Problem-Solving Therapy for People with Personality Disorders

Principles of Social Psychiatry: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 449-459

  Mcmurran, Mary ^a   Maguth Nezu, Christine ^a,b   Nezu, Arthur M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

'Stop think!' problem solving approach in working with people with personality disorder; Association between social problem solving deficits and psychological distress, physical ill health, substance misuse; Cognitive behavioural treatments, modifying maladaptive core beliefs and teaching emotional and interpersonal coping skills; Community based, with psychological interventions; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders an enduring pattern of inner experience and behaviour deviating markedly from expectations of individual's culture; People with personality disorder high levels of distress, suicide, self harm, addiction, family breakdown and social exclusion; Problem solving therapy for people with personality disorders; Problem solving therapy, cognitive affective behavioural intervention promoting application of effective problem solving skills; Social problem solving, the self directed cognitive affective behavioral process; Social Problem Solving Inventory Revised (SPSIR)

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052788817     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470684214.ch34     Document Type: Chapter

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