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The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Personality Disorders

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Personality traits, styles, and disorders are a very complex domain in the Behavioral Sciences. Personality Disorders are currently still catalogued as Axis II disorders in the DSM-IV-TR (APA, 2000).

Soon we will be blessed by the 5th edition of the DSM. Personality disorders are planned to be one of the hottest topic in the new edition. Diagnoses will change. Criteria will be added (and others discontinued or grouped). Yet, as long as the new edition of the DSM-V is in limbo, I suggest to buy this book. It is very thorough. It offers conceptualizations offered by a number of theoretical backgrounds, included neurobiology and genetics. This area is one of the most complex in Psychiatry. This book is a Must-Have for those who are interested in the know-how and treatment of personality maladaptive behaviors. I must thank the editors. It helped me clean some shelves of many other Personality Disorders books. I love books and enjoy looking at heavily filled shelves in my library. Yet, this masterwork collects the authoritative work of leading experts, scientists, researchers, and opinion-makers. Simply said, it is high-tech know-how. Literature in Psychiatry keeps on repeating itself: This manual's greatest quality is the ability to filter what has been empirically supported compared to the more esotheric key of interpretations of deeply embedded and pernicious illnesess.