Personality Disorders in Modern Life

CHAPTER1: PERSONALITY DISORDERS: CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONS. Abnormal Behavior and Personality. Early Perspectives on the Personality Disorders. The Biological Perspective. The Psychodynamic Perspective. Summary. CHAPTER2: PERSONALITY DISORDERS: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES. The Interpersonal Perspective. The Cognitive Perspective. Trait and Factorial Perspectives. The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective. Summary. CHAPTER3: 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. CHAPTER4: ASSESSMENT AND THERAPY OF THE PERSONALITY DISORDERS. The Assessment of Personality. Psychotherapy of the Personality Disorders. Summary. CHAPTER5: 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. CHAPTER6: 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. CHAPTER7: 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. CHAPTER8: 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. CHAPTER9: 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. CHAPTER 10: THE NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY. From Normality to Abnormality. Variations of the Narcissistic Personality. Early Historical Forerunners. The Biological Perspective. The Psychodynamic Perspective. The Interpersonal Perspective. The Cognitive Perspective. The Evolutionary-Neurodevelopmental Perspective. Therapy. Summary CHAPTER 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. CHAPTER 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. CHAPTER 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. CHAPTER 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. CHAPTER 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. References. Author Index. Subject Index.