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This forward-thinking volume grapples with critical questions surrounding the mechanisms underlying mental disorders and the systems used for classifying them. Edited and written by leading international authorities, many of whom are actively involved with the development of DSM-V and ICD-11, the book integrates biological and psychosocial perspectives. It provides balanced analyses of such issues as the role of social context and culture in psychopathology and the pros and cons of categorical versus dimensional approaches to diagnosis. Cutting-edge diagnostic instruments and research methods are reviewed. Throughout, contributors highlight the implications of current theoretical and empirical advances for understanding real-world clinical problems and developing more effective treatments.

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• Part I Historical and Cultural Perspectives
• Chapter 1 A Précis of Psychopathological History(p. 3)
• Chapter 2 Themes in the Evolution of the 20th-century DSMs(p. 53)
• Chapter 3 On the Wisdom of Considering Culture and Context in Psychopathology(p. 72)
• Chapter 4 Cultural Issues in the Coordination of DSM-V and ICD-11(p. 97)
• Chapter 5 A Sociocultural Conception of the Borderline Personality Disorder Epidemic(p. 111)
• Part II Conceptual Issues in Classification
• Chapter 6 Philosophical Issues in the Classification of Psychopathology(p. 127)
• Chapter 7 Classification Considerations in Psychopathology and Personology(p. 149)
• Chapter 8 Diagnostic Taxa as Open Concepts: Metatheoretical and Statistical Questions about Reliability and Construct Validity in the Grand Strategy of Nosological Revision(p. 174)
• Chapter 9 Contemplations on Meehl (1986): The Territory, Paul's Map, and Our Progress in Psychopathology Classification (or, the Challenge of Keeping Up with a Beacon 30 Years Ahead of the Field)(p. 187)
• Chapter 10 Issues of Construct Validity in Psychological Diagnoses(p. 205)
• Chapter 11 The Meaning of Comorbidity among Common Mental Disorders(p. 223)
• Chapter 12 The Connections between Personality and Psychopathology(p. 242)
• Chapter 13 Is It True That Mental Disorders Are So Common, and So Commonly Co-Occur?(p. 263)
• Chapter 14 Taking Disorder Seriously: A Critique of Psychiatric Criteria for Mental Disorders from the Harmful-Dysfunction Perspective(p. 275)
• Part III Methodological Approaches to Categories, Dimensions, and Prototypes
• Chapter 15 On the Substantive Grounding and Clinical Utility of Categories versus Dimensions(p. 303)
• Chapter 16 A Short History of a Psychiatric Diagnostic Category That Turned Out to Be a Disease(p. 324)
• Chapter 17 Concepts and Methods for Researching Categories and Dimensions in Psychiatric Diagnosis(p. 337)
• Chapter 18 The Integration of Categorical and Dimensional Approaches to Psychopathology(p. 350)
• Chapter 19 Dimensionalizing Existing Personality Disorder Categories(p. 362)
• Chapter 20 An Empirically Based Prototype Diagnostic System for DSM-V and ICD-11(p. 374)
• Chapter 21 The Millon Personality Spectrometer: A Tool for Personality Spectrum Analyses, Diagnoses, and Treatments(p. 391)
• Part IV Innovative Theoretical and Empirical Proposals
• Chapter 22 Neuroscientific Foundations of Psychopathology(p. 419)
• Chapter 23 Using Evolutionary Principles for Deducing Normal and Abnormal Personality Patterns(p. 453)
• Chapter 24 Biopsychosocial Models and Psychiatric Diagnosis(p. 473)
• Chapter 25 Reactivating the Psychodynamic Approach to the Classification of Psychopathology(p. 483)
• Chapter 26 A Life Course Approach to Psychoses: Outcome and Cultural Variation(p. 515)
• Chapter 27 The Interpersonal Nexus of Personality and Psychopathology(p. 523)
• Chapter 28 Reconceptualizing Autism Spectrum Disorders as Autism-Specific Learning Disabilities and Styles(p. 553)
• Chapter 29 Describing Relationship Patterns in DSM-V: A Preliminary Proposal(p. 565)
• Chapter 30 On the Diversity of the Borderline Syndromes(p. 577)
• Author Index(p. 595)
• Subject Index(p. 607)

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Theodore Millon, PhD, DSc, until his death in 2014, was Dean and Scientific Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology. He was Founding Editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders and inaugural president of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders. Dr. Millon held full professorial appointments at Harvard Medical School, the University of Illinois, and the University of Miami. A prolific author, he wrote or edited more than 30 books on theory, assessment, and therapy, as well as more than 200 articles and book chapters, and developed the widely used Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI). He was a recipient of the Gold Medal for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation, which annually presents the Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology in his honor. Robert F. Krueger, PhD, is Distinguished McKnight University Professor at the University of Minnesota. His research interests lie at the intersection of psychopathology, personality, psychometrics, behavior genetics, and physical health. Dr. Krueger is the recipient of awards including the Hoch Award from the American Psychopathological Association. He is coeditor of the Journal of Personality Disorders. Erik Simonsen PhD, MD, is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, and former Director of the Psychiatric Research Unit of Region Zealand, Denmark. He serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Personality Disorders and Early Intervention in Psychiatry . With Theodore Millon, Dr. Simonsen cofounded the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders, for which he served as General-Secretary and later as President. He is a past chair of the Section of Personality Disorders of the World Psychiatric Association. Dr. Simonsen has received numerous international awards and has published mainly on early detection, psychotherapy, assessment, and classification of first-episode psychosis and personality disorders.