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Management of difficult personality disorder patients

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Kingsley Norton
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‘…therapy often becomes part of the problem rather than vice versa’. George Lockwood, 1992

Ten per cent of the general adult population have a diagnosable personality disorder (Zimmerman & Coryell, 1990) and in 4% this is clinically severe (Tyrer, 1988). The clinical management of such patients may be difficult. However, much clinical difficulty is generated by interpersonal aspects deriving from the particular interaction of the patient and psychiatrist involved and the respective roles they play.

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Advances in Psychiatric Treatment , Volume 2 , Issue 5 , September 1996 , pp. 202 - 210
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 1996 

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