Millon / Grossman / Meagher Masters of the Mind

Exploring the Story of Mental Illness from Ancient Times to the New Millennium
1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-67961-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 672 Seiten, E-Book

The compelling story of the quest to understand the human mind -and its diseases
This engaging presentation of our evolving understanding of thehuman mind and the meaning of mental illness asks the questionsthat have fascinated philosophers, researchers, clinicians, andordinary persons for millennia: What causes human behavior? Whatprocesses underlie personal functioning and psychopathology, andwhat methods work best to alleviate disorders of the mind? Writtenby Theodore Millon, a leading researcher in personality theory andpsychopathology, it features dozens of illuminating profiles offamous clinicians and philosophers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Millon, Theodore

Grossman, Seth D.

Meagher, Sarah

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue.
PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL STORIES.
1. Demythologizing the Ancients' Spirits.
2. Resuscitating and Fashioning Scientific Thinking.
PART II: HUMANITARIAN STORIES.
3. Creating and Reforming the Custodial Asylum.
4. Rekindling Sensibilities and Releasing Potentials.
PART III: NEUROSCIENTIFIC STORIES.
5. Identifying, Describing, and Classifying PsychiatricDisorders.
6. Exploring and Altering the Convoluted Brain.
PART IV: PSYCHOANALYTIC STORIES.
7. Exposing and Decoding the Unconscious.
8. Innovating the Intricacies of Intrapsychic Thought.
PART V: PSYCHOSCIENTIFIC STORIES.
9. Untangling Learning and Remedying Behavior.
10. Scrutinizing Introspections and Rebuilding Cognitions.
PART VI: SOCIOCULTURAL STORIES.
11. Unveiling the Social and Anthropological World.
12. Exploring and Enhancing Interpersonal Relationships.
PART VII: PERSONOLOGIC STORIES.
13. Enlisting Evolution to Elucidate Human Adaptations.
14. Systematically Measuring and Integrating the Mind.
Epilogue.
About the Author.
References.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Theodore Millon, PhD, DSc, Professor Emeritus of Harvard Medical School and the University of Miami, is currently Dean and Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology in Coral Gables, Florida. Developer of several influential diagnostic instruments, he is author of numerous other Wiley books, including the forthcoming Personality Disorders in Modern Life, Second Edition.