Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders

by Beck, Aaron T.; Freeman, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780898624342
• ISBN10: 0898624347
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1990-08-03
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This important work presents a cognitive framework for understanding and treating personality disorders. In one volume, Aaron T. Beck and his distinguished coauthors offer both a comprehensive overview of scientific knowledge and a detailed guide to individualized treatment. Part I lays out the conceptual, empirical, and clinical foundations of effective work with this highly challenging population, and Part II describes the process of cognitive-behavioral therapy for each of the specific disorders. Chapters demonstrate the nuts and bolts of differential diagnosis, case conceptualization, and intervention, with particular attention to therapeutic impasses and how to overcome them.

Author Biography

Aaron T. Beck, MD, is University Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and the founder of cognitive therapy. He has published more than 20 books and over 540 articles in professional and scientific journals. Dr. Beck is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Albert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award, the American Psychological Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the American Psychiatric Association Distinguished Service Award, the Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Research in Neuropsychiatry, and the Institute of Medicine's Sarnat International Prize in Mental Health and Gustav O. Lienhard Award. He is President of The Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research and Honorary President of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy.

Table of Contents

History, Theory, and Research
Overview of Cognitive Therapy of Personality Disorders	p. 3
Theory of Personality Disorders	p. 17
Assessment of Personality Disorders	p. 52
General Principles and Specialized Techniques	p. 69
The Cognitive Therapy Relationship with Personality-Disordered Patients	p. 92
Clinical Applications
Paranoid Personality Disorder	p. 115
Schizoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders	p. 138
Antisocial Personality Disorder	p. 162
Borderline Personality Disorder	p. 187
Histrionic Personality Disorder	p. 216
Narcissistic Personality Disorder	p. 241
Dependent Personality Disorder	p. 268
Avoidant Personality Disorder	p. 293
Obsessive--Compulsive Personality Disorder	p. 320
Passive--Aggressive Personality Disorder (Negativistic Personality Disorder)	p. 341
Synthesis and Prospects for the Future	p. 362
References	p. 371
Index	p. 393
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