The Self in Understanding and Treating Psychological Disorders

This must-have reference is a unique exploration of how the individual notion of 'self' and related constructs, such as early schemas and attachment styles, impact on psychopathology, psychotherapy processes and treatment outcomes for psychological disorders across DSM-5, such as depression, bipolar and schizophrenia spectrum disorders, anxiety and trauma, eating disorders, obsessive-compulsive and related disorders, autism, personality disorders, gender identity disorder, dementia and somatic problems such as chronic fatigue syndrome. It discusses the role of the concept of self in a wide range of existing theoretical and treatment frameworks, and relates these to real-life clinical issues and treatment implications. Emphasizing the importance of integrating an awareness of self constructs into evidence-based conceptual models, it offers alternative practical intervention techniques, suggesting a new way forward in advancing our understanding of psychological disorders and their treatment.

Foreword Aaron T. Beck; List of contributors; Section 1. Introduction and Concepts: 1. The self in psychological disorders: an introduction Michael Kyrios; 2. The self-concept: theory and research Sunil S. Bhar and Michael Kyrios; 3. Adult attachment and self-related processes Mario Mikulincer and Guy Doron; Section 2. The Self in Treatment Frameworks: 4. Working with the future: a psychodynamic-integrative approach to treatment Golan Shahar and Moran Schiller; 5. Finding the self in a cognitive behavioural perspective David A. Clark; 6. The self in acceptance and commitment therapy Robert D. Zettle; 7. The self in schema therapy Eshkol Rafaeli, Offer Maurer, Gal Lazarus and Nathan C. Thoma; Section 3. The Self in Specific Psychological Disorders: 8. The self in depression Patrick Luyten and Peter Fonagy; 9. The self in bipolar disorder Nuwan D. Leitan; 10. The self in social anxiety Bree Gregory, Lorna Peters and Ronald M. Rapee; 11. The self in post-traumatic stress disorder Mardi J. Horowitz and Monica A. Sicilia; 12. Self processes in obsessive compulsive disorder Claire Ahern and Michael Kyrios; 13. The self in the obsessive compulsive-related disorders: hoarding disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, and trichotillomania Richard Moulding, Serafino G. Mancuso, Imogen Rehm and Maja Nedeljkovic; 14. Self-regulation in disordered gambling: a comparison with alcohol and substance use disorders Simone N. Rodda, Kate Hall, Petra K. Staiger and Nicki A. Dowling; 15. The self in autism Istvan Molnar-Szakacs and Lucina Q. Uddin; 16. Basic self disturbance in the schizophrenia spectrum: a review and future directions Barnaby Nelson, Louis A. Sass and Josef Parnas; 17. Painful incoherence: the self in borderline personality disorder Giovanni Liotti and Benedetto Farina; 18. The self in obsessive compulsive personality disorder Maja Nedeljkovic, Richard Moulding, Michael Kyrios and Stephanie Mathews; 19. The self in chronic fatigue syndrome Stefan Kempke, Eline Coppens, Patrick Luyten and Boudewijn Van Houdenhove; 20. The self in eating disorders Christopher Basten and Stephen Touyz; 21. The self in dementia Lisa S. Caddell; 22. The self in gender dysphoria: a developmental perspective Kenneth J. Zucker and Doug P. VanderLaan; Section 4. Conclusions and Future Directions: 23. Future directions in examining the self in psychological disorders Michael Kyrios, Richard Moulding, Sunil S. Bhar, Guy Doron, Maja Nedeljkovic and Mario Mikulincer; Index.

Michael Kyrios is Professor and Director at the Research School of Psychology, Australian National University, Canberra.
Richard Moulding is Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychology at Deakin University, Melbourne.
Guy Doron is Associate Professor at the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel.
Sunil S. Bhar is Associate Professor and Deputy Chair at the Department of Psychological Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne.
Maja Nedeljkovic is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Psychological Sciences and the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne.
Mario Mikulincer, Professor of Psychology, is the Provost of the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya and founding Dean of the Baruch Ivcher School of Psychology, Herzliya, Israel.