Personality and Psychopathology

by Cloninger, C. Robert

• ISBN13: 9780880489232
• ISBN10: 0880489235
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC PUBLISHING INC

Summary

Personality and Psychopathologycompiles the conclusions of more than 30 internationally recognized experts who each carefully examine the link between personality traits and psychopathology. Recent findings have clarified the importance of personality in the development and expression of psychopathology. In light of such discoveries, this reference examines the relationship of personality traits with psychopathology from several interlocking perspectives-descriptive, developmental, etiological, and therapeutic. It successfully tackles A description of the frequency and patterns of overlap between personality and psychopathology The structure and stability of normal personality traits across the life span and their relation to psychopathology An analysis of personality disorders from three different approaches The causes of individual differences in personality and psychopathology from genetic, psychosocial, and neurobiological perspectives The role of personality in the treatment of psychopathology Complete with illustrative charts, this all-inclusive resource provides invaluable information on the link between personality and psychopathology.

Author Biography

C. Robert Cloninger, M.D., is Wallace Renard Professor of Psychiatry at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix	(4)
Preface	xiii
Part I Role of Personality in Psychopathology	3	(98)
1 Personality and Vulnerability to Affective Disorders	3	(30)
John G. Gunderson, M.D.
Joseph Triebwasser, M.D.
Katharine A. Phillips, M.D.
Chantal N. Sullivan, B.A.
2 Measurement of Psychopathology as Variants of Personality	33	(34)
C. Robert Cloninger, M.D.
Dragan M. Svrakic, M.D., Ph.D.
Carmen Bayon, M.D.
Thomas R. Przybeck, Ph.D.
3 Personality Correlates of Eating Disorder Subtypes	67	(16)
Katherine A. Halmi, M.D.
Erin I. Kleifield, Ph.D.
Devra L. Braun, M.D.
Suzanne R. Sunday, Ph.D.
4 Axis I and Axis II: Comorbidity or Confusion?	83	(18)
Bruce Pfohl, M.D.
Part II What Is Normal Personality Structure and Development?	101	(100)
5 Personality Development in Childhood: Old and New Findings	101	(28)
Patricia Cohen, Ph.D.
6 Continuity and Change Over the Adult Life Cycle: Personality and Personality Disorders	129	(26)
Paul T. Costa Jr., Ph.D.
Robert R. McCrae, Ph.D.
Ilene C. Siegler, Ph.D., M.P.H.
7 Evaluating the Structure of Personality	155	(46)
Niels G. Waller, Ph.D.
Part III What Is a Personality Disorder?	201	(68)
8 Categorical Approaches to Assessment and Diagnosis of Personality Disorders	201	(18)
Armand W. Loranger, Ph.D.
9 Dimensional Approaches to Personality Disorder Assessment and Diagnosis	219	(26)
Lee Anna Clark, Ph.D.
10 Emotional Traits and Personality Dimensions	245	(24)
Dragan M. Svrakic, M.D., Ph.D.
Thomas R. Przybeck, Ph.D.
Cynthia Whitehead, B.A.
C. Robert Cloninger, M.D.
Part IV What Causes Good and Bad Personality Development?	269	(142)
11 Biological and Cultural Inheritance of Stature and Attitudes	269	(40)
Lindon J. Eaves, Ph.D., D.Sc.
Andrew C. Heath, D.Phil.
Nicholas G. Martin, Ph.D.
Michael C. Neale, Ph.D.
J. M. Meyer, Ph.D.
J. L. Silberg, Ph.D.
Linda A. Corey, Ph.D.
Kimberley Truett, M.S.
Ellen Walters, M.S.
12 Psychosocial Factors in the Development of Personality Disorders	309	(34)
Lorna Smith Benjamin, Ph.D.
13 Genetic and Environmental Structure of Personality	343	(26)
Andrew C. Heath, D.Phil.
Pamela A. Madden, Ph.D.
C. Robert Cloninger, M.D.
Nicholas G. Martin, Ph.D.
14 Emerging Neuroscience Approaches to Understanding Cognition and Psychopathology: Positron-Emission Tomography Imaging	369	(42)
Wayne C. Drevets, M.D.
Part V Treatment and Outcome of Personality Disorders	411	(86)
15 Cognitive Aspects of Personality Disorders and Their Relation to Syndromal Disorders: A Psychoevolutionary Approach	411	(20)
Aaron T. Beck, M.D.
16 Pharmacotherapy of Impulsive-Aggressive Behavior	431	(26)
Magda Campbell, M.D.
Jeanette E. Cueva, M.D.
Phillip B. Adams, Ph.D.
17 Temperament and the Pharmacotherapy of Depression	457	(18)
Peter R. Joyce, M.D.
Roger T. Mulder, M.D.
C. Robert Cloninger, M.D.
18 Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder With Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy	475	(22)
Albert Ellis, Ph.D.
Index	497