The Millon inventories; a practitioner's guide to personalized clinical assessment, 2d ed.9781593856748 The Millon inventories; a practitioner's guide to personalized clinical assessment, 2d ed. Ed. by Theodore Millon Theodore Millon, PhD, DSc, is a leading personality researcher and theorist. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders, the president of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders and a full professor at Harvard Medical School and the and Caryl Bloom. Guilford Pr. 2008 732 pages $85.00 Hardcover RC554 Millon and Bloom (Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology psychopathology /psy·cho·pa·thol·o·gy/ (-pah-thol´ah-je) 1. the branch of medicine dealing with the causes and processes of mental disorders. 2. abnormal, maladaptive behavior or mental activity. ) compile 28 chapters by psychologists who describe the assessment tools developed by Millon and his associates to be used in the evaluation of personality disorders Personality Disorders Definition Personality disorders are a group of mental disturbances defined by the fourth edition, text revision (2000) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) and other mental health problems. Practitioners in different settings can use the inventories to personalize treatment for each patient, which is emphasized in this edition. The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) is a psychological assessment tool intended to provide information on psychopathology, including specific disorders outlined in the DSM-IV. It is intended for adults (18 and over) with at least an 8th grade reading level. and its foundations, interpretation, and applications in settings from general psychotherapy to forensic and correctional environments are described, as well as other instruments. How the inventory can be integrated with other tests is explained. Revised and expanded, this edition also contains new chapters on the Behavioral Medicine behavioral medicine n. The application of behavior therapy techniques, such as biofeedback and relaxation training, to the prevention and treatment of medical and psychosomatic disorders and to the treatment of undesirable behaviors, such as overeating. Diagnostic, the Pre-Adolescent Clinical Inventory, the Millon-Grossman Personality Domain Checklist, and the College Counseling Inventory. Contributors are psychologists from the US and Europe. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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