Table of Contents

I: Biological Foundations of Personality Disorders.- 1. Genetics of Personality Disorders.- 2. Psychobiology of Personality Disorders: Implications for the Clinic.- 3. The Implications of Recent Research on the Etiology and Stability of Personality and Personality Disorder for Treatment.- II: Psychological Foundations of Personality Disorders.- 4. Psychodynamic Research Can Help Us to Improve Diagnosis and Therapy for Personality Disorders: The Case of Defense Mechanisms.- 5. Attachment, the Development of the Self, and Its Pathology in Personality Disorders.- 6. Trauma and Personality.- 7. Adolescence and Personality Disorders: Current Perspectives on a Controversial Problem.- III: Diagnostic Models of Personality Disorders.- 8. Integrative Perspectives on the Personality Disorders.- 9. A Multidimensional Approach to Personality Disorders and Their Treatment.- 10. The Structure of DSM-IV Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Implications for Treatment.- 11. The Relationship between Anxiety Disorders and Personality Disorders: Prevalence Rates and Comorbidity Models.- IV: Treatment of Personality Disorders.- 12. Psychodiagnostics and Indications for Treatment in Cases of Personality Disorder: Some Pitfalls.- 13. The Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Borderline Patients.- 14. Functional Analysis of Borderline Personality Disorder Behavioral Criterion Patterns: Links to Treatment.- 15. Psychopharmacological Treatment of Personality Disorders: A Review.- 16. New Drugs in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder.- 17. The Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Addiction.- 18. Pharmacotherapy for Patients with Personality Disorders: Experiences from a Group Analytic Treatment Program.- 19. A New Interpersonal Theory and the Treatment of Dependent Personality Disorder.-20. HIV Infection, Personality Structure, and Psychotherapeutic Treatment.

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