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Contributors
Preface
Clinical Concepts
Personality Disorders: Recent History and New Directions
Theories of Personality and Personality Disorders
Articulating a Core Dimension of Personality Pathology
The Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders
Manifestations, Assessment, Diagnosis, and Differential Diagnosis
Risk Factors, Etiology, and Impact
Prevalence, Sociodemographics, and Functional Impairment
Development, Attachment, and Childhood Experiences: A Mentalizing Perspective
Genetics and Neurobiology
Longitudinal Course and Outcomes
Treatment
Early Identification and Prevention of Personality Pathology: An AMPD-Informed Model of Clinical Staging
Therapeutic Alliance
Psychodynamic Psychotherapies
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Good Psychiatric Management: Generalist Treatments and Stepped Care for Borderline Personality Disorder
Group, Family, and Couples Therapies
Pharmacological Management
Collaborative Treatment
Boundary Issues
Special Problems, Populations, and Settings
Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk
Co-occurring Substance Use Disorders
Antisocial Personality Disorder and Other Antisocial Behavior
Personality Disorders in the Medical Setting
Personality Disorders in the Military Operational Environment
Future Directions
Translational Research in Borderline Personality Disorder
Appendix: Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders
Index