Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-5 Personality Disorders

Len Sperry, MD, PhD, is a professor of mental health counseling and director of clinical training at Florida Atlantic University, and clinical professor of psychiatry at the Medical College of Wisconsin. For more than three decades he has treated and taught courses and workshops on the personality disorders. Among his 1000+ professional publications are several articles, book chapters, and books on these disorders, including the recently published Cognitive Behavior Therapy of DSM-5 Personality Disorders.

"Len Sperry has been a leader in the treatment of personality disorders for over twenty-five years. This third edition of his Handbook provides treatment strategies informed by recent research and updates from DSM-5. Sperry is the top contemporary clinical scholar of personality disorders with his integration of empirical science, human development, and a synthetic understanding of different treatment approaches. If you are going to purchase one book on personality disorders, get this one."Steven J. Sandage, PhD, LP, professor of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Boston University"As a much needed antidote to the one-size fits all of current cognitive therapy, be it for Axis I or Axis II, Dr. Sperry has presented a much needed series of evidence- based and tailored interventions that effectively treat the gamut of personality disorders that are so prevalent today."Nicholas A. Cummings, PhD, ScD, former president, American Psychological Association"The Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-5 Personality Disorders: Assessment, Case Conceptualization, and Treatment, Third Edition is a must read for any practicing mental health clinician working with personality disordered clients. It is remarkably practical, user friendly, updated, and helpful to assist both professionals and trainees alike stay up-to-date on the thoughtful evidence based strategies for understanding and treating personality disorders. This is one of those books that should be on the shelf of all mental health professionals. Dr. Sperry, as usual, has offered the profession a terrific update to his now classic text."Thomas G. Plante, PhD, ABPP, professor of psychology, Santa Clara University"Len Sperry’s third edition of the Handbook of Diagnosis and Treatment of DSM-5 Personality Disorders offers both the experienced clinician and student a concise overview and description of the range of personality disorders, as well as presenting the essential elements of comprehensive diagnosis and treatment. Sperry understands the world of the clinician, distilling the theoretical and pragmatic advances in clinical science that offer hope for identifying, conceptualizing and more importantly influencing the course of change for these ubiquitous and challenging disorders."Jeffrey J. Magnavita, PhD, ABPP, independent practice and Lecturer in Psychiatry, Yale University

• Foreword Preface Acknowledgements Chapters: 1. Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders Today 2. Case Conceptualization and the Effective Treatment of Personality Disorders 3. Antisocial Personality Disorder 4. Avoidant Personality Disorder 5. Borderline Personality Disorder 6. Dependent Personality Disorder 7. Histrionic Personality Disorder 8. Narcissistic Personality Disorder 9. Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder 10. Paranoid Personality Disorder 11. Schizoid Personality Disorder 12. Schizotypal Personality Disorder  References Index