Family Treatment of Personality Disorders

Family Treatment of Personality Disorders: Advances in Clinical Practice examines the application of marital and family therapy approaches to the treatment of a wide range of personality disorders. Valuable on its own and doubly useful as a companion volume to Family Therapy and Mental Health: Innovations in Theory and Practice (Haworth), the book integrates traditional individual models with family systems models to provide a multidimensional approach to treating personality disorders. Each chapter is written by a practicing clinician with extensive experience treating personality disorders and includes a case example, an exploration of the impact of the disorder on family members, a look at cultural and gender issues, and an examination of how the model is integrated with traditional psychiatric services and the proper application of medication.

Malcolm M Macfarlane

- About the Editor - Contributors - Foreword (W. John Livesley) - Preface - Acknowledgments - PART I: OVERVIEW - Chapter 1. Family Treatment of Personality Disorders: Historical Overview and Current Perspectives (Jeffrey J. Magnavita and Malcolm M. MacFarlane) - Introduction - What Are Personality Disorders? - Personality Disorder Classifications - Prevalence and Comorbidity - History of Personality Disorders - Theories of Etiology - Theories of Treatment - Marital and Family Treatment Approaches - Impact of Personality Disorder on Families - Toward an Integrated Family-Focused Approach - Chapter 2. An Interpersonal Family-Oriented Approach to Personality Disorder (Lorna Smith Benjamin and Gretta Cushing) - Introduction - Impact on the Family - Setting - Treatment Model and Case Examples - Strengths and Limitations - Indications and Contraindications - Management of Transference Issues - Management of Crises and Acting-Out Behavior - Integration with Psychiatric Services and Role of Medication - Cultural and Gender Issues - Future Directions - Chapter 3. An Object-Relations Approach to the Treatment of Personality-Disordered Marriages (Charles C. McCormack) - Introduction - Impact on the Family - Setting - Treatment Model - Case Example - Strengths and Limitations - Benefits for the Family - Indications and Contraindications - Management of Transference Issues - Management of Crises and Acting-Out Behavior - Integration with Psychiatric Services and Role of Medication - Cultural and Gender Issues - Future Directions - PART II: SPECIFIC DISORDERS - Chapter 4. Marital and Family Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (Judith K. Kreisman and Jerold J. Kreisman) - Introduction - The Development of the BPD Concept - Impact on the Family - Setting - Treatment Model - Case Examples - Strengths and Limitations - Benefits for the Family - Indications and Contraindications - Management of Transference Issues - Management of Crises and Acting-Out Behavior - Integration with Psychiatric Services and Role of Medication - Cultural and Gender Issues - Future Directions - Chapter 5. Family Therapy with a Histrionic-Obsessive Couple (Len Sperry) - Introduction - Impact on the Family - Setting - Treatment Model - Case Example - Strengths and Limitations - Benefits for the Family - Indications and Contraindications - Management of Transference Issues - Management of Crises and Acting-Out Behavior - Integration with Psychiatric Services and Role of Medication - Cultural and Gender Issues - Future Directions - Chapter 6. Integrative Marital and Family Treatment of Dependent Personality Disorders (William C. Nichols) - Introduction - Impact on the Family - Setting - Treatment Model - Case Example - Strengths and Limitations - Benefits for the Family - Indications and Contraindications - Management of Transference Issues - Management of Crises and Acting-Out Behavior - Integration with Psychiatric Services and Role of Medication - Cultural and Gender Issues - Future Directions - Chapter 7. Systemic Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: An Integrative Approach (Malcolm M. MacFarlane) - Introduction - Impact on the Family - Setting - Treatment Model - Case Example - Strengths and Limitations