Cover -- Half Title Page -- Also Available from W. John Livesley -- Title Page -- Copyright -- About the Editors -- Contributors -- Preface -- Contents -- Part I. Conceptual and Taxonomic Issues -- 1. Conceptual Issues -- 2. Theoretical versus Inductive Approaches to Contemporary Personality Pathology -- 3. Official Classification Systems -- 4. Dimensional Approaches to Personality Disorder Classification -- 5. Cultural Aspects of Personality Disorder -- Part II. Psychopathology -- 6. Identity -- 7. Attachment, Mentalizing, and the Self -- 8. Cognitive Structures and Processes in Personality Disorders -- 9. Taking Stock of Relationships among Personality Disorders and Other Forms of Psychopathology -- Part III. Epidemiology, Course, and Onset -- 10. Epidemiology of Personality Disorders -- 11. Understanding Stability and Change in the Personality Disorders: Methodological and Substantive Issues Underpinning Interpretive Challenges and the Road Ahead -- 12. Personality Pathology and Disorder in Children and Youth -- Part IV. Etiology and Development -- 13. Genetics -- 14. Neurotransmitter Function in Personality Disorder -- 15. Emotional Regulation and Emotional Processing -- 16. Neuropsychological Perspectives -- 17. Childhood Adversities and Personality Disorders -- 18. Developmental Psychopathology -- 19. An Attachment Perspective on Callous and Unemotional Characteristics across Development -- Part V. Diagnosis and Assessment -- 20. Empirically Validated Diagnostic and Assessment Methods -- 21. Clinical Assessment -- 22. Using Interpersonal Reconstructive Therapy to Select Effective Interventions for Comorbid, Treatment‑Resistant, Personality‑Disordered Individuals -- Part VI. Specific Patterns -- 23. Clinical Features of Borderline Personality Disorder -- 24. Theoretical Perspectives on Psychopathy and Antisocial Personality Disorder -- 25. Clinical Aspects of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy -- 26. Obsessive–Compulsive Personality Disorder and Component Personality Traits -- Part VII. Empirically Based Treatments -- 27. Cognitive Analytic Therapy -- 28. Cognitive‑Behavioral Therapy -- 29. Dialectical Behavior Therapy -- 30. Mentalization‑Based Treatment -- 31. Schema Therapy -- 32. Transference‑Focused Psychotherapy -- 33. Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving -- 34. Psychoeducation for Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder -- 35. Pharmacotherapy -- 36. A Treatment Framework for Violent Offenders with Psychopathic Traits -- 37. Integrated Modular Treatment -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- .
