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Mentalization-Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide
Anthony Bateman
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Description for Mentalization-Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide
Paperback. Loss of mentalizing leads to interpersonal and social problems, emotional variability, impulsivity, self-destructive behaviours, and violence. This practical guide on MBT treatment of personality disorders outlines the mentalizing model of borderline and antisocial personality disorders and how it translates into an effective clinical treatment. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: JMP; MMH; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Mentalizing - the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring mental states that lie behind overt behaviour - develops within the context of attachment relationships. It is crucial to self-regulation and constructive, intimate relationships, both of which are impaired in personality disorders because of sensitivity to losing mentalizing at times of anxiety and attachment stress. Loss of mentalizing leads to interpersonal and social problems, emotional variability, impulsivity, self-destructive behaviours, and violence. This practical guide on mentalization-based treatment (MBT) of personality disorders outlines the mentalizing model of borderline and antisocial personality disorders and how it translates into clinical treatment. ... Read more
Mentalizing - the ability to understand oneself and others by inferring mental states that lie behind overt behaviour - develops within the context of attachment relationships. It is crucial to self-regulation and constructive, intimate relationships, both of which are impaired in personality disorders because of sensitivity to losing mentalizing at times of anxiety and attachment stress. Loss of mentalizing leads to interpersonal and social problems, emotional variability, impulsivity, self-destructive behaviours, and violence. This practical guide on mentalization-based treatment (MBT) of personality disorders outlines the mentalizing model of borderline and antisocial personality disorders and how it translates into clinical treatment. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199680375
SKU
V9780199680375
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About Anthony Bateman
Anthony Bateman - Expert member of National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) development group for treatment guidelines for Borderline Personality Disorder in UK; currently Chair of the National Guideline Development Group for Eating Disorders. NHS clinical services are recognised by NHS England as a national demonstration site for the treatment of personality disorder. President of the European Society for the ... Read more
Reviews for Mentalization-Based Treatment for Personality Disorders: A Practical Guide
Readers seeking to comprehend recent advances in developmental psychology, the neurosciences, and mentalization-based treatment (MBT) for personality disorders will be well served by this work... This book is highly recommended for clinicians wanting an up-to-date account of the theory and technique of MBT, with useful clinical examples to boot.
Josephine Beatson, Australasian Psychiatry
Josephine Beatson, Australasian Psychiatry