PERSONALITY PERSONALITY DISORDER AND VIOLENCE
Author(s): Richard Howard (Editor); Mary McMurran (Editor)
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
Product Information
General Fields
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- : John Wiley & Sons, Limited
- : 0.58967
- : 27 March 2009
- : 1.91 Centimeters X 17.02 Centimeters X 24.51 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Richard Howard (Editor); Mary McMurran (Editor)
- : Paperback
- : English
- : 616.8581
- : 340