Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders

Exploring the Frontier

Randy A. Sansone, John L. Levitt, Randy A. Sansone, John L. Levitt

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781135442873
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Abnormal Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders explores and defines the multifaceted relationship between these two fields in a cogent synthesis of prevalence, etiology, and treatment. The book brings together leading specialists in both fields, with a clinical focus on such topical issues as genetics, drug abuse, and childhood trauma—as they relate to each field and as they affect the relationship between the two disorders. Therapists who treat eating disorders will find the material on treatment approaches especially helpful in formulating interventions with particularly difficult patients. Therapists who work with patients with personality disorders will find that the interface between personality and eating disorders is relevant to various aspects of self-destructive behavior observed in these individuals.

This unique book enhances the assessment and treatment of individuals suffering from personality disorders and eating disorders, and it augments the understanding of both populations, while establishing a foundation for discussing each as they interface with one another.

INDEX

A

Abandonment

avoidant personality disorder and, 217–218, 220

fear of, 134, 144, 208

Abuse

during childhood, see Childhood trauma

of diuretics, 51–52

eating disorders and, 70–71

emotional, 62–64, 152

of laxatives, 51–52, 71

perpetrators of, confrontation of, 210

physical, 62–64, 139

as risk factor

population sample assessments on, 62–64

sequencing model of, 71–71

sexual, see Sexual abuse

of substances, see Alcohol abuse; Substance abuse

verbal, 62–64

witnessing, as risk factor, 65

Acting out, 192

self-injurious behavior associated with, 53

Actions, for borderline personality treatment, 188, 190, 192

Adaptive context, of avoidant personality disorder, 159

Addictions

childhood trauma assessment with, 63

eating disorders and, 26, 34, 46, 51

impulsivity in, 46–47

Adolescents

diagnostic cautions for, 10–11

eating disorders assessment in, 100–102

Adult victims, of childhood trauma, 66–67

Affect/affective disorders

in avoidant personality disorder, 157

in borderline personality disorder, 69, 134, 136–137

diagnostic applications of, 140–141

functional impairment of, 185–186

treatment strategies for, 192–193, 205, 207

target-symptom approach to, 235

Age/age groups

childhood trauma assessment based on, 62, 66–68, 70

sequencing model of, 71–72

in diagnostic criteria, 10–11

self-injurious behavior associated with, 52

Age at onset, of eating disorders

assessment difficulties related to, 100–102

personality pathology influence on, 141, 250–251

Aggression, target-symptom approach to, 235

Agreeableness, dimensional measures of, 86

Alcohol abuse

childhood trauma assessment with, 63

eating disorders and, 26, 34, 46, 51

impulsivity in, 46–47

American Psychiatric Association (APA), eating disorder treatment guidelines of, 151

Anger, self-injurious behavior associated with, 53

Anger management, for obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, 170

Anorexia nervosa (AN)

antisocial personality disorder with, 26–29

avoidant personality disorder with, 26–29

relevancy of, 149–160, 215–220

treatment strategies for, 220–227

borderline personality disorder with, 15, 26–29, 34, 109

relevancy of, 131–145

treatment strategies for, 186–195, 197–212

as comorbidity, 13–15; see also specific type

assessment difficulties of, 100–108

binge eating/purging type, 28–29

clinical implications of, 34–35, 46

clinical vignette of, 49–50

diagnostic criteria for, 122

impulsivity/compulsivity risk for, 46–51

literature review on, 25–26

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Halftitle
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editors
• Contributors
• The Lost Years
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Section I Personality Conceptualization
• Section II Epidemiology
• Section III Etiology
• Section IV Assessment
• Section V Personality Disorders Most Relevant to Eating Disorders
• Section VI Treatment Approaches
• Section VII Outcome
• Index