Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: An Evidence Based ApproachISBN: 978-0-470-05948-7
Hardcover
340 pages
April 2009
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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