Family Treatment of Personality Disorders: Advances in Clinical Practice »

Help families cope with the impact of personality dysfunction!

Family Treatment of Personality Disorders: Advances in Clinical Practice examines the application of marital and family therapy approaches to the treatment of a wide range of personality disorders. Valuable on its own and doubly useful as a companion volume to Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice (Haworth), the book integrates traditional individual models with family systems models to provide a multidimensional approach to treating personality disorders. Each chapter is written by a family therapist with extensive experience treating personality disorders and includes a case example, an exploration of the impact of the disorder on family members, a look at cultural and gender issues, and an examination of how the model is integrated with traditional psychiatric services and the use of medication.

Family Treatment of Personality Disorders is a single, accessible source for significant contributions to the emerging literature on family treatment approaches that, until now, have been scattered through journals representing a variety of disciplines. The book s strong clinical focus provides a concise summary of relevant theory and interventions for effective treatment, including discussion of how to manage crises and acting out behavior. Edited by a practicing frontline clinician, the book provides an overview of the personality disorders field, examines the Structural Analysis of Social Behavior model and the Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy approach, and presents detailed descriptions of key concepts and treatment approaches.

Family Treatment of Personality Disorders focuses on specific DSM-IV personality disorders, including:

• borderline
• narcissistic
• histrionic
• obsessive-compulsive
• passive-aggressive
• avoidant
• dependent
• paranoid

Family Treatment of Personality Disorders: Advances in Clinical Practice is an excellent resource for clinicians treating mental health problems and for academic work in family psychopathology and family therapy and mental health.

Part I: Overview
Chapter 1. Family Treatment of Personality Disorders: Historical Overview and Current Perspectives (Jeffrey J. Magnavita and Malcolm M. MacFarlane)
Chapter 2. An Interpersonal Family-Oriented Approach to Personality Disorder (Lorna Smith Benjamin and Gretta Cushing)
Chapter 3. An Object Relations Approach to the Treatment of Personality Disordered Marriages (Charles C. McCormack)
Part II: Specific Disorders
Chapter 4. Marital and Family Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (Judith K. Kreisman and Jerold J. Kreisman)
Chapter 5. Family Therapy with a Histrionic-Obsessive Couple (Len Sperry)
Chapter 6. Integrative Marital and Family Treatment of Dependent Personality Disorders (William C. Nichols)
Chapter 7. Systemic Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: An Integrative Approach (Malcolm M. MacFarlane)
Chapter 8. Family Treatment of Passive Aggressive (Negativistic) Personality Disorder (Jon Carlson, Kimberly A. Melton, and Kim Snow)
Chapter 9. Family Therapy of Avoidant Personality Disorder (Peter D. McLean and Carmen P. McLean)
Chapter 10. Treating the Borderline Mother: Integrating EMDR with a Family Systems Perspective (Christine Ann Lawson)
Chapter 11. Relationship Enhancement Family Therapy with Narcissistic Personality Disorder (Marsha J. Harman and Michael Waldo)
Chapter 12. Couple Therapy with a Paranoid Personality Disordered Client (Paul S. Links and Michelle Stockwell)
Index
Reference Notes Included