Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence - An Evidence-based Approach - Couverture souple

 
9780470059494: Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence - An Evidence-based Approach
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ISBN 10 : 0470059494 ISBN 13 : 9780470059494
Editeur : Wiley, 2009

Synopsis

Presents the evidence-base for links between personality traits, psychological functioning, personality disorder and violence - with a focus on assessment and treatment approaches that will help clinicians to assess risk in this client group.

  • An evidence-based examination of those personality traits and types of psychological functioning that may contribute to personality disorder and violence- and the links that can be made between the two
  • Each chapter tackles an area of personality or psychological functioning and includes a developmental perspective, discussion of how to gauge risk, and an outline of effective treatments
  • Traits covered include impulsivity, aggressiveness, narcissism and the 'Big Five' - neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness
  • New for the prestigious Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, a market leader with more than 20,000 books in print

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À propos de l?auteur

Mary McMurran is Professor of Personality Disorder Research at the University of Nottingham. She is series editor for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology and her previous books include Motivating Offenders to Change, commended by the BMA. She is co-editor of Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health and associate editor of both The Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology and Legal and Criminological Psychology. She received the Senior Award for Significant Lifetime Contribution from the British Psychological Society in 2005.

Richard Howard is Senior Research Fellow at The Peaks Academic and Research Unit at Rampton Hospital in the UK, and Reader in Personality Disorder Research at the University of Nottingham.

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Éditeur
Wiley
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0470059494
ISBN 13 
9780470059494
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
340
Éditeur
McMurran Mary
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible

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9780470059487: Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0470059486 ISBN 13 :  9780470059487
Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009
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