Masters of the Mind Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium

by Millon, Theodore; Grossman, Seth D.; Meagher, Sarah E.

• ISBN13: 9780471469858
• ISBN10: 0471469858
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-06
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The compelling story of the quest to understand the human mind - and its diseases This engaging presentation of our evolving understanding of the human mind and the meaning of mental illness asks the questions that have fascinated philosophers, researchers, clinicians, and ordinary persons for millennia: What causes human behavior? What processes underlie personal functioning and psychopathology, and what methods work best to alleviate disorders of the mind? Written by Theodore Millon, a leading researcher in personality theory and psychopathology, it features dozens of illuminating profiles of famous clinicians and philosophers.

Author Biography

<b>Theodore Millon, PhD, DSc</b>, Professor Emeritus of Harvard Medical School and the University of Miami, is currently Dean and Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology in Coral Gables, Florida. Developer of several influential diagnostic instruments, he is author of numerous other Wiley books, including the forthcoming Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition.

Table of Contents

Prologue.

PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL STORIES.

Chapter 1. Demythologizing the Ancients' Spirits.

Chapter 2. Resuscitating and Fashioning Scientific Thinking.

PART II: HUMANITARIAN STORIES.

Chapter 3. Creating and Reforming the Custodial Asylum.

Chapter 4. Rekindling Sensibilities and Releasing Potentials.

PART III: NEUROSCIENTIFIC STORIES.

Chapter 5. Identifying, Describing and Classifying Psychiatric Disorders.

Chapter 6. Exploring and Altering the Convoluted Brain.

PART IV: PSYCHOANALYTIC STORIES.

Chapter 7. Exposing and Decoding the Unconscious.

Chapter 8. Innovating the Intricacies of Intrapsychic Thought.

PART V: PSYCHOSCIENTIFIC STORIES.

Chapter 9. Untangling Learning and Remedying Behaviors.

Chapter 10. Scrutinizing Introspections and Rebuilding Cognitions.

PART VI: SOCIOCULTURAL STORIES.

Chapter 11. Unveiling the Social and Anthropologic World.

Chapter 12. Exploring and Enhancing Interpersonal Relationships.

PART VII: PERSONOLOGIC STORIES.

Chapter 13. Enlisting Evolution to Elucidate Human Maladaptations.

Chapter 14. Systematically Measuring and Integrating the Mind.

Epilogue.