Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents [Hardcover]

Alan S. Weiner (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0465095623 | ISBN-13: 978-0465095629 | Publication Date: January 15, 2000 | Edition: 1

In the first book to argue that neurotic, psychotic, and borderline personality disorders can be identified, diagnosed, and treated even in the young, a renowned child psychiatrist marshalls her developmental perspective and adduces clinical evidence to support it. Kernberg and her colleagues elucidate assessment criteria and advance therapeutic approaches for each disorder.

Editorial Reviews

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"In the history of psychiatry the serious study of many clinical conditions has begun with an integrative volume that collects emerging knowledge pertinent to its investigation-viz. Kraeplin on schizophrenia, Kanner on autism, Otto Kernberg on borderline personality disorder. Here, Paulina Kernberg, Alan Weiner, and Karen Bardenstein open a new chapter in the study of personality disorders in childhood, moving between systematic research and anecdotal description and combining recent discoveries from the literature with their unrivaled clinical experience." -- Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis, University of London; Director, Child & Family/Clinical Protocols & Outcomes Center, Menninger Clinic

"Presenting the mounting and compelling evidence for the presence of personality disorders in children and adolescents is an extraordinary accomplishment. Kernberg, Weiner, and Bardenstein discern and distinguish the various symptom patterns and review the current research findings that provide a way of understanding frequently lifelong traits and dispositions. I believe this book is a must for any mental health professional working with youth." -- Clarice J. Kestenbaum, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Columbia University; President, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

About the Author

Paulina F. Kernberg, M.D., is Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, and co-author of Children with Conduct Disorders. Alan Weiner, Ph.D., and Karen Bardenstein, Ph.D., are clinical psychologists in New York and Ohio respectively. Paulina F. Kernberg, M.D., is Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, and co-author of Children with Conduct Disorders. Alan Weiner, Ph.D., and Karen Bardenstein, Ph.D., are clinical psychologists in New York and Ohio respectively. Paulina F. Kernberg, M.D., is Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, and co-author of Children with Conduct Disorders. Alan Weiner, Ph.D., and Karen Bardenstein, Ph.D., are clinical psychologists in New York and Ohio respectively.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 289 pages
• Publisher: Basic Books; 1 edition (January 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0465095623
• ISBN-13: 978-0465095629
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #675,028 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good book, October 6, 2008

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I bought this with a few others like it because I was in need to research this disorder. I didn't read it cover to cover, but the information I pulled from it was very useful.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The encyclopedia for psychologists, June 28, 2002

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This review is from: Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Hardcover)

This book really shows how to recognize and work with children with personality disorders It truly amazed me...I could relate to what the book is about because one of my children has a personality disorder.
Overall, it's one of the best books on that subject.
Bravo, bravo.

Shloime Levkowitz

5.0 out of 5 stars Super book which was greatly needed, September 26, 2011

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I'm a clinical psychologist who has worked with children and adolescents for number of years now and I must say I should've just quit screwing around and bought this book earlier (rather than keeping it on my wish list!). I looked at the other few similar books on Amazon and they didn't appear to be as well-rounded and unbiased as this one, so I went with this one...I'm so glad I did! The central function of personality in psychopathology, a tenent long held in psychoanalytic approaches (essentially since Freud), is FINALLY coming more to the forefront in the research liturature. This book, which I have to imagine will come out with a 2nd edition in a few years or so, does such a great job at giving you a wonderfully apt rationale and support for the primacy of personality pathology in children during the first part of the book. Then it goes on to cover the DSM-IV-TR PD's one by one with this foundation securely in place. To do the kind of life-changing, [at least partly] reconstructive psychotherapy that most of our clients recognize from TV and movies and come to our offices expecting, and all deserve at some point (To be clear I do think time-limited, symptom focused approaches have value and their place), YOU HAVE TO ADDRESS PERSONALITY. There's simply no way around it. As the authors state, the issue of personality pathology has been almost entirely ignored in contemporary psychological/psychiatric care...at our clients/patients expense in my opinion. This book moves the issue out it's current and misguided tabooed purgatory and into the forefront with sound reasoning and empirical support (to use the buzz word of the day). If you want to work with kiddos beyond the standard behavioral-symptom relief and/or psychopharmacology level I strongly recommend you read this book.