Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Hardcover)

by Paulina F. Kernberg (Author), Alan S. Weiner (Author), Karen Bardenstein (Author), Alan Weiner (Author) "Personality disorders (PDs) historically have received less attention from clinicians and researchers than other such psychiatric disorders as depression schizophrenia..." (more)
Key Phrases: borderline children, neurotic personality organization, psychotic personality organization, Rorschach Test, Asperger's Disorder, Thematic Apperception Test (more...)

Editorial Reviews

Review
"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

Product Description
In the first book to demonstrate that personality disorders can indeed be diagnosed and treated even in the young, renowned child psychiatrist Paulina Kernberg and her colleagues structure a mighty scaffold to support the evidence in hand and the evidence to come .. Their developmental perspective informs their identification of emerging pathological features at all levels of personality organization--neurotic, borderline, and psychotic. Marshaling commanding evidence from the literature (organized according to DSM nosology in order to preserve a common frame), the authors inflect their review of differential methods of assessing personality traits and behavior patterns with material drawn from their own clinical research and practice. Their textured portrayal of each individual disorder --hysterical/histrionic, avoidant, obsessive compulsive, borderline, narcissistic, antisocial, schizotypal, paranoid-- in children and (separately) in adolescents puts an authoritative end to the ongoing debate.

This an unparalleled source of scientific scholarship and clinical wisdom.

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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 (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #254,485 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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

By	M. Tilelli (Utah, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The encyclopedia for psychologists, June 29, 2002

By A Customer

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