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Book SynopsisEarlier assessments of Dr. Millon''s work--
Millon writes engagingly with a reverence for the history of ideas and for the steps necessary in the development of a scientific discipline. --Contemporary Psychology
Millon stands tall among the most prominent figures in the field of psychopathology. --The Family Letter of the National Academy of Counselors and Family Therapists
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TOWARD A NEW PERSONOLOGY
An Evolutionary Model
Theodore Millon
Drawing on principles inherent in the physical and biological sciences, Theodore Millon explicates his groundbreaking theory of personality, its foundations, and its applications to the study of psychopathology. This innovative conceptual structure describes personality in terms of its basic survival and adaptive functions--especially in the polarities of pleasure/pain, passivity/activity, and self/other. This is an essential work for psychologists, psychiatrists, and p
Table of ContentsPartial table of contents:
Personality Disorders: Conceptual Distinctions and ClassificationIssues.
THEORY.
Contemporary Theoretical Models.
An Integrative Theory of Personality and Psychopathology.
A Theoretical Derivation of Pathological Personalities.
TAXONOMY.
Classification in Psychopathology: Rationale, Alternatives, andStandards.
The DSM-III: Some Historical and Substantive Reflections.
On the Genesis and Prevalence of the Borderline PersonalityDisorder: A Social Learning Thesis.
INSTRUMENTATION.
On the Renaissance of Personality Assessment and PersonalityTheory.
MCMI: Substantive, Structural, and Criterion Validation.
INTERVENTION.
Issues and Methods of Psychological Treatment.
Personologic Psychotherapy: Ten Commandments for a Post-EclecticApproach to Integrative Treatment.
Indexes.
