Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence
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Description
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
Editor: McMurran, Mary, Editor: Howard, Richard
Topic: Psychology
Media: Book
ISBN: 470059494
Language: English
Pages: 321
Additional information
Weight | 1.27 lbs |
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Dimensions | 9.5 × 6.6 × 0.8 in |
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