardback-9780471649830","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}