Handbook of personology and psychopathology / edited by Stephen Strack.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Strack, Stephen.

Millon, Theodore.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Personality disorders.

Personality.

Personality assessment.

Psychology, Pathological.

Mental illness--Classification.

Mental illness.

Millon, Theodore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Personology is the study of human character in all of its complexities, covering the range of normal and pathological individuals, from evolutionary development, classification, diagnosis and measurement, to intervention at the individual, family, and societal levels. This volume, sure to become a classic in the field, provides a state-of-the-art overview of the field of personology, including personality theory, taxonomy, and assessment; diagnosis and treatment of personality disorders; and the interface between normal and abnormal personlity. The breadth and depth of this monumental work and

Contents:

HANDBOOK OF PERSONOLOGY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part I: Conceptual Issues; Chapter 1: EVOLUTION AS A FOUNDATION FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES; EVOLUTION AND PSYCHOLOGY: A BRIEF HISTORY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY: A BRIEF EXCURSION; EVOLUTIONARY IDEAS AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: NATURE AND NURTURE IN PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY TRAITS AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS; GENES, ENVIRONMENT, AND PERSONALITY TRAITS; GENETIC FACTORS IN PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN PERSONALITY DISORDERS; SOCIAL FACTORS IN PERSONALITY DISORDERS

NATURE, NURTURE, AND THE ETIOLOGY OF PERSONALITY DISORDERSEARLY ONSET, COURSE, AND OUTCOME IN PERSONALITY DISORDERS; NATURE AND NURTURE IN TREATMENT; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: IDENTITY DIFFUSION IN SEVERE PERSONALITY DISORDERS; A FEW DEFINITIONS; IDENTITY AND OBJECT RELATIONS THEORY; ETIOLOGY OF IDENTITY DIFFUSION; THE CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF IDENTITY; THE TREATMENT OF IDENTITY DIFFUSION; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: A LANGUAGE AND METHODOLOGY FOR STUDYING THE HIERARCHIES IN THE DSMS; HIERARCHICAL ORGANIZATION OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GOALS OF THIS CHAPTER

HIERARCHY IN BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONTHE FAILURE OF THE MODEL OF BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE AND BASIC-LEVEL CATEGORIES; FOLK TAXONOMIC MODEL; CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: CRITIQUE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS; INTRODUCTION; HISTORY AND LOGICAL RELATIONS OF THE "DYNAMIC" AND "COGNITIVE"; HAS PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY BECOME A STAPLE OF WESTERN CULTURE?; CRITIQUE OF FREUDIAN AND POST-FREUDIAN PSYCHOANALYSIS; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Part II: Theoretical Models, Topics, and Issues

Chapter 6: GENETIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO PERSONALITY STRUCTUREPHENOTYPIC STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY; GENETIC BASIS FOR TRAIT STRUCTURE; THE PERSONALITY HIERARCHY RECONSIDERED; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: THE INTERPERSONAL NEXUS OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS; TWO TRENDS IN PERSONALITY DISORDER CLASSIFICATION; TOWARD A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS; AN OVERVIEW OF THE NEXUS OF PERSONALITY DISORDERS; AN INTERPERSONAL APPROACH TO THE DEFINITION OF PERSONALITY DISORDER; CONCLUSIONS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: SYSTEMS THEORY FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY, PSYCHOPATHOLOGY, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY

THE SEARCH FOR A UNIFIED OR HOLISTIC MODEL OF HUMAN FUNCTIONINGCURRENT ESSENTIAL CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS FOR UNIFICATION; ELEMENTS OF A UNIFIED COMPONENTS SYSTEM MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS OF THE PERSONALITY SYSTEM REPRESENTING THE TOTAL ECOLOGY OF THE PERSONALITY SYSTEM; PERSONALITY-BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL SPHERE PROCESSES; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: PSYCHODYNAMIC THEORY AND PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES ON PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; PSYCHOANALYTIC PERSPECTIVES ON CONTEMPORARY PERSONALITY DISORDERS: FROM FIXATION TO OBJECT RELATIONS

INTEGRATING PSYCHODYNAMIC PERSONALITY DISORDER PROCESSES

Notes:

Festschrift for Theodore Millon.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786610272952

9781280272950

1280272953

9780471693123

047169312X

OCLC:

57565546