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Book SynopsisA revision of the leading textbook on personality disorders by renowned expert Theodore Millon
Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is ''all of a piece''; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives.
-Theodore Millon
Exploring the continuum from normal personality traits to the diagnosis and treatment of severe cases of personality disorders, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition is unique in its coverage of both important historical figures and contemporary theorists in the field. Its content spans all the major disorders-Antisocial, Avoidant, Depressive, Compulsive, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Paranoid, Schizoid, and Borderline-as well as their many subtypes. Attention to detail and in-depth discussion of the subtleties involved in these debilitating personality disorders make this book an ideal companion to the DSM-IV(TM).
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Table of Contents
CHAPTER1 PERSONALITY DISORDERS: CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONS 1
Abnormal Behavior and Personality 3
Early Perspectives on the Personality Disorders 14
The Biological Perspective 17
The Psychodynamic Perspective 22
Summary 35
CHAPTER2 PERSONALITY DISORDERS: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES 38
The Interpersonal Perspective 39
The Cognitive Perspective 48
Trait and Factorial Perspectives 54
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 57
Summary 72
CHAPTER3 DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS 74
On the Interactive Nature of Developmental Pathogenesis 77
Pathogenic Biological Factors 78
Pathogenic Experiential History 88
Sources of Pathogenic Learning 90
Continuity of Early Learnings 101
Sociocultural Influences 112
Summary 116
CHAPTER4 ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY OF THE PERSONALITY DISORDERS 117
The Assessment of Personality 118
Psychotherapy of the Personality Disorders 134
Summary 147
CHAPTER5 THE ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY 150
From Normality to Abnormality 155
Variations of the Antisocial Personality 158
Early Historical Forerunners 161
The Biological Perspective 162
The Psychodynamic Perspective 166
The Interpersonal Perspective 168
The Cognitive Perspective 172
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 175
Therapy 182
Summary 184
CHAPTER6 THE AVOIDANT PERSONALITY 187
From Normality to Abnormality 191
Variations of the Avoidant Personality 193
Early Historical Forerunners 198
The Biological Perspective 198
The Psychodynamic Perspective 201
The Interpersonal Perspective 203
The Cognitive Perspective 206
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 210
Therapy 217
Summary 220
CHAPTER7 THE OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE PERSONALITY 223
From Normality to Abnormality 227
Variations of the Compulsive Personality 229
Early Historical Forerunners 235
The Psychodynamic Perspective 236
The Interpersonal Perspective 240
The Cognitive Perspective 244
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 247
Therapy 255
Summary 257
CHAPTER8 THE DEPENDENT PERSONALITY 259
From Normality to Abnormality 263
Variations of the Dependent Personality 265
Early Historical Forerunners 268
The Psychodynamic Perspective 270
The Interpersonal Perspective 273
The Cognitive Perspective 275
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 278
Therapy 284
Summary 289
CHAPTER9 THE HISTRIONIC PERSONALITY 292
From Normality to Abnormality 295
Variations of the Histrionic Personality 297
Early Historical Forerunners 301
The Biological Perspective 302
The Psychodynamic Perspective 304
The Interpersonal Perspective 311
The Cognitive Perspective 315
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 318
Therapy 324
Summary 327
CHAPTER 10 THE NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY 330
From Normality to Abnormality 333
Variations of the Narcissistic Personality 337
Early Historical Forerunners 342
The Biological Perspective 343
The Psychodynamic Perspective 343
The Interpersonal Perspective 349
The Cognitive Perspective 355
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 358
Therapy 366
Summary 369
CHAPTER 11 THE SCHIZOID PERSONALITY 371
From Normality to Abnormality 376
Variations of the Schizoid Personality 377
The Biological Perspective 380
The Psychodynamic Perspective 383
The Interpersonal Perspective 386
The Cognitive Perspective 390
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 392
Therapy 398
Summary 401
CHAPTER 12 THE SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY 403
From Normality to Abnormality 408
Variations of the Schizotypal Personality 409
Early Historical Forerunners 412
The Biological Perspective 414
The Psychodynamic Perspective 416
The Interpersonal Perspective 419
The Cognitive Perspective 423
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 425
Therapy 430
Summary 433
CHAPTER 13 THE PARANOID PERSONALITY 435
From Normality to Abnormality 439
Variations of the Paranoid Personality 442
Early Historical Forerunners 445
The Biological Perspective 448
The Psychodynamic Perspective 449
The Interpersonal Perspective 455
The Cognitive Perspective 458
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 463
Therapy 471
Summary 475
CHAPTER 14 THE BORDERLINE PERSONALITY 477
From Normality to Abnormality 481
Variations of the Borderline Personality 482
The Biological Perspective 488
The Psychodynamic Perspective 490
The Interpersonal Perspective 495
The Cognitive Perspective 502
The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective 505
Therapy 511
Summary 516
CHAPTER 15 PERSONALITY DISORDERS FROM THE APPENDICES OF DSM-III-R AND DSM-IV 519
The Self-Defeating (Masochistic) Personality 520
The Sadistic Personality 530
The Depressive Personality 539
The Negativistic (Passive-Aggressive) Personality 548
Summary 558
References 561
Author Index 583
Subject Index 593
