Companion to: The American Psychiatric Publishing textbook of personality disorders / edited by John M. Oldham, Andrew E. Skodol, Donna S. Bender ; associate editors, Glen O. Gabbard ... [et al.]. 1st ed. c2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Personality disorders / John M. Oldham -- Theories of personality and personality disorders / Amy Heim and Drew Westen -- Manifestations, clinical diagnosis, and comorbidity / Andrew E. Skodol -- Course and outcome / Carlos M. Grilo and Thomas H. McGlashan -- Prevalence, sociodemographics, and functional impairment / Svenn Torgersen -- Neurobiology / Emil F. Coccaro and Larry J. Siever -- Developmental issues / Patricia Cohen and Thomas Crawford -- Childhood experiences and development of maladaptive and adaptive personality traits / Jeffrey G. Johnson, Elizabeth Bromley, and Pamela G. McGeoch -- Levels of care in treatment / John G. Gunderson ... [et al.] -- Psychoanalysis and psychodynamic psychotherapy / Glen O. Gabbard -- Mentalization-based treatment of borderline personality disorder / Peter Fonagy and Anthony W. Bateman -- Dialectical behavior therapy / Barbara Stanley and Beth S. Brodsky -- Group treatment / William E. Piper and John S. Ogrodniczuk -- Somatic treatments / Paul H. Soloff -- Therapeutic alliance / Donna S. Bender -- Boundary issues / Thomas G. Gutheil -- Collaborative treatment / Abigail Schlesinger, Kenneth R. Silk -- Assessing and managing suicide risk / Paul S. Links and Nathan Kolla --Substance abuse / Roel Verheul , Louisa M.C. van den Bosch, and Samuel A. Ball -- Future directions / Andrew E. Skodol, Donna S. Bender, and John M. Oldham.