Personality disorders and older adults:diagnosis, assessment, and treatment

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Segal Daniel L.
Group Author: Coolidge Frederick L.; (Frederick Lawrence), 1948-; Rosowsky Erlene.
Published: Wiley,
Publisher Address: Hoboken, N.J.
Publication Dates: c2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xx, 332 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 047164983X (cloth)
Index Number: R749
CLC: R749.91
R592
Call Number: R749.91/S454
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-319) and indexes.
Introduction to personality disorders and aging -- The odd and eccentric (Cluster A) personality disorders and aging -- The dramatic, emotional, and erratic (Cluster B) personality disorders and aging -- The fearful or anxious (Cluster C) personality disorders and aging -- Other personality disorders and aging: sadistic, self-defeating, depressive, passive-aggressive, and inadequate -- Epidemiology and comorbidity -- Theories of personality disorders: cognitive, psychoanalytic, and interpersonal -- Theories of personality disorders: evolutionary and neurobiological -- Assessment -- Treatment: general issues and models -- The "goodness of fit" model and its implications for treatment.