The new book: Depressive Personality Disorder: Understanding Current Trends in Research and Practice, copyright Dr. Todd Finnerty is available now!
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Can you think of a person you may have met or treated whose usual mood was gloomy and unhappy, and did they have feelings of low self-esteem? Were they critical of themselves and did they brood and tend to worry? Did they tend to be negative and judgmental toward others? Were they pessimistic and prone to feeling guilty or remorseful? Did this person have a Depressive Personality Disorder? If you'd like to learn more about recent research and trends related to Depressive Personality Disorder as well as get notified when my book is published late Spring/Early Summer, 2009- send an e-mail to info@depressivepersonality.com, thanks!
Did you know you can register on the DSM-V website even if you are not a member of the American Psychiatric Association (APA) and make suggestions about the future DSM-V?
If you think the concept of a Depressive Personality Disorder has clinical utility and you want to see it in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), you can go ahead and tell the DSM-V task force so by visiting the site and Submitting your comments about your desire to see DPD in DSM-V and how you think it should look. Either way, I think its worth registering on the site. Thanks!
Depressive Personality Disorder and Dysthymia Information
This is a site to discuss conceptualizing and treating all types of chronic depression, with specific focus on the nature of the depressive personality disorder (offered for further research in the DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR). There are links to relevant resources, journal article and book/ book chapter recommendations and a discussion forum. You can also get more information about these disorders at the website www.DepressivePersonalityDisorder.com. The site will also likely be of interest to anyone interested in mood or affective disorders such as bipolar and personality disorders in general. Feel free to kick off the discussion in the discussion forum with a recommendation for a website, article, your opinions about the Depressive Personality or anything else even mildly relevant to the concept of Depressive Personality Disorder, Dysthymic Disorder / Dysthymia, early onset chronic depression or personality disorders in general. I also think discussion of DSM-V and ICD-11 would be relevant and interesting. Additional Depressive Personality Disorder, Dysthymia (Dysthymic Disorder) and chronic depression resources
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Continuing Education for Psychologists and other mental health professionals
I am happy to promote any CE opportunities related to depressive personaity disorder here at this website. Register to get more details when CEs are available by e-mailing info@depressivepersonality.com. To learn more about online CE providers check out PsychContinuingEd.com, a directory of online course providers and a public blog where individuals can rate courses.
ATTENTION Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Counselors and other mental health professionals:
Would you like to be included in the new, FREE practice directory of clinicians who are aware of and assess for Depressive Personality Disorder? Claim your free listing by e-mailing toddfinnerty@toddfinnerty.com! There will be a directory of providers who are aware of DPD included on the website DepressivePersonalityDisorder.com broken down by State (USA) and country (internationally). In the future I will add a form for easier submission, but for now send me the information you would like included such as your name, practice address, website if applicable and any biographical or other details about your practice you would like included in the directory.
This book answers the question “Does Depressive Personality Disorder Exist?” with a concise, readable review of current research and trends. It is geared toward the clinician who may already be assessing for depressive traits and not even realize it, as well as anyone else interested in learning more about Depressive Personality Disorder. In addition, suggestions for current practice under DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association) and ICD-10 (World Health Organization) as well as for the development of DSM-V and ICD-11 are offered. Gain a firm background in current research and theory leading to the confident assessment of Depressive Personality Disorder, offered both as a diagnosis for further research and as an example of a diagnosis that can be made under Personality Disorder NOS in the DSM-IV and DSM-IV-TR. This book makes the case for inclusion of DPD in DSM-V and ICD-11.
Are you interested in Psychology, Mental Health, Counseling, Social Work, Psychotherapy, Psychological Testing or similar subjects? if you're not quite sure where to surf next here on the world wide web why not check out the many and growing list of sites in the World Wide Mental Health online publishing family. It is a resource created by Psychologist Dr. Todd Finnerty and includes many webpages on related topics which you may be interested in (don't have time? check them out and bookmark them for later). You'll find an online continuing education directory, free MP3 and other relaxation exercises, directories to lots of great psych information you may not have known about, community blogs and other discussion forums and groups as well as a daily briefing page that presents up to the minute mental health news and recently published journal articles (and much more).
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