Disorders of Personality: Introducing a DSM/ICD Spectrum from Normal to Abnormal, 3rd Edition

by Millon, Theodore

• ISBN13: 9780470040935
• ISBN10: 0470040939
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-05-03
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Now in its Third Edition, this book clarifies the distinctions between the vast array of personality disorders and helps clinicians make accurate diagnoses. It has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the changes in the forthcoming DSM-5. Using the classification scheme he pioneered, Dr. Millon guides clinicians through the intricate maze of personality disorders, with special attention to changes in their conceptualization over the last decade. Extensive new research is included, as well as the incorporation of over 50 new illustrative and therapeutically detailed cases. This is every mental health professional's essential volume to fully understanding personality.

Author Biography

Theodore Millon, Ph.D., D.Sc. is one of the world's leading authorities on personality disorders. Developer of the widely used Millon personality assessment inventories, he has been the editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders, President of the International Society of Personality Disorders, and a key member of the DSM-III, DSM-IV, and and key advisor to the DSM-5 committees on personality disorders.
Dr. Millon is retired Professor of Harvard Medical School and the University of Miami. He is currently Dean and Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology in Coral Gables, FL. He is author of numerous other Wiley books, including Masters of the Mind: Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, 2E, and Wiley's forthcoming 15-book Normality to Abnormality Personality Series.

Table of Contents

Historical, Modern, and Contemporary Approaches to Personology

Sources of Personologic and Psychopathologic Development

Clinical Methods and Instruments of Personalized Assessment

Logic and Modalities of Personalized Psychotherapy

Classification Considerations, DSMâÇôV Prelims and Proposals for Personology

Deferential Styles, Attached Types, Dependent Disorders: The DAD Spectrum

Sociable Styles, Pleasuring Types, Histrionic Disorders. The SPH Spectrum

Confident Styles, Egotistic Types, Narcissistic Disorders. The CEN Spectrum

Aggrandizing Styles, Devious Types, Antisocial Disorders, the ADA Spectrum

Reliable Styles, Constricted Types, Compulsive Disorders. The RCC Spectrum

Discontented Styles, Resentful Types,Negativistic Disorders, the DRN Spectrum

Abused Styles, Aggrieved Types, Masochistic Disorders: the AAM Spectrum

Assertive Styles, Denigrating Types, Sadistic Disorders. The ADS Spectrum

Apathetic Styles, Asocial Types, Schizoid Disorders. The AAS Spectrum

Shy Styles, Reticent Types, Avoidant Disorders. The SRA Spectrum

Dejected Styles, Forlorn Types, Melancholic Disorders. The DFM Spectrum

Ebullient Styles, Exuberant Types, Turbulent Disorders. The EET Spectrum

Eccentric Styles, Schizotypal Types, Schizophrenic Disorders. The ESS Spectrum

Unstable Styles, Borderline Types,Cyclophrenic Disorders. The UBC Spectrum

Mistrustful Styles, Paranoid Types, Paraphrenic Disorders. The MPP Spectrum

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