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A Concise Guide to Personality Disorders 1st Edition, Kindle Edition

by Joel Paris (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 11 ratings
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This book reviews what we know and what we don’t know about PDs, and what this implies for clinical practice.

Clients with personality disorders (PDs) present special challenges to clinicians. Nonetheless, successful treatment is possible, and a rapidly growing research base can inform diagnosis and intervention. A Concise Guide to Personality Disorders integrates a large body of research findings into a concise, highly practical approach to managing difficult clients. Rather than advocating a single method of treatment, Joel Paris promotes an integration of all evidence-based psychotherapies, as well as effective case management. The evidence base for pharmacotherapy is reviewed as well. Focusing particularly on borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic PDs, the author also reviews other PD categories. His extensive experience and clinical wisdom illuminate the discussion, demonstrating how to work productively and empathically with these clients.
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  1. ISBN-13
    978-1433819810
  2. Edition
    1st
  3. Publisher
    American Psychological Association
  4. Publication date
    April 13, 2015
  5. Language
    English
  6. File size
    856 KB
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Clients with personality disorders (PDs) present special challenges to clinicians. Nonetheless, successful treatment is possible, and a rapidly growing research base can inform diagnosis and intervention. This book reviews what we know and what we don't know about PDs, and what this implies for clinical practice. It integrates a large body of research findings into a concise, highly practical approach to managing difficult clients. Rather than advocating a single method of treatment, Joel Paris promotes an integration of all evidence-based psychotherapies, as well as effective case management. The evidence base for pharmacotherapy is reviewed as well. Focusing particularly on borderline, antisocial, and narcissistic PDs, the author also reviews other PD categories. His extensive experience and clinical wisdom illuminate the discussion, demonstrating how to work productively and empathically with these clients.

About the Author


Joel Paris, MD, PhD, was born in New York City but has spent most of his life in Canada. He earned an MD from McGill University in 1964, where he also trained in psychiatry. Dr. Paris has been a member of the McGill psychiatry department since 1972, where he is a full professor and has served as department chair. Dr. Paris's research interest is in borderline personality disorder. Over the past 20 years, he has conducted research on its causes and outcome. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and is the author of 18 previous books Dr. Paris is also an educator who has won awards for his teaching and is the former editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry.


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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00WNF9V2S
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ American Psychological Association; 1st edition (April 13, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 13, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 856 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.9 3.9 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

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  • Sally S Brodsky
    3.0 out of 5 stars Very informative and well-written book!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2016
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    The book was well-written and well-documented. I enjoyed reading it. However, I read it in order to fill part of my continuing education requirements for licensure as a Clinical Psychology. For that reason, I took a test -- reasonable questions -- but had difficulty getting to the next part -- evaluating the course. Finally I did it, but had to take the test again...okay, I still passed. But now I cannot download the certificate which I have to send to my state's licensing board. Not only I couldn't, but my husband couldn't, and he's computer-competent. Neither could our friend who is even more computer competent. The only reason to buy this book, therefore, is because you want to read it. Don't buy it in order to satisfy American Psychological Association or a state psychological associate continuing education requirement.
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  • Katrina P.
    1.0 out of 5 stars Short little book with a very slim info on most personality disorders.
    Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2020
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    I purchased this book to get a better understanding of personality disorders. There are multiple pages of descriptions of borderline and narcissistic and antisocial (all of which have hundreds of books written about them). The other six PD have less pages combined than even one of the big 3 listed above written about them with only 2 - 7 paragraphs apiece. The DSM-5 is more helpful. Very disappointed with this purchase. When he calls it concise he is not kidding.
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  • Cliente Amazon
    3.0 out of 5 stars Maruxa61
    Reviewed in Spain on April 15, 2017
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    No aporta mucho sobre el último escrito por el mismo autor. Quizás la investigación sobre trastornos de personalidad no avanza a la misma velocidad q la del trastorno límite. Me ha decepcionado
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  • Reading mad
    3.0 out of 5 stars Très bien, très concis, voire trop
    Reviewed in France on August 27, 2015
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    Très accessible, actuel et, comme son titre indique, très concis. Trop peut-être? N'empêche que c'est une bonne petite entrée dans la matière. Couteux tout de même par rapport à d'autres ouvrages récents aussi, et beaucoup plus complets. Ce serait bien sous un format moins cher, broché plutôt que relié, par exemple.
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