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    Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: An Evidence Based Approach
    Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: An Evidence Based Approach
    Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: An Evidence Based Approach
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    Personality, Personality Disorder and Violence: An Evidence Based Approach

    By Mary McMurran and Richard Howard

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    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
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateMar 12, 2009
    ISBN9780470059791
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