Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-5-TR Personality Disorders

The Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-5-TR Personality Disorders is a hands-on manual of the most current and effective, evidence-based assessment and treatment interventions for challenging disorders. The beginning chapters describe several cutting-edge trends in the diagnosis, case conceptualization, and treatments. This is followed by specific chapters focusing on evidence-based diagnosis and treatment interventions for each of the ten DSM-5-TR personality disorders. Emphasized are the most recent developments from Cognitive Behavior Therapies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, Schema Therapy, Transference-Focused Psychotherapy, Mentalization-Based Treatment, and more. This fourth edition has been thoroughly updated throughout and includes new research for each chapter on DSM disorders. As in previous editions, extensive case material is used to illustrate key points of diagnosis and treatment. This book provides essential knowledge and skills to health and mental health practitioners working with personality disordered clients, as well as to students in psychology, counseling, psychiatry, nursing, and social work programs.

Len Sperry, MD, PhD, is emeritus professor of clinical mental health counseling at Florida Atlantic University and clinical professor of psychiatry and behavioral medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. For more than five decades, he has treated, written about, and taught courses and workshops on the personality disorders. Among his 1,200+ professional publications are several articles, book chapters, and books on these disorders, including the recently published Highly Effective Therapy: Effecting Deep Change in in Counseling and Psychotherapy.

1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders Today 2. The Alternative Model for Personality Disorders 3. Case Conceptualization and the Effective Treatment of Personality Disorders 4. Antisocial Personality Disorder 5. Avoidant Personality Disorder 6. Borderline Personality Disorder 7. Dependent Personality Disorder 8. Histrionic Personality Disorder 9. Narcissistic Personality Disorder 10. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder 11. Paranoid Personality Disorder 12. Schizoid Personality Disorder 13. Schizotypal Personality Disorder