Disorders of Personality

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.

"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)

• Preface ixPart I Historical, Theoretical, andMethodological Foundations 11 Historical, Modern, and Contemporary Approaches to Personology 32 Sources of Personologic and Psychopathologic Development 633 Clinical Methods and Instruments of Personalized Assessment 1194 Logic and Modalities of Personalized Psychotherapy 1805 Classification Considerations, DSM-5 Prelims, and Proposals for Personology 232Part II Interpersonally Imbalanced Spectra 2856 Deferential Styles, Attached Types, Dependent Disorders: The DAD Spectrum 2877 Sociable Styles, Pleasuring Types, Histrionic Disorders: The SPH Spectrum 3308 Confident Styles, Egotistic Types, Narcissistic Disorders: The CEN Spectrum 3759 Aggrandizing Styles, Devious Types, Antisocial Disorders: The ADA Spectrum 423Part III Intrapsychically Conflicted Spectra 47710 Reliable Styles, Constricted Types, Compulsive Disorders: The RCC Spectrum 47911 Discontented Styles, Resentful Types, Negativistic Disorders: The DRN Spectrum 52612 Abused Styles, Aggrieved Types, Masochistic Disorders: The AAM Spectrum 57213 Assertive Styles, Denigrating Types, Sadistic Disorders: The ADS Spectrum 616Part IV Emotionally Extreme Spectra 66114 Apathetic Styles, Asocial Types, Schizoid Disorders: The AAS Spectrum 66315 Shy Styles, Reticent Types, Avoidant Disorders: The SRA Spectrum 70816 Dejected Styles, Forlorn Types, Melancholic Disorders: The DFM Spectrum 75417 Ebullient Styles, Exuberant Types, Turbulent Disorders: The EET Spectrum 798Part V Structurally Defective Spectra 82918 Eccentric Styles, Schizotypal Types, Schizophrenic Disorders: The ESS Spectrum 83119 Unstable Styles, Borderline Types, Cyclophrenic Disorders: The UBC Spectrum 89020 Mistrustful Styles, Paranoid Types, Paraphrenic Disorders: The MPP Spectrum 953References 1009Author Index 1061Subject Index 1079