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Book SynopsisIt analyzes the association between personality and psychopathology from several interlocking perspectives—descriptive, developmental, etiological, and therapeutic—concluding that the association is strong and important, no matter what angle it is considered from.
Trade ReviewThe book's comprehensiveness is impressive; it is current in its thinking and important in a somewhat unknown area. . . . The book is quite integrative, especially given the various research interests of the authors. . . . Considering the interplay between Axis I and Axis II conditions and the important consequences of such comorbidities, this book should have great appeal to psychiatrists and other mental health care practitioners. It is an excellent reference book that I believe will stay current throughout the next several years at least.
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Table of Contents Part I: Role of Personality in Psychopathology. Personality and vulnerability to affective disorders. Measurement of psychopathology as variants of personality. Personality correlates of eating disorder subtypes. Axis I and Axis II: comorbidity or confusion? Part II: What Is Normal Personality Structure and Development? Personality development in childhood: old and new findings. Continuity and change over the adult life cycle: personality and personality disorders. Evaluating the structure of personality. Part III: What Is a Personality Disorder? Categorical approaches to assessment and diagnosis of personality disorders. Dimensional approaches to personality disorder assessment and diagnosis. Emotional traits and personality dimensions. Part IV: What Causes Good and Bad Personality Development? Comparing the biological and cultural inheritance of stature and conservatism in the kinships of monozygotic and dizygotic twins. Psychosocial factors in the development of personality disorders. Genetic and environmental structure of personality. Emerging neuroscience approaches to understanding cognition and psychopathology: positron emission tomography imaging. Part V: Treatment and Outcome of Personality Disorders. Cognitive aspects of personality disorders and their relation to syndromal disorders: a psychoevolutionary approach. Pharmacotherapy of impulsive-aggressive behavior. Temperament and the pharmacotherapy of depression. Treatment of borderline personality disorder with rational emotive behavior therapy. Index.
