Personality disorder and community mental health teams : a practitioner's guide / edited by Mark J. Sampson and Remy A. McCubbin, Peter Tyrer. - Chichester, [England] ; New York : Wiley, c2006. - xiii, 371 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Personality disorder : new initiatives in staff training / Eddie Kane -- What is personality disorder? / Ronald Blackburn -- The causes of personality disorder / Nic Alwin -- Psychological theories regarding the development of personality disorder / Jim Moorey ... [et al.] -- Psychological therapies for personality disorder / Jim Moorey ... [et al.] -- Therapeutic communities and day services for people with personality disorders / Kate Hellin -- Pharmacotherapy and personality disorders / Giles Newton-Howes -- People's experiences of having a diagnosis of personality disorder / Rex Haigh -- An introduction to community mental health teams (CMHTs) : how do they relate to patients with personality disorders? / Tom Burns -- When can contact with the community mental health team (CMHT) be considered 'treatment'? / Remy McCubbin -- The challenges community mental health teams face in their work with patients with personality disorders / Mark J. Sampson -- The treatment frame and the treatment alliance / Jim Moorey -- The management of potentially lethal self-harming behaviour / Mark J. Sampson and Gary L. Sidley -- Community mental health care teams and the assessment of personality functioning / Lara Bennett -- Involving family, friends, and carers / Remy McCubbin -- Personality disorder in the other healthcare settings / Dawn Bennett and Ian B. Kerr -- Clinical supervision / Mary Shinner and Dawn Bennett.

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Personality disorders.
Personality disorders--Treatment.
Community mental health services.
Crisis intervention (Mental health services)
Personality Disorders.
Community Mental Health Services.
Patient Care Team.
Personality Disorders--therapy.

RC554 / .P457 2006

362.196/8581

2006 D-752 WM 190 / P46703 2006