(6 reviews)Author: Theodore Millon
ISBN : 9780471011866
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"This book should be read by everyone who wishes to reclaim the lost land of personality theory and personality disorders (it's so good that I was tempted to say read by anyone who has a personality). This book can be applauded as a companion volume to DSM-III. . . Then, too, it can be appreciated for its thorough and scholarly style." —Journal of Personality Assessment
". . .an impressive effort to bring together the clinical literature on personality disorders . . .
A very useful book. . . —Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
". . .an important source for clinicians and researchers seeking a more comprehensive understanding of these major clinical entities . . . Exhaustively documented and yet written and presented in a clear and simple way, this work is among the most thorough and up-to-date texts in the field and will be particularly valuable for students being introduced to psychiatric diagnosis." —Library Journal
". . .an excellent descriptive book . . .its strength lies in the reality of its case-work material. A book for practitioners. . . —British Journal of Psychiatry
"Dr. Millon's book is scholarly, comprehensive, well organized, and gracefully written. . . .Millon is equally adept at critically and encyclopedically summarizing the psychoanalytic, constitutional, temperamental, behavioral, phenomenologic, interpersonal, and social learning theories of personality development and disorder. . . .This is by far the best available text on personality disorders and will be of great interest to clinicians and researchers alike." —American Journal of Psychiatry
"The book contains a great deal of information on topics about which DSM-III is either carefully guarded or silent. It can be appreciated as representing the point of view of one highly respected dean of personality and psychopathology. . . .one joins Millon in a serious consideration of how each personality disorder developed, what it is like intraphysically and psychodynamically, the manifold ways in which it can express itself, all the complicated other disorders with which it may combine, and the richness of prognostic possibilities." —Contemporary Psychology
Disorders of Personality: DSM-IVTM and Beyond is the fully revised Second Edition of Theodore Millon's landmark work on personality disorders. Indeed, Dr. Millon has been universally recognized as a pioneer and leading authority in this rapidly evolving field. As one of the founders of the Journal of Personality Disorders, a prime organizer of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, and a full member of the DSM-IVTM, Axis II Work Group, he has played a dominant role in shaping the character of this extraordinarily challenging area of psychological study.
In this new edition, practitioners, researchers, teachers, and students will find the same clarity of insight that made the previous edition the standard text on personality disorders. Like its predecessor, the Second Edition guides the reader through the special complexities of this group of disorders and aids clinicians in the difficult work of diagnosis. It serves as an indispensable companion volume to DSM-IVTM, especially in the light of advances that have transformed personality disorders from an area of marginal relevance in diagnostic practice to one that is now central to the comprehensive multiaxial format. Major revisions and an almost doubling in length make this book more valuable than ever before:
- A revised theoretical framework—from a learning theory-biosocial framework to a more evolutionary model that includes constructs applicable to phylogenesis and human adaptive styles
- An expansion of the 15 basic personality prototypes into personality disorder subcategories, resulting in over 60 additional adult subtypes
- An enlarged review of historical and contemporary thinking on personality disorders that makes this an invaluable single sourcebook for evaluating various theories
- A substantial expansion of the "Clinical Picture" section of each chapter now incorporates eight realms of patient data, and therefore facilitates the selection of modalities of therapeutic intervention
Comprehensive reviews of the newer personality prototypes, such as avoidant, narcissistic, borderline, schizotypal, depressive, sadistic, and masochistic
- Detailed discussion of frequent Comor-bid Axis I and Axis II diagnoses—a feature especially useful to those in managed care practices
- An instructive discussion of childhood personality disorders, a subject frequently ignored in the literature
- Major new chapters on personality assessment and personality therapy, including an up-to-date review of available instruments
- Expanded and detailed discussion of short-term, focused therapy
Comprehensive, authoritative, and superbly organized, Disorders of Personality: DSM-IVTM and Beyond is an absolutely essential resource for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers, teachers, students, researchers, and all others who seek greater understanding of the complex web of human personality disorders.
- Series: Wiley Series on Personality Processes (Book 124)
- Hardcover: 832 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (October 27, 1995)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 047101186X
- ISBN-13: 978-0471011866
- Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds
There are few books in psychology that are as comprehensive in scope and detail asBy A Customer
Dr. Millon's book. The book provides a solid, integrative theory of personality
and personality disorders that can be used not only in research, but also clinical
practice by psychologists from any theoretical orientation.
Because it is so comprehensive, the book is especially useful for students. The first
section of the book (approximately 200 pgs.) is dedicated to laying down a foundation
for the study of personality disorders -- the issues that it entails and a concise (yet,
detailed) review of various personality theories. Dr. Millon then presents a rational,
integrated theory of personality that is the foundation of his integrated biopsychosocial
approach to personality. The rest of the book is dedicated to a detailed examination of the
DSM-IV personality disorders. This single book can serve as a primary text for any advanced
course in personality.
Whether one aggrees with Dr. Millon's theory (and few can disagree with it completely
once they understand it's comprehensive and integrated nature), this book is one that anybody
who deals with the personality disorders MUST have on their bookshelf.
The book is great, and a "must have" for those who seek a better understanding of personality and its disorders.By Gianluca Bortini
The authors not only provide the reader with the know-how, but also an enthralling overview of the history of each personality disorder. By going back to some of the old case studies, the authors did allow me to notice how personality disorders have evolved in the centuries. However, I have also learned that many of the signs of each cluster of PPDD were already described in ancient history.
Apart these cultural connotations, the book is a very helpful hint for those working with patients suffering from obstinate
and "hard-to-treat" personality disorders.
Great book, worth each penny paid.
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