Title Statements
- Full title :Personality disorders : a practical guide / Carol W. Berman.
Summary
"Personality disorders are notoriously difficult to treat. It's as if the patient suited himself into ancient iron armor. Sure he's protected in there, but it makes it almost impossible to reach him. The personality, or way of dealing with the world, is rigid and maladaptive. Our patient may be clunking around in medieval armor while the rest of us are wearing shorts and T-shirts. He suited up a long time ago-as a teen, because it was the best way to deal with the "slings and arrows of misfortune" at the time. However, now the armor is inappropriate, a burden for the patient and an ordeal for everyone else. We want to help him remove the armor, but we wind up just shouting through a little hole he may open in the headpiece.
"The only patient who ever stormed out of my office without even seeing me was a woman with borderline personality disorder. The social worker who referred her for a medication evaluation was the one who told me the patient's diagnosis, but just hearing about the woman's behavior from my secretary could have led me to that conclusion. I was five minutes late, but to this new patient my tardiness was unconscionable, a slap in the face. She also complained to her social worker therapist that my office was dirty and the staff rude. My colleague, who'd been to my office several times, knew that none of this was true, but she wasn't surprised that her patient made these complaints and never saw me. We chalked it up to the patient having borderline personality disorder. And even though I understood, I still felt guilty. Later I learned that the patient felt abandoned and abused and didn't really want medicine. The social worker explained that this woman often felt abused since that was how her parents treated her.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
- Place of Publication:Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- oclc:ocn845670322
- LC Classification:RC554
- Dewey Decimal:616.85/81
Table of Contents
Section I. The personality disorder: 1. General considerations -- 2. Paranoid personality disorder -- 3. Schizoid personality disorder -- 4. Antisocial personality disorder -- 5. Borderline personality disorder -- 6. Histrionic personality disorder -- 7. Narcissistic personality disorder -- 8. Avoidant personality disorder -- 9. Dependent personality disorder -- 10. Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder -- 11. personality disorder, not otherwise specified -- 12. Schizotypal personality disorder -- 13. Passive-aggressive personality disorder -- 14. Self-defeating personality disorder -- Section II. Axis I intersecting axis II: 15. Personality disorders and major depression -- 16. Personality disorders and bipolar disorder -- 17. Personality disorders and panic attacks -- 18. Personality disorders and schizophrenia -- 19. Personality disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder -- 20. Personality disorders and ADHD -- 21. Personality disorders and dementia -- 22. Personality disorders and eating disorders -- Section III. Treatment issues: 23. Cluster A clues -- 24. Cluster B clues -- 25. Cluster C clues -- 26. Gender benders -- 27. It's just culture -- 28. Personality disorders a…
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