This book successfully provides a solid, coherent update and selective review of priority topics. It is excellent reading for general psychiatrists, pre-exam psychiatric trainees, case managers and other mental health clinicians...In an area of controversy and limited research, the editors and authors have been remarkably successful in producing a clinically relevant and helpful book that is both authoritative and easy to read. Blackwell Science Asia All in all, this is a highly readable volume that elucidates a number of important topics related to psychotherapy with personality disordered patients. Lynn E. Alden, Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books