Personality, Personality Disorder, and Violence

Personality, Personality Disorder, and Violence - Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology

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Publisher's Synopsis

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

Book information

ISBN: 9780470059487
Publisher: Wiley
Imprint: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Pub date:
DEWEY: 616.8582
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 321
Weight: 737g
Height: 249mm
Width: 177mm
Spine width: 27mm