Psychotherapy of personality disorders. Diagnostics, examples, tests, recommendations. 2nd edition. Starshenbaum G.

From the point of view of classical psychoanalysis, a person is considered normal as normal as it adapts to the environment. And if it adapts badly?

This book is an excellent manual for everyone who wants to get the most modern knowledge about the diagnosis and therapy of personality disorders. The well-known domestic psychotherapist with many years of work experience G. V. Starshenbaum uses the modern DSM-5 mental diagnostic system and the latest ICB-11 diseases classifier, gives the corresponding professional tests, explains the psychodynamic and cognitive mechanisms of disorders, and gives therapeutic recommendations developed on this basis. The description of the disorders is illustrated by examples from the author’s practice.

The publication will be useful to students and practicing psychologists and psychotherapists, as well as to everyone who is interested in the problems of personality disorders. The book is written clearly, vividly and equipped with a dictionary of terms.

The book in a hard cover.

is not a medicine textbook. All recommendations should be agreed with the attending physician.

in the book:

- classification of personality disorders;

- a detailed analysis of the causes of anxiety and depression;

-examples of working with aggressiveness and a tendency to violence;

-workaholism and burnout syndrome.

2nd edition.