Duane L. Dobbert

I recently came upon this book while looking for more resources on bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. I was pleasantly surprised to discover the vast amount of personality disorders that were covered in this book and happy to admit that I learned a great deal in a short time. The author provided the reader with a small story, which served as an example of each disorder. After the story was given, the symptoms were listed and fully described in great detail. This allowed a significant amount of information to be broken down for the reader to understand. Some personalities that were covered were paranoid personality, schizoid, antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic, avoidant, dependent, and obsessive compulsive personality disorder. The book was published around 2007, but most of the information is still relative to today. It does not really go into medication, but focuses on the disorder itself.

I believe it is important to get as much information as you can when you are a parent to a special needs child. Although the medical field is coming out with more and more medications and therapies that are helpful, the foundation of the disorders itself has not changed. Publications like this book are always a good thing to have on hand or to read if one has the time. I strongly recommend this book to those that have a loved one with the above diagnoses.… (más)