Personality Disorder: Temperament or Trauma? an Account of an Emancipatory Research Study Carried Out by Service Users Diagnosed With Personality Disorder (Forensicfocus, 23)

Personality Disorder (PD) is one of the most difficult psychological conditions to classify and treat and in the past literature on the subject has tended to neglect the invaluable viewpoint of sufferers themselves. Drawing on extensive research carried out in conjunction with service users, Heather Castillo seeks to adjust this imbalance and looks at the classification and treatment of PD from the service users' viewpoint. This book emphasises the need for health professionals to reassess their approach 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. Personality Disorder (PD) is one of the most difficult psychological conditions to classify and treat and in the past literature on the subject has tended to neglect the invaluable viewpoint of sufferers themselves. Drawing on extensive research carried out in conjunction with service users, Heather Castillo seeks to adjust this imbalance and looks at the classification and treatment of PD from the service users' viewpoint. This book emphasizes the need for health professionals to reassess their approach 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.

castillo (colchester Mind, A Psychiatric Service Advocacy Organization In The Uk) Presents A Study That Engaged The Work Of Individuals Diagnosed With Personality Disorder. The Study Attempts A Bottom-up Approach To Understanding The Way Psychiatric Service-users Experience Their Interaction With Themselves And With The Psychiatric Profession. Central To The Concerns Of The Study Is The Uk's Proposed Mental Health Act, Which Would Allow For The Incarceration Of Individuals Diagnosed With Severe Personality Disorder. Distributed By Taylor & Francis. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

Annotation Personality Disorder (PD) is one of the most difficult psychological conditions to classify and treat and in the past literature on the subject has tended to neglect the invaluable viewpoint of sufferers themselves. Drawing on extensive research carried out in conjunction with service users, Heather Castillo seeks to adjust this imbalance and looks at the classification and treatment of PD from the service users' viewpoint. This book emphasizes the need for health professionals to reassess their approach to the condition and allows those with PD to effectively define themselves and their illness "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 Personality Disorder is one of the most difficult psychological conditions to classify and treat. Drawing on extensive research carried out in conjunction with service users, the author seeks to adjust this imbalance and looks at the classification and treatment of personality disorder from the service users' viewpoint. When I look around me at the world of psychiatric diagnoses that has evolved I see a need for a fundamental questioning of its limitations.