title: The "A-B-C's" of the cluster B's: identifying, understanding, and treating cluster B personality disorders.
abstract: This article is a summary of some of the more recent research on the diagnosis, etiology, and treatment of Cluster B personality disorders (antisocial, histrionic, borderline, and narcissistic). Research on psychological, psychosocial, and biological perspectives of these disorders is presented. Individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and other forms of multi-person therapies are also discussed. Finally, perspectives on issues of countertransference when treating these personality-disordered patients are addressed.
authors: University of Cincinnati, OH, USA. kareem33@aol.com
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Kraus
authors: D J
authors: DJ
authors: Reynolds
mesh_terms: D003379:Countertransference; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group