Translator's Preface
Editor's Preface


Part 1: Personality Pathology: Focus of Intervention
Chapter 1: The Object Relations Model of Personality and Personality Pathology
What is object relations theory?
psychological structure
Internal object relations
An object relations theory-based approach to personality pathology
Therapeutic implications

Chapter 2 Attachment and Personality Pathology
Introduction to Attachment Theory
The Neurobiology of Attachment and Its Relationship to Mentalization
Understanding the Relationship Between Attachment and Mentalization
Development of the Subjective Self: Social Acquisition of Social Cognition
Emotion regulation, attention regulation, and mentalization
Subjectivity before spiritualization
Borderline personality disorder and attachment
Impaired attachment-related mentalization in borderline personality disorder
Elements of mentalization
The consequences of mentalization failure
The complex relationship between stress, attachment, and mentalization
Relational Concrete Mentalization: Mentalization in Context
Therapeutic implications

Chapter 3: Neurology of Personality Disorders
borderline personality disorder
Neurobiological Basis of Antisocial Personality Disorder and Psychopathy
conclusion

Chapter 4: The Shedler-Westen Assessment Process: Making Clinically Meaningful Personality Diagnoses
Why revise Axis II?
Challenges of clinical data
Standard vocabulary for case studies
Psychodynamics without jargon
Capturing clinical nuances
Therapeutic implications
SWAP dimensional diagnosis
Case examples
Reliability and validity
Toward DSM-5: Improving the Classification of Personality Disorders
Dimensional Diagnosis: A Circular Matching Approach
Conclusion: Integrating Science and Practice

Part 2: Psychodynamic Therapy Approach
Chapter 5 Treatment of Cluster A Personality Disorders
Paranoid personality disorder
schizoid personality disorder
schizotypal personality disorder

Chapter 6: Mentalization-Based Therapy and Borderline Personality Disorder
Mental state and mentalization
Components of mentalization
Mentalization Model of Borderline Personality Disorder
conclusion

Chapter 7 Transference-Focused Therapy and Borderline Personality Disorder
Object Relations Model for Borderline Pathology
primitive defense mechanisms
Core methods of metastatic focal therapy
Treatment contract
Treatment process
Interpretation process
Empirical studies on transfer-focused therapy
Clinical practice examples

Chapter 8: Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder in Psychoanalytic Therapy
An Empirical Study on Transfer Interpretation
Therapeutic Activities and Borderline Personality Disorder
MBT vs TFP
The Role of the Therapeutic Alliance
neurobiological factors

Chapter 9: Treatment of Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Definition and classification
clinical syndrome
narcissistic personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder
therapeutic approach
Considerations in Patient Prognosis
Treatment management of difficult cases
Recent developments and empirical research

Chapter 10 Treatment of Histrionic Personality Disorder
Case Conceptualization
Treatment stages
conclusion

Chapter 11 Treatment of Antisocial Personality Disorder
Research on treatment
Psychodynamic approach to treatment
Psychodynamic therapy for antisocial personality disorder
Reversal
New personality disorder treatments
conclusion

Chapter 12 Treatment of Cluster C Personality Disorders
Diagnosis: Core features, clinical course, and psychodynamic conceptualization
The effectiveness of psychodynamic therapy
Principles of psychodynamic therapy for group C patients

Chapter 13: A Psychodynamic Approach Integrating Day Treatment and Inpatient Settings
Terminology
Psychodynamic foundation
The power of group therapy
Characteristics of the therapeutic community
Performance research
Case study
Patient suitability for weekly treatment
Predictive factor research
Summary of Research Results
Things to Consider When Implementing Weekly Therapy
conclusion

Chapter 14: Treatment Possibilities and Limitations of Personality Disorders
Favorable and unfavorable characteristics of treatment
Reflection function
The importance of individual traits
Problems arising from the diversity of border areas
The influence of narcissistic traits
The influence of antisocial traits
Summary of Obstacles to Psychodynamic Therapy
Religious fundamentalism that interferes with treatment
conclusion

Part 3: Research and Future Directions
Chapter 15: Research Results of Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Disorders
Evidence-based and empirically supported treatments
Research Results of Psychodynamic Therapy for Personality Disorders
argument
conclusion

Chapter 16: Psychodynamic Treatment Plans and Formal Diagnostic Systems: Toward DSM-5
An Overview of the DSM Personality Disorder Classification System
Problems, Discussions, and New Directions of DSM-5
Psychodynamic Treatment Plan and the DSM-5
conclusion

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