Antisocial, Narcissistic, and Borderline Personality Disorders

by Daniel J. Fox

This book provides a framework for scholars and clinicians to develop a comprehensive and dynamic understanding of antisocial, narcissistic, and borderline personality disorders, by seeing personality as a dual, as opposed to a singular, construct. Converging the two separate research and clinical diagnostic systems into a wholistic model designed to reach reliable and valid diagnostic conclusions, the text examines adaptive and maladaptive personality development and expression, while addressing the interpersonal system that keeps the pathology from extinguishing. Each chapter will discuss core and surface content, origin and symptom manifestation, system and pathology perpetuation, and online behavior expression, concluding with practical guidance on treatment success and effective approaches. Seasoned and tyro researchers and clinicians will be challenged to explore the utility of the DSM-5 alternative model of personality disorders and apply it to further the understanding of these complex, and often destructive, disorders.

174 pages, Paperback

Published October 21, 2020

Reviews

[Drew Westaway · Rating 4 out of 5]

Discusses various systems for analyzing and treating personality disorders, specifically antisocial ("It is used to describe those who engage in violence, aggression, manipulation, and deceit, while exhibiting and experiencing callousness, lack of restraint, blunted emotions, disregard for rules and norms, and indifference toward the welfare of others"), narcissistic ("grandiosity, entitlement, seeing oneself as unique, self-important, and a tendency to be hypersensitive to vulnerability"), and borderline ("Intense affect that is habitually depressed or hostile. A history of impulsive behavior. A degree of social adaptivity. Brief psychotic experiences. Loose thinking in unstructured situations. Vacillation in relationships between transitory superficiality and intense dependency").