Interpersonal Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders, Second Edition

by Benjamin, Lorna Smith

• ISBN13: 9781572300606
• ISBN10: 1572300604
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-12-15
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This influential work helps clinicians resolve questions of overlap among diagnostic categories, offers specific and sensible suggestions for treatment interventions, and describes common transference problems in therapy.

Author Biography

After many years of clinical work in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin, Lorna Smith Benjamin moved to the Department of Psychology at the University of Utah to collaborate with graduate students in the research study of psychosocial factors in mental disorder. A past president of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research and an advisor to the DSM-IV work group on personality disorders, she is author of over 50 professional publications. Her SASB model of interpersonal relations has been translated into ten different languages. The associated coding system, questionnaires, and software are widely used in efforts to enhance scientific understanding of the practice of psychotherapy. Her dream is to use the concepts described in this book to guide development of a high-quality, low-cost research and training center that emphasizes efficacy in psychosocial treatment of major mental disorders.

Table of Contents

I. BASIC CONCEPTS
Introduction and Overview	3	(12)
History and Assumptions of the Approach	15	(11)
The Harmonics of Therapy	26	(43)
The Interviewing and Treatment Methods	69	(46)
II. DSM CLUSTER B, THE DRAMATIC, ERRATIC GROUP
Borderline Personality Disorder	115	(26)
Narcissistic Personality Disorder	141	(23)
Histrionic Personality Disorder	164	(27)
Antisocial Personality Disorder	191	(30)
III. DSM CLUSTER C, THE ANXIOUS, FEARFUL GROUP
Dependent Personality Disorder	221	(19)
Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder	240	(22)
Passive Aggressive Personality Disorder (Negativistic Personality Disorder): Personality Disorder NOS	262	(26)
Avoidant Personality Disorder	288	(21)
IV. DSM CLUSTER A, THE ODD, ECCENTRIC GROUP
Paranoid Personality Disorder	309	(28)
Schizoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders	337	(28)
V. DIVERGENCES
Category Overlap, Residual Categories, and Other Issues	365	(20)
Appendix: Summary of Diagnostic and Differential Indicators	385	(24)
References	409	(12)
Index	421