Joel Paris
Joel Paris was born in New York City, but has spent most of his life in Canada. Dr. Paris' research interest is in borderline personality disorder. Dr. Paris has 193 peer-reviewed articles, and is the author of 17 books and 40 book chapters. Dr. Paris is an educator who has has won awards for his teaching.
Working with traits: psychotherapy of personality disorders
Aiming to set significant yet attainable goals, this text presents an approach to the treatment of patients with personality disorders. These disorders are viewed as pathological amplifications of... (more)
Myths of childhood:
Using empirically-based research from areas including behavioural genetics and attachment, this book builds a case against the primacy of childhood. It is an important addition to the literature... (more)
The Fall of an Icon: Psychoanalysis and Academic Psychiatry
Over the last few decades, academic psychiatry has undergone a revolution. After the Second World War, most department chairs were psychoanalysts who belonged to separate institutes, not subject to... (more)
Half in Love with Death: Managing the Chronically Suicidal Patient
"Half in Love With Death" presents a new way for therapists to manage chronically suicidal patients, an incredibly challenging task for clinicians and one where an insufficient amount of literature... (more)
Prescriptions for the Mind: A Critical View of Contemporary Psychiatry
This book focuses on the most striking change within the field - the diverging roles of psychopharmacology and psychotherapy in contemporary practice. Where once psychiatrists were trained in... (more)
The Bipolar Spectrum: Diagnosis or Fad?
Joel Paris discusses the over-diagnosis of bipolar disorder and the negative impact of this trend on clinical care. The book opens with a careful review of scientific evidence that verifies that... (more)
Fads and Fallacies in Psychiatry
Relative to some other medical specialties, psychiatry is a new and still scientifically underdeveloped field - as a result practitioners can be influenced by attractive but unproven ideas. Since... (more)
The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5
The Intelligent Clinician's Guide to the DSM-5® is the second edition of the widely-read book first published in 2013. This second edition is thoroughly revised, and has several new chapters... (more)
Psychotherapy in an Age of Neuroscience
Psychotherapy In an Age of Neuroscience is a critique of the neuroscience model that dominates contemporary psychiatric practice. It shows that while the neurosciences have made great advances, this... (more)
An Evidence-Based Critique of Contemporary Psychoanalysis: Research Theory and Clinical Practice
An Evidence-Based Critique of Contemporary Psychoanalysis assesses the state of psychoanalysis in the 21st century. Joel Paris examines areas where analysis needs to develop a stronger scientific and... (more)
Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice
Acclaimed for its wisdom and no-nonsense style, this authoritative guide has now been revised and expanded with 50% new content reflecting a decade of advances in the field. Distinguished... (more)
Nature and Nurture in Personality and Psychopathology: A Guide for Clinicians
Psychiatry and clinical psychology have long been divided about the roles of nature and nurture in the pathways to psychopathology. Some clinicians offer treatment almost entirely based on... (more)