Segal, Daniel L.

Personality disorders and older adults : diagnosis, assessment, and treatment / Daniel L. Segal, Frederick L. Coolidge, Erlene Rosowsky. - Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2006. - xx, 332 p. ; 25 cm.

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.

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Personality disorders in old age.
Personality Disorders.
Aged.

RC554 / .S37 2006

618.976 858 1 SEG

2006 J-336 WM 190 / S454p 2006