Description:

Present day knowledge and leading hypotheses regarding severe personality disorders will be reviewed, and their relationship to clinical characteristics of these patients clarified. A critical review of present classification will be followed by exploration of specific technical approaches to diagnostic interviewing and decision-making regarding specific therapeutic approaches to each patient.

Educational Objectives:

1. To describe how to assess severe personality disorders and prescribe specific treatment indicators.
2. To describe the interaction of neurological and psychodynamic etiological functions in determining the psychopathology of severe personality disorders.

*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*