Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders Volume 19#3

by Gunderson, John G.

• ISBN13: 9780880482738
• ISBN10: 0880482737
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

This volume ably addresses personality disorders as one of the top priorities of psychiatry for the new millennium, offering a thorough and updated review and analysis of empirical work to point up the issues central to developing a therapeutic model for treatment as well as current research challenges.

Author Biography

John G. Gunderson, M.D., is Director of Psychotherapy and Psychosocial Research and Chief of Ambulatory Personality Disorder Services at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts. He is also Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

Glen O. Gabbard, M.D., is Professor and Director of the Baylor Psychiatry Clinic at the Baylor College of Medicine and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute in Houston, Texas. He was previously Director of the Menninger Hospital in Topeka, Kansas. Dr. Gabbard is the author or editor of sixteen books and currently is joint Editor-in-Chief and Editor for North America of the International Journal of Psychoanalysis. His numerous awards include the 2000 Mary Sigourney Award for outstanding contributions to psychoanalysis.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix
Introduction to the Review of Psychiatry Series	xi
John M. Oldham
Michelle B. Roba
Foreword	xv
John G. Gunderson
Glen O. Gabbard
Empirical Studies of Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders	1	(32)
J. Christopher Perry
Michael Bond
Effectiveness of Psychotherapy for Personality Disorders	2	(16)
Dropouts From Psychotherapy	18	(3)
Findings From Psychotherapy Process Research	21	(4)
Summary of Findings	25	(3)
References	28	(5)
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder	33	(32)
John G. Gunderson
Defining Psychotherapy	33	(2)
Background	35	(2)
Patient and Therapist ``Readiness'' for Psychotherapy	37	(3)
Phases of Therapy	40	(18)
Psychotherapy's Role in the Overall Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder	58	(1)
Conclusion/Summary	59	(2)
References	61	(4)
Combining Medication With Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Personality Disorders	65	(30)
Glen O. Gabbard
Clinical Rationale for Combined Treatment	66	(1)
Temperament and Character	67	(4)
Target Symptoms	71	(1)
Cognitive-Perceptual Symptoms	72	(1)
Impulsive-Behavioral Symptoms	73	(2)
Affective Symptoms	75	(1)
Comorbid Axis I Conditions	76	(4)
Clinical Problems	80	(1)
One-Person Model	80	(4)
Two-Person Model	84	(3)
Risk Management and Liability Issues in the Two-Person Model	87	(2)
Summary	89	(1)
References	90	(5)
Gradations of Antisociality and Responsivity to Psychosocial Therapies	95	(36)
Michael H. Stone
Gradations of Antisociality	98	(1)
The Concept of Psychopathy	99	(4)
Gradations of Antisociality: Clinical and Biographical Vignettes	103	(9)
Gradations of Antisociality: Implications for Treatment	112	(2)
Treatment for the Treatable	114	(2)
Cognitive Therapy With Antisocial Persons	116	(2)
The Therapeutic Community	118	(4)
Antisocial Persons Who Commit Sexual Offenses	122	(1)
Conclusion	123	(3)
References	126	(5)
Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders	131	(20)
Peter Tyrer
Kate Davidson
Theoretical Rationale for Cognitive Therapy	133	(2)
The Practice of Cognitive Therapy With Personality Disorders	135	(1)
Effectiveness of Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders	136	(6)
Cognitive Therapy in Patients With Axis I and Axis II Comorbidity	142	(2)
Prediction of Future Developments in the Cognitive Treatment of Personality Disorders	144	(2)
References	146	(5)
Afterword	151	(4)
Glen O. Gabbard
John G. Gunderson
Index	155