Contents
1. The Personality Disorders: History, Classification, and Research
Issues, Mark F. Lenzenweger and John F. Clarkin
2. A Cognitive Theory of Personality Disorders, James L. Pretzer
and Aaron T. Beck
3. A Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality Disorders, Otto F.
Kernberg and Eve Caligor
4. Interpersonal Theory of Personality Disorders: The Structural
Analysis of Social Behavior and Interpersonal Reconstructive
Therapy, Lorna Smith Benjamin
5. An Attachment Model of Personality Disorders, Björn Meyer and
Paul A. Pilkonis
6. A Contemporary Integrative Interpersonal Theory of Personality
Disorders, Aaron L. Pincus
7. Personology: A Theory Based on Evolutionary Concepts, Theodore
Millon and Seth D. Grossman
8. A Neurobehavioral Dimensional Model of Personality Disturbance,
Richard A. Depue and Mark F. Lenzenweger
Mark F. Lenzenweger, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Science,
Cognitive Psychology, and Behavioral Neuroscience in the Department
of Psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at
Binghamton and Adjunct Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York City. He also
directs the Laboratory of Experimental Psychopathology at
SUNY/n-/Binghamton, where he conducts research and teaches on
personality disorders, schizophrenia, schizotypy, and statistical
methods.
John F. Clarkin, PhD, is Professor of Clinical Psychology in
Psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and
Director of Psychology and Co-Director of the Personality Disorders
Institute at New York/n-/Presbyterian Hospital. His academic
writing and research have focused on the phenomenology of the
personality disorders and the treatment of patients with borderline
personality disorder.
This superb volume offers an up-to-date presentation of the major
theoretical approaches to disorders of personality. Aside from
including more recent neurobiological thinking, this edition
benefits from the ability of such major theorists as Otto Kernberg
and Aaron T. Beck to continue to revise their theories in the light
of new data, and to present their theories concisely and with
clarity.--Drew Westen, PhD, Department of Psychology and Department
of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University
This second edition continues to challenge received wisdom as to
what the major theories of personality are, treating both
personality theory and its uses in the service of informing the
practices of psychotherapy as open concepts. Psychopathologists and
clinicians will find plenty to expand their horizons, and
personologists will be alerted to the dynamic changes from
evidence-based research in their own territory.--Irving I.
Gottesman, PhD, Hon FRCPsych, Department of Psychology, University
of Minnesota
This second edition represents a major revision of the original,
and, more importantly, it continues to distinguish this work as the
authoritative reference on the topic. Lenzenweger and Clarkin have
assembled many of the world’s leading authorities on personality
pathology to present a superb array of theories. The contributors
cover the waterfront, with models ranging from neurobiological to
interpersonal. The volume remains peerless and will surely engage
readers at all levels of expertise.--Dante Cicchetti, PhD, Mt. Hope
Family Center, Rochester, New York
Lenzenweger and Clarkin have produced a book that provides
outstandingly useful information for researchers and students of
personality theory and psychopathology, as well as for the
clinician dealing with the personality disorders in a practical
setting. They have assembled comprehensive chapters by experts in
the theories concerned, together with thoughtful discussion about
the directions in which future research might progress. This
combination of theory, practice, and research is of critical value.
It belongs on the desk of every serious student of psychopathology
and personality.--Brendan A. Maher, PhD, DrPhil, Department of
Psychology, Harvard University
- Tightly packed with information about the leading theories of
personality disorder....Researchers in the study of personality
disorders and therapists of all descriptions will find this edition
a useful and substantial resource for the informed understanding of
the complexities of personality function and dysfunction, as well
as a comprehensive reference source. --Bulletin of the Menninger
Clinic, 11/7/2004ƒƒ The volume will appeal to a wide audience.
Newcomers to the field will benefit from comprehensive
introductions to major theoretical approaches to etiology,
classification and treatment of personality disorder. Established
researchers will find discussions of current research, framed in
theoretical context. Clinicians will value the practical
implications of each of the major theoretical models....The eight
chapters provide a theoretically sophisticated and empirically
informed grand tour of Personality Disorder. Researchers and
practitioners alike will find their current thinking challenged in
an intellectually stimulating way by the diverse theoretical
formulations and empirical support offered by the authors. The book
would also provide an outstanding backdrop for a graduate course on
Personality Disorder that aims to integrate the science of
personality disorder with assessment and treatment. --Journal of
Social and Clinical Psychology, 11/7/2004ƒƒ This is an impressive
group of researchers, and the depth of the thinking and analysis of
the current problems in theory and technique make this an important
contribution to the literature. Importantly, the authors address
the primary problem today in personality disorder research: how to
develop a coherent and comprehensive theory of causation and
treatment of personality disorders....This book articulates the key
issues and questions we need to answer. It outlines the essential
elements which any comprehensive multidimensional theory of
personality disorders must now include. --Psychiatry, 11/7/2004
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