Department of Psychiatry, University of Parma, Italy
We inform all interested colleagues that the VIDEOTAPE from the 3-day intensive course on "Personality and Personality Disorders", held by John Clarkin at the University of Parma (Italy) on April 14-15-16, 1997, is available. The course was organized under the auspices of the Italian Psychiatric Association (SIP) and the Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR). John Clarkin is co-director, with Otto Kernberg, of the Personality Disorder Institute, New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center. This Videotape (6 cassettes, 17 hours) is especially useful for the training of mental health professionals (psychotherapy schools, psychiatry residency programs, psychology departments, mental health centers, etc.). Dr. Clarkin, who has very good teaching skills, speaks clearly in English, and is translated into Italian by Paolo Migone quasi-simultaneously (every 3-4 words), very fast so that there are no interruptions (both languages are heard, English better than Italian). The videotape format is VHS Hi-Fi Stereo PAL, but other formats (e.g., NTSC which is the standard of videos in the United States) are available on request.
Contents of the videotape:
- Main problems of description, etiology, course, therapy and classification of "traits" and "disorders" of personality
- Indicators of "disorder" and main theories: cognitive-behavioral (e.g., Beck and Linehan), interpersonal (e.g., Benjamin's SASB), psychodynamic (e.g., Kernberg), neurobiological (e.g., Cloninger)
- Current research methodologies and main advantages and disadvantages of each
- Detailed description of Kernberg's psychodynamic therapy for borderline patients, with clinical examples of the "structural interview" and of the therapeutic contract technique. It is possible to see how the establishment of a therapeutic contract can change patients' tendency to "manipulate" the relationship and decrease suicidal attempts or self-destructive behaviors (since the therapist clarifies what exactly s/he will or will not do, and what are the patient's responsibilities, the contract modifies the patient's previous relational patterns)
- Kernberg's approach is compared with Lineman's Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy (DBT) that yields good results in female suicidal patients
For further informations in Italian (course program, bibliography, etc.), see web pages http://www.psychomedia.it/pm-cong/1997/clarkin1.htm
and http://www.psychomedia.it/pm-cong/1997/clarkrec1.htm
For further informations and orders, contact:
Paolo Migone, M.D.
Via Palestro, 14
43100 Parma, Italy
Tel./Fax +(39) 0521-960595
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