Personality disorders in modern life / Theodore Millon.

Previous ed.: 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-582) and indexes.

1. Personality Disorders: Classical Foundations:- Abnormal behavior and personality--Early perspectives on the Personality disorders--The biological persective--The psychodynamic perspective--Summary-- 2. Personality Disorders: Contemporary Perspectives:- The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--Trait and factorial perspectives--The evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental perspective--Summary--3. Development of Personality Disorders:- On the interactive nature of developmental pathogenesis--Pathogenic biological factors--Pathogenic experiential history--Sources of pathogenic learning--Continuity of early learnings--Sociocultural influences--Summary--4. Assessment and Therapy of the Personality Disorders:- The assessment of personality--Psychotherapy of the personality disorders--Summary--5. The Antisocial Personality:- From normality to abnormality-- Variations of the antisocial personality--Early historical forerunners--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy--Summary-- 6. The Avoidant Personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the avoidant personality--Early historical forerunners--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy--Summary -- 7.The Obsessive Compulsive Personality:- From Normality to Abnormality--Variations of the compulsive personality--Early historical forerunners----The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective--Therapy--Summary-- 8. The Dependent Personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the dependent personality--Early historical forerunners--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-neurodevelopmental perspective---Therapy--Summary--9. The Histrionic Personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the histrionic personality--Early historical forerunners--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy--Summary -- 10.The Narcissistic Personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the Narcissistic personality--Early historical forerunners--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The international perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy--Summary-- 11.The Schizoid Personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the Schizoid personality--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy--Summary-- 12.The schizotypal personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the Schizotypal personality----Early historical forerunners--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy--Summary-- 13.The Paranoid Personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the paranoid personality--Early historical forerunners--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy --Summary-- 14.The Borderline Personality:- From normality to abnormality--Variations of the borderline personality--The biological perspective--The psychodynamic perspective--The interpersonal perspective--The cognitive perspective--The evolutionary-neurodevelopmental perspective--Therapy--Summary-- 15. Personality Disorders from the Appendices of DSM-III-R and DSM-IV:- The Self-defeating (Masochistic) personality--The sadistic personality--The depressive personality--The negativistic (passive-aggressive) personality--Summary.

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