A revision of the leading textbook on personality disorders by renowned expert Theodore Millon Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is all of a piece ; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives. A revision of the leading textbook on personality disorders by renowned expert Theodore Millon Personalities are like impressionistic paintings. At a distance, each person is 'all of a piece'; up close, each is a bewildering complexity of moods, cognitions, and motives. 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.