1. Dreaming of a Better Way -- 2. A Historical Perspective -- 3. The Disliked Patient -- 4. Personality Development -- 5. Complex Post Traumatic Syndrome -- 6. Treatability -- 7. Is Suffering an Illness? -- 8. Getting Our Act Together -- 9. The Task -- 10. Demographics and Themes -- 11. What Personality Disorder Means to Us -- 12. Experiences -- 13. The Moral Career of the Client -- 14. The Diagnostic Straightjacket -- 15. Spreading the Word -- 16. New Beginnings
Summary
"This book emphasises the need for health professionals to reassess their approaches to the condition and allows those with PD to effectively define themselves and their illness. With a wide range of case study material and analysis, this book is essential reading for mental health professionals, workers in the voluntary and forensic sectors and service users themselves."--Jacket
