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Authors: Salman Akhtar
ISBN-13: 9780876685389, ISBN-10: 0876685386
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
Date Published: January 1992
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Salman Akhtar

Book Synopsis

This book integrates psychiatry and psychoanalysis to present deeper and sounder clinical profiles of the personality disorders than have been hitherto available.

	Foreword
	Preface and Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Identity
1	Identity and Its Origins	3
2	The Syndrome of Identity Diffusion	25
Pt. II	The Personality Disorders
3	Narcissistic Personality Disorder	45
4	Borderline Personality Disorder	79
5	Schizoid Personality Disorder	121
6	Paranoid Personality Disorder	149
7	Hypomanic Personality Disorder	177
8	Antisocial Personality Disorder	201
9	Histrionic and Schizotypal Personality Disorders	247
Pt. III	Psychotherapy
10	Initial Evaluation and Early Treatment Decisions	275
11	Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy	309
Pt. IV	Coda
12	Summary, Conclusion, and Recommendations	355
	References	377
	Credits	409
	Index	411