Personality Disorder

by Castillo, Heather

• ISBN13: 9781843100539
• ISBN10: 1843100533
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Pub

Summary

Personality Disorder (PD) is one of the most difficult psychological conditions to classify and treat and in the past literature on the subject has tended to neglect the invaluable viewpoint of sufferers themselves. Drawing on extensive research carried out in conjunction with service users, Heather Castillo seeks to adjust this imbalance and looks at the classification and treatment of PD from the service users' viewpoint. This book emphasises the need for health professionals to reassess their approach to the condition and allows those with PD to effectively define themselves and their illness. With a wide range of case study material and analysis, this book is essential reading for mental health professionals, workers in the voluntary and forensic sectors and service users themselves.

Author Biography

Heather Castillo is the Advocacy Service Manager for Colchester Mind. She has worked for twelve years in Mind Organisations in North East Essex, developing Advocacy for adults with mental health problems

Table of Contents

Dedication	6	(7)
Acknowledgements	7	(2)
Dreaming of a Better Way	9	(4)
A Historical Perspective	13	(6)
The Disliked Patient	19	(4)
Personality Development	23	(4)
Complex Post Traumatic Syndrome	27	(4)
Treatability	31	(6)
Is Suffering an Illness?	37	(4)
Getting Our Act Together	41	(10)
The Task	51	(4)
Demographics and Themes	55	(14)
What Personality Disorder Means to Us	69	(30)
Experiences	99	(28)
The Moral Career of the Client	127	(8)
The Diagnostic Straightjacket	135	(12)
Spreading the Word	147	(8)
New Beginnings	155	(10)
References	165	(6)
Index	171