Now in its Third Edition, this book clarifies the distinctions between the vast array of personality disorders and helps clinicians make accurate diagnoses. It has been thoroughly updated to incorporate the changes in the forthcoming DSM-5. Using the classification scheme he pioneered, Dr. Millon guides clinicians through the intricate maze of personality disorders, with special attention to changes in their conceptualization over the last decade. Extensive new research is included, as well as the incorporation of over 50 new illustrative and therapeutically detailed cases. This is every mental health professional's essential volume to fully understanding personality.
Table of Contents:
Preface ix
Part I Historical, Theoretical, andMethodological Foundations 1
1 Historical, Modern, and Contemporary Approaches to Personology 3
2 Sources of Personologic and Psychopathologic Development 63
3 Clinical Methods and Instruments of Personalized Assessment 119
4 Logic and Modalities of Personalized Psychotherapy 180
5 Classification Considerations, DSM-5 Prelims, and Proposals for Personology 232
Part II Interpersonally Imbalanced Spectra 285
6 Deferential Styles, Attached Types, Dependent Disorders: The DAD Spectrum 287
7 Sociable Styles, Pleasuring Types, Histrionic Disorders: The SPH Spectrum 330
8 Confident Styles, Egotistic Types, Narcissistic Disorders: The CEN Spectrum 375
9 Aggrandizing Styles, Devious Types, Antisocial Disorders: The ADA Spectrum 423
Part III Intrapsychically Conflicted Spectra 477
10 Reliable Styles, Constricted Types, Compulsive Disorders: The RCC Spectrum 479
11 Discontented Styles, Resentful Types, Negativistic Disorders: The DRN Spectrum 526
12 Abused Styles, Aggrieved Types, Masochistic Disorders: The AAM Spectrum 572
13 Assertive Styles, Denigrating Types, Sadistic Disorders: The ADS Spectrum 616
Part IV Emotionally Extreme Spectra 661
14 Apathetic Styles, Asocial Types, Schizoid Disorders: The AAS Spectrum 663
15 Shy Styles, Reticent Types, Avoidant Disorders: The SRA Spectrum 708
16 Dejected Styles, Forlorn Types, Melancholic Disorders: The DFM Spectrum 754
17 Ebullient Styles, Exuberant Types, Turbulent Disorders: The EET Spectrum 798
Part V Structurally Defective Spectra 829
18 Eccentric Styles, Schizotypal Types, Schizophrenic Disorders: The ESS Spectrum 831
19 Unstable Styles, Borderline Types, Cyclophrenic Disorders: The UBC Spectrum 890
20 Mistrustful Styles, Paranoid Types, Paraphrenic Disorders: The MPP Spectrum 953
References 1009
Author Index 1061
Subject Index 1079
About the Author :
Theodore Millon, Ph.D., D.Sc. is one of the world's leading authorities on personality disorders. Developer of the widely used Millon personality assessment inventories, he has been the editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders, President of the International Society of Personality Disorders, and a key member of the DSM-III, DSM-IV, and and key advisor to the DSM-5 committees on personality disorders.
Dr. Millon is retired Professor of Harvard Medical School and the University of Miami. He is currently Dean and Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology in Coral Gables, FL. He is author of numerous other Wiley books, including Masters of the Mind: Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, 2E, and Wiley's forthcoming 15-book Normality to Abnormality Personality Series.
Review :
"The current text, Disorders of Personality: Introducing a DSM/ICD Spectrum from Normal to Abnormal, is the third edition of this classic within the field of personality disorder. Millon's greatest skill is his scholarly acumen, and this is on full display within this rich, erudite volume. If clinicians, scholars, or researchers whish to know anything about the history of personality disorder classification, the first place to look would be this book. It is likely that all questions will be answered.... This third edition does include new material. Millon has further developed his evolutionary theoretical model, he has added discussions of 50 new therapy cases, he indicates the normal variants of each personality disorder, he includes a dimensional schema of traits for therapeutic planning, and he even introduces a completely new personality disorder diagnosis: the ebullient/exuberant/turbulent personality type.... The strength of this text is in its coverage of the far past and recent history of personality disorder conceptualization and classification, and that does not change much. Plus, to Millon's credit, although he presents these volumes as companions to a respective edition to the diagnostic manual, he has not revised his nomenclature simply to conform to what is included in the DSM. He continued to endorse the passive-aggressive and sadistic personality disorders when they were removed, and now he continues to endorse the histrionic, paranoid, and schizoid personality disorders." —Thomas A. Widiger (PsycCRITIQUES, September 28, 2011, Vol. 56, No. 39, Article 1)
