Personality disorder : temperament or trauma? : an account of an emancipatory research study carried out by service users diagnosed with personality disorder
This book addresses the impact that working with personality disorder patients can have on staff. It offers theoretical explanations for personality disorder, explores other issues such as the concept of boundaries in clinical practice, psychiatric staff and the relationship between severity of personality disorder and childhood experiences.
Forensic focus, 23
Case Reports
1 online resource (280 pages)
9781846428647, 1846428645
1052104331
Dreaming of a Better Way
A Historical Perspective
The Disliked Patient
Personality Development
Complex Post Traumatic Syndrome
Treatability
Is Suffering an Illness?
Getting Our Act Together
The Task
Demographics and Themes
What Personality Disorder Means to Us
Experiences
The Moral Career of the Client
The Diagnostic Straightjacket
Spreading the Word
New Beginnings