In order to work effectively with people with personality disorders it is important that Mental Health Social Workers (MHSWs) have a clear understanding of trauma and its impact on the person. It is also important that they have good relational skills and the support of the team and organisation. Drawing

Critical Psychiatry outlines the history of a group of thinkers that has come to be known as the anti-psychiatry movement. Though it has been called a movement, the individual thinkers’ and authors’ ideas were often in conflict but what they share is a critical perspective on psychiatry as a discipline

SAUNDERS REVIEW OF FAMILY PRACTICE, 3RD EDITION, serves as an excellent study companion to Rakel's popular TEXTBOOK OF FAMILY PRACTICE, 6TH EDITION. It is written by family physicians who have carefully reviewed each chapter in the textbook and formulated questions pertaining to the most important learning points in each chapter.

Books about Personality Disorder Discharges

Under the scrutiny of feminist theory, traditional theories of personality and psychopathology are shown to be inadequate primarily because the theories reflect the biased cultural norms in which they were developed. Some limitations include their constricted views of human nature, their narrowly constructed definitions of mental health and mental disorder,