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Paperback: 134 pages
Company: Hephaestus Books (2011-09-01)
ISBN: 1243371161
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This revised edition of the classic work on the hysterical personality begins with a new chapter, introducing the core characteristics of the hysterical personality disorder and providing a framework for the reader that changes and is enlarged in each successive chapter. The second chapter deals with the fundamental diagnostic and formulative issues. The third considers the development of the disorder in terms of childhood and adolescent antecedents. Basic treatment principles are presented in the fourth chapter, and the change process in reschematizing psychological treatment is addressed in the fifth. This last chapter presents a case in detail, indicating development of schemas of self and others; showing how core aspects of personality may change as a consequence of new forms of relationships and new uses of conscious thought. The initial phase of treatment in an average treatable case of hysterical personality is often one that is an urgent appeal for attention. This phase is followed quickly, once a therapeutic attachment is established, by a period of regression, in which unresolved conflicts and childhood fixations are manifested within the therapeutic relationship itself. Ideally, this phase overlaps with a period of working through, the therapeutic antidote to the multiply determined nature of the patient's state at onset of treatment. Finally, termination encompasses the difficult task of separation, itself a phase of important work on self-development for the hysterical personality. The approach here is that of brief or extended treatment guided by psychoanalytic theory, using the basic ground rules of psychodynamic psychotherapy. The main patient type under consideration is the hysterical personality who has developed a separate, although conflicted, self-representation and who has advanced capacity for relationship. This book is a resource for every mental health clinician.

Hardcover: 288 pages
Company: Jason Aronson Inc (1991-07)
ISBN: 0876685467
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Everybody can relate to what having and anxiety feels like. Our heart pounds before a big interview or a licensure exam. We get butterflies in our stomach during a presentation in front of a very big audience. We worry and fret over health or family problems or feel jittery at the prospect of asking the boss for a raise.

The big if is, IF worries and fears are hindering you from living your life the way you'd like to, you may be suffering from an anxiety disorder. The good news is, anxiety treatments abound as well as self-help strategies that can help you reduce your anxiety symptoms and take back control of your life.

It is not abnormal to worry and feel tense or afraid when under pressure or facing a stressful predicament. It is a normal occurrence because anxiety is the body’s natural response to impending danger, an automatic alarm that gets activated when we feel threatened.

Although it may be unpleasant, anxiety isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, anxiety can help us stay alert and focused, spur us to action, and motivate us to solve problems. But when anxiety is constant or overwhelming, when it interferes with your relationships and activities—that’s when you’ve crossed the line from normal anxiety into the territory of anxiety disorders.

This guide shows you different types of anxiety disorders, and the ways in which they can be treated.

Table of Contents

Information on Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
Learning More About Anxiety Disorders
The Emotional and Physical Symptoms of Anxiety Disorders
What are the Classes of Anxiety Disorders?
Larger than Life : The Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Syptoms and Causes of Borderline Personality Disorder
Information on Histrionic Personality Disorder
Help for Mental Disorders : Types of Schizophrenia
Personality Disorders : Conduct Disorders
A Child with Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Self Help for Anxiety
What is a Panic Attack?
Q and A : Self Help for a Panic Attack
The Anxiety of Flying in an Airplane (Fear of Flying)
Treatment for Flying Anxiety
Anxiety and Panic Attacks
The Origins of Anxiety
Medications Taken for Anxiety
Understanding Social Phobias
Understanding Obsessive – Compulsive Disorder
What A Person With an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Experiences
Do I Have Panic Attacks?
Self Help for Social Phobia
Psychological Treatments for Social Phobia
Medications and Self-Help Groups for Anxiety Disorders


Author: Steven Klamm
Kindle Edition: 32 pages Kindle eBook
Company: (2011-05-02) (2011-05-02)
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Some people are very, very tough to deal with and can make you miserable. This is a sad fact of life. This book will help you identify, understand and develop strategies to deal with toxic personalities that you encounter. Written by a prominent clinical psychologist and university professor it explains DSM diagnostic categories such as Anti-social Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder and others so that you can make a better determination of whether you are dealing with one of these kinds of indivduals, what science and clinical experience says about these, and most importantly how to deal more effectively with these. This information can help you move from being poisoned by these individuals to regaining control of your life.

Author: William O'Donohue
Kindle Edition: 210 pages Kindle eBook
Company: Lucky Bat Books (2011-06-09) (2011-06-09)
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Author: Jeffrey Wood Psy.D.
Paperback: 224 pages
Company: New Harbinger Publications (2010-05-01)
ISBN: 1572246480
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It’s Not You . . . It’s THEM!

Have you ever hung up with your boss and felt like you were nine years old again? Do you get a pang in the pit of your stomach when you see a certain “friend’s” number on your caller ID? Do you find yourself frequently apologizing to a family member even though you know you’ve done nothing wrong? If any of these scenarios sound familiar or you have ever felt bullied, manipulated, guilted, or threatened in a relationship, you could have a PDI!

PDI, or Personality Disordered Individual, is a psychiatric term used to identify those people with whom we must interact and who can make us feel miserable in the process. PDIs make “toxic” people look like Santa Clause and often have unique attitude problems and behaviors that we must deal with but do not enrich, improve, enhance, boost, encourage, motivate, or inspire us. Day in and day out, they make us miserable!

Stan Kapuchinski, M.D., has encountered numerous PDIs and their victims in his private psychiatry practice for more than twenty-five years. In Say Goodbye to Your PDI, he sheds light on five types of personality disorders and teaches:

• How PDIs ensnare us into repeatedly dealing with them

• How to spot a PDI at work and in our personal lives

• Coping mechanisms to handle PDIs who we cannot eliminate from our lives

• Techniques and advice on how to get rid of a PDI for good

Say Goodbye to Your PDI will help you stop your misery and will help you deal more effectively with the users, the manipulators, the smooth talkers, and the guilt-trippers out there.

 

Stan Kapuchinski, M.D. , writes the widely read column “Ask Dr. K.” A board-certified psychiatrist, Dr. Kapuchinski has served as assistant processor of psychiatry at the University of Connecticut and special psychiatric consultant in Queensland, Australia. His expertise on human relationships has made him a sought-after commentator for hundreds of television and radio outlets.

Author: Stan Kapuchinski
Paperback: 256 pages
Company: HCI (2007-06-15) (2007-06-15)
ISBN: 0757306152
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"Bernstein provides a field guide to the various types of Emotional Vampires and advises readers how to protect themselves from being victims of these predatory personalities."­­Boston Globe

From bestselling author Albert J. Bernstein

The author of Dinosaur Brains offers protection from people who seek to destroy the emotional and psychological well-being of others. Like the fabled demons, these vampires:

Think their needs are more important than yours Believe "the rules" apply only to other people Use their tempers in the same way terrorists use bombs

Emotional Vampires tells readers how to spot a "vampire" in their lives, which defense strategies to employ to prevent one from striking, and what to do if and when they find themselves under attack.

Author: Albert Bernstein
Paperback: 256 pages
Company: McGraw-Hill (2002-03-22)
ISBN: 0071381678
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A revision of the leading textbook on personality disorders by renowned expert Theodore Millon

"Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is 'all of a piece'; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives."
-Theodore Millon

Exploring the continuum from normal personality traits to the diagnosis and treatment of severe cases of personality disorders, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition is unique in its coverage of both important historical figures and contemporary theorists in the field. Its content spans all the major disorders-Antisocial, Avoidant, Depressive, Compulsive, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Paranoid, Schizoid, and Borderline-as well as their many subtypes. Attention to detail and in-depth discussion of the subtleties involved in these debilitating personality disorders make this book an ideal companion to the DSM-IV(TM).

Fully updated with the latest research and theory, this important text features:Discussion of the distinctive clinical features and developmental roots of personality disordersBalanced coverage of the major theoretical perspectives-biological, psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive, and evolutionaryIndividual chapters on all DSM-IV(TM) personality disorders and their several subtypes and mixturesCase studies throughout the text that bring to life the many faces of these disorders

Including a new assessment section that singles out behavioral indicators considered to have positive predictive power for the disorders, this Second Edition also includes a special focus on developmental, gender, and cultural issues specific to each disorder. A comprehensive reference suitable for today's practitioners, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition features a clear style that also makes it a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The most thorough book of its kind, this Second Edition is a powerful, practical resource for all trainees and professionals in key mental health fields, such as psychology, social work, and nursing.

Author: Theodore Millon, Carrie M. Millon, Sarah Meagher, Seth Grossman, Rowena Ramnath
Hardcover: 624 pages
Company: Wiley (2004-08-06)
ISBN: 0471237345
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Based on former FBI Special Agent Joe Navarro’s experience as a criminal profiler and behavior specialist, this short booklet/checklist - "How To Spot A Histrionic" - provides the average person with the tools necessary for spotting and assessing Histrionic personalities.

This is a must read for anyone who wants to protect themselves, their children, or their loved ones. The short booklet offers practical guidance and a comprehensive checklist of the 150 behaviors/features (often shocking) that are associated with Histrionics. It is easy to use, intended for the average layperson. You don’t have to be a clinician to use this.

The booklet/checklist will not only give you insight into this personality disorder, which afflicts more than 6 million Americans, but it will also give you the tools to quickly assess these individuals so that you can protect yourself and your family. This is a disorder that afflicts the Histrionic but has adverse consequences on spouses, friends, family and co-workers, but more importantly children.

Practical, fast, easy to read and understand. If you ever wondered what the Histrionic personality was all about and the harm they can cause, then this is for you.

Author: Joe Navarro
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Company: (2011-01-18) (2011-01-18)
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Out of the FOG was written by a group of people who have experienced a relationship with a family member, spouse or partner who suffers from a personality disorder.

Personality disorders are serious mental-health conditions which affect millions of people but which often go undiagnosed and misunderstood. Personality disorders often deteriorate the quality of life not only of the people who suffer from them, but also their family members, spouses, partners, friends, colleagues and acquaintances.

The acronym FOG stands for Fear, Obligation & Guilt - feelings which often result from being in a relationship with a person who suffers from a Personality Disorder. It was first coined by Susan Forward & Donna Frazier in their book "Emotional Blackmail: When the People in Your Life Use Fear, Obligation, and Guilt to Manipulate You."

It is the goal of this book to help inform and encourage family members, spouses, partners, friends and caregivers as they try to work their way out of the confusion, out of the chaos and out of the FOG.

The emphasis of Out of the FOG is to describe personality disorders from a Non-personality-disordered individual's point of view. In other words; what is it like to live with a person with Narcissitic or Borderline Personality Disorder? What’s it like to have a parent with a Histrionic or Dependent Personality Disorder? How do you cope when confronted with the prospect of caring for someone with Obsessive-Compulsive or Avoidant Personality Disorder?

The descriptions of personality disorders given in this book are based not only on the clinical criteria used for diagnosis but also on the experiences of people who have cared for someone who suffers from a personality disorder; what it feels like, what works and what doesn't.

We often think of people in simple terms such as good and bad, friends and enemies, loving and hateful. Personality disorders are not so simple and the people who suffer from them often exhibit behaviors which are at times constructive and at other times destructive. This often creates confusion for those who come into contact with them.

If you have a family member or loved-one who suffers from a personality disorder, it is our hope that the information contained here may help you understand these behaviors better and navigate out of the FOG in your own life.

Author: Gary Walters
Kindle Edition: Kindle eBook
Company: Out of the FOG http://www.outofthefog.net (2011-11-06) (2011-11-06)
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