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Author: Theodore Millon Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118428811 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 589
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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." -Theodore Millon Exploring the continuum from normal personality traits to the diagnosis and treatment of severe cases of personality disorders, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition is unique in its coverage of both important historical figures and contemporary theorists in the field. Its content spans all the major disorders-Antisocial, Avoidant, Depressive, Compulsive, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Paranoid, Schizoid, and Borderline-as well as their many subtypes. Attention to detail and in-depth discussion of the subtleties involved in these debilitating personality disorders make this book an ideal companion to the DSM-IV(TM). Fully updated with the latest research and theory, this important text features: Discussion of the distinctive clinical features and developmental roots of personality disorders Balanced coverage of the major theoretical perspectives-biological, psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive, and evolutionary Individual chapters on all DSM-IV(TM) personality disorders and their several subtypes and mixtures Case studies throughout the text that bring to life the many faces of these disorders Including a new assessment section that singles out behavioral indicators considered to have positive predictive power for the disorders, this Second Edition also includes a special focus on developmental, gender, and cultural issues specific to each disorder. A comprehensive reference suitable for today's practitioners, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition features a clear style that also makes it a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The most thorough book of its kind, this Second Edition is a powerful, practical resource for all trainees and professionals in key mental health fields, such as psychology, social work, and nursing.
Author: Theodore Millon Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 1118428811 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 589
Book Description
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." -Theodore Millon Exploring the continuum from normal personality traits to the diagnosis and treatment of severe cases of personality disorders, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition is unique in its coverage of both important historical figures and contemporary theorists in the field. Its content spans all the major disorders-Antisocial, Avoidant, Depressive, Compulsive, Histrionic, Narcissistic, Paranoid, Schizoid, and Borderline-as well as their many subtypes. Attention to detail and in-depth discussion of the subtleties involved in these debilitating personality disorders make this book an ideal companion to the DSM-IV(TM). Fully updated with the latest research and theory, this important text features: Discussion of the distinctive clinical features and developmental roots of personality disorders Balanced coverage of the major theoretical perspectives-biological, psychodynamic, interpersonal, cognitive, and evolutionary Individual chapters on all DSM-IV(TM) personality disorders and their several subtypes and mixtures Case studies throughout the text that bring to life the many faces of these disorders Including a new assessment section that singles out behavioral indicators considered to have positive predictive power for the disorders, this Second Edition also includes a special focus on developmental, gender, and cultural issues specific to each disorder. A comprehensive reference suitable for today's practitioners, Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition features a clear style that also makes it a valuable resource for advanced undergraduate and graduate students. The most thorough book of its kind, this Second Edition is a powerful, practical resource for all trainees and professionals in key mental health fields, such as psychology, social work, and nursing.
Author: Karl Berg Publisher: SCB Distributors ISBN: 1909923621 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 200
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In 1929, the German city of Dusseldorf was afflicted by a horrifying series of brutal, random and often fatal attacks upon women and young girls. With weapons ranging from knives and hammers to his bare strangling hands, a shadowy predator left a mounting trail of sexual assault, carnage and murder in his wake, fomenting mortal terror amongst the local populace. Police finally arrested Peter Kurten, a convicted felon, in connection with the crimes; his subsequent confessions revealed a staggering career of evil, documented in at least 69 cases of theft, arson, rape, throttling, stabbing, hammering, hacking, mutilation, blood-drinking and corpse immolation spanning some 30 years. THE SADIST, an in-depth forensic and psychiatric report on Kurten by Dr. Karl Berg, was published in 1931 in the "Deutschen Zeitschrift fur die Gesamte Gerichtliche Medizin”, revealing fully for the first time the irreconcilable lusts, compulsions, obsessions, pathologies and atrocities of a remorseless and psychopathic sex-killer – the inhuman monster known as the Vampire of Dusseldorf. The report is illustrated by 8 pages of detailed and disturbing forensic photographs.
Author: Natalie Love Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 160
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This study compares the Duchess of Cervantes' Don Quixote with certain rebellious women from Zayas' tales in Novelas amorosas y ejemplares and Desenganos amorosos to show how these female characters deconstruct forms of masculine control as a form of empowerment. These women subvert the gender power structure by taunting men's masculinity, inverting sexual norms, and displaying sadistic behaviors. The Duchess and the evil women of Zayas' tales usurp the role of the cruel abuser that was typically reserved for men. They are female sadists who possess a desire to subject the male (and sometimes female) body to submission, denigration, and even violence as a form of pleasure and sexual fulfillment. They also use psychological sexual cruelty to humiliate men and deprive them of their phallic power. The first part of this study explains the gender relations of 17th- century Spain and it shows how men used cruelty, violence, and sexuality to control women. The second part compares the Duchess of Don Quixote and Zayas' devious women to show how all of these women use sexual cruelty to deconstruct these forms of masculine power. Lastly, it analyzes Cervantes' and Zayas' motives for portraying these evil female characters and reveals their differing views on female sexuality. This study draws on numerous primary sources from 17-century Spain, including literary works, paintings, and even legal and religious documents to show how destructive gender relationships led to hostile sexual encounters in which not only men, but also women derived pleasure from sexual cruelty. Although many scholars have analyzed sexually abusive behavior in men of Golden Age Spain, there are few studies on female sexual cruelty from this time period. By analyzing these sadistic females, this study deepens our understanding of the sexual tensions in the period. Women's constant internalization of abuse and sexual repression eventually led them to transform themselves from innocent victims into aggressive abusers who derived pleasure from humiliating and degrading men. Scholars have long recognized the influence that Cervantes had on Zayas' novellas; however, there is no study that compares the sadistic Duchess of Don Quixote with Zayas' evil women. An analysis of these female characters not only provides insight to the gender relations of baroque Spain, but it also forms a new connection between these two authors that has not yet been acknowledged.
Author: Lisa Zunshine Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0199978069 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 681
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The Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Literary Studies applies developments in cognitive science to a wide range of literary texts that span multiple historical periods and numerous national literary traditions.
Author: J. Paul Fedoroff Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0190466324 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 313
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Of the thousands of papers and books about problematic sexual behaviors, most focus solely on sex crimes or so-called "hyper-sexuality" or "sexual addiction." Together, these publications present a grim and pessimistic prognosis for anyone who has unusual sexual interests of any type. This book challenges that view by providing a more informed and balanced review of what is known and what is not known about unconventional sexual interests. It is based on approximately thirty years of experience by the author concerning the assessment and treatment of paraphilias and unconventional sexual interests. The Paraphilias: Changing Suits in the Evolution of Sexual Interest Paradigms examines current and past perspectives concerning unconventional sexual interests associated with both criminal and non-criminal activities. Extensively referenced, it challenges the dogma that sexual interests are immutably determined during a single critical period and are thereafter unchangeable. The book provides extensive case histories and tables summarizing over 100 paraphilias and the latest research regarding them. It also reviews diagnostic criteria for the paraphilias. Analyses of current and past paradigms are presented together with new ways to understand, investigate, and provide meaningful and effective assistance to people with paraphilias. It is written for mental health clinicians and specialists in the fields of sexology and forensic psychiatry and psychology.
Author: Fritz Breithaupt Publisher: Cornell University Press ISBN: 1501735616 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 302
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Many consider empathy to be the basis of moral action. However, the ability to empathize with others is also a prerequisite for deliberate acts of humiliation and cruelty. In The Dark Sides of Empathy, Fritz Breithaupt contends that people often commit atrocities not out of a failure of empathy but rather as a direct consequence of over-identification and a desire to increase empathy. Even well-meaning compassion can have many unintended consequences, such as intensifying conflicts or exploiting others. Empathy plays a central part in a variety of highly problematic behaviors. From mere callousness to terrorism, exploitation to sadism, and emotional vampirism to stalking, empathy all too often motivates and promotes malicious acts. After tracing the development of empathy as an idea in German philosophy, Breithaupt looks at a wide-ranging series of case studies—from Stockholm syndrome to Angela Merkel's refugee policy and from novels of the romantic era to helicopter parents and murderous cheerleader moms—to uncover how narcissism, sadism, and dangerous celebrity obsessions alike find their roots in the quality that, arguably, most makes us human.
Author: Glenn C. Ellenbogen Publisher: ISBN: 9780345347008 Category : Humor Languages : en Pages : 308
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Fact: One hundred percent of all dead patients showed a marked reluctance to pay their bills. Fact: Well over half of all Americans alive today have experienced childhood directly, a syndrome marked by a) dwarfism b) knowledge deficits and c) legume anorexia. Fact: When Ms. Cinderella left her glass slipper behind at the stroke of midnight, she was clearly acting in a state of rebellion against the dictatorial regimentation of the domineering fairy godmother. It's true. Members of the psychiatric community are capable of laughter. The Journal of Polymorphous Perversity, the brainchild of psychologist Glenn C. Ellenbogen, has received confirmed reports of uncontrollable outbursts of laughter as the pages of the scholarly parody are sampled. Now patients, professionals, and armchair travelers alike can enjoy the articles that have appeared in this hilarious journal in one hilarious anthology, including such profound and penetrating subjects as " New Improved Delusions, " " The Scale of Mental Abilities Requiring Thinking Somewhat (SMARTS), " " Cancer and Tobacco: A Bum Rat, " and more. Learn how psychoanalysts diagnose patients by the way they park their cars in the mental health clinic lot and how to apply the practical principles of Vigilante Effectiveness Training (VET) in daily life. " For the Jung at heart!" --New York Daily News
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