Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence

An Evidence Based Approach

Richard Howard editor Mary McMurran editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley & Sons Inc

Published:27th Mar '09

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

This paperback is available in another edition too:

Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence cover

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

ISBN: 9780470059494

Dimensions: 245mm x 170mm x 19mm

Weight: 590g

352 pages