Table of Contents
Contributors
Introduction: Personality Disorders Into the 21st Century
Steven K. Huprich
I. Current Issues in the Diagnosis and Assessment of
Personality Disorders
The Value of Retaining Personality Disorder Diagnoses
Kenneth R. Silk
A Critical Evaluation of Retaining Personality Categories and
Types
Douglas B. Samuel and Sarah A. Griffin
The Role of Traits in Describing, Assessing, and Understanding
Personality Pathology
Kristian E. Markon and Katherine G. Jonas
A Critical Evaluation of Moving Toward a Trait System for
Personality Disorder Assessment
Kevin B. Meehan and John F. Clarkin
II. Research and Assessment Strategies
At the Nexus of Science and Practice: Answering Basic Clinical
Questions in Personality Disorder Assessment and Diagnosis With
Quantitative Modeling Techniques
Aidan G. C. Wright and Johannes Zimmermann
Lessons Learned From Longitudinal Studies of Personality
Disorders
Alex S. Keuroghlian and Mary C. Zanarini
Biological Bases of Personality Disorders
Susan C. South
Object Relations Theories and Personality Disorders: Internal
Representations and Defense Mechanisms
Caleb Siefert and Jonathan H. Porcerelli
Integrating Clinical and Empirical Perspectives on Personality:
The Shedler–Westen Assessment Procedure (SWAP)
Jonathan Shedler
Assessing Explicit and Implicit Processes in Personality
Pathology
Irving B. Weiner
Process-Focused Assessment of Personality Pathology
Robert F. Bornstein
III. Moving Toward Integrated and Unified Models of
Personality Disorders and Pathology
An Integrative, Psychodynamic Framework of Personality
Pathology
Patrick Luyten and Sidney J. Blatt
An Integrative Attachment Theory Framework of Personality
Disorders
Kenneth N. Levy, J. Wesley Scala, Christina M. Temes, and Tracy L.
Clouthier
An Integrative Interpersonal Framework for Understanding
Personality Pathology
Nicole M. Cain and Emily B. Ansell
An Integrating and Comprehensive Model of Personality Pathology
Based on Evolutionary Theory
Theodore Millon and Stephen Strack
The Cognitive–Affective Processing System Model of Personality
Pathology: Ready-Made for Theoretical Integration
Steven K. Huprich and Sharon M. Nelson
The Link Between Personality Theory and Psychological
Treatment: A Shifting Terrain
John F. Clarkin, Nicole M. Cain, and W. John Livesley
Index
About the Editor
About the Author
Steven K. Huprich, PhD, is a professor and director of
clinical training at Wichita State University. He is the editor of
the Journal of Personality Assessment and the 2013 recipient of the
Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology. Dr. Huprich also
serves as the secretary/treasurer for the International Society for
the Study of Personality Disorders. He has authored nearly 100
peer-reviewed publications and chapters and more than 200
presentations, as well as five other books. His work includes a
book on the use of the Rorschach Inkblot Test to assess personality
disorders, a general textbook on clinical psychology, an edited
text on integrating personality assessment with DSM–5, important
concepts for new therapists in treating narcissistic personalities,
and a text on the conceptual and empirical foundations of
psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr. Huprich has also published on the
assessment of interpersonal dependency and relational influences on
the assessment of borderline personality disorder. He also has
written about and presented on ways in which to integrate the
manner by which personality disorders are conceptualized and
assessed.
Reviews
“A critically important addition to professional and academic
library collections.” – Midwest Book Review
“A state-of-the-art, comprehensive review of PDs…an important book
and a milestone.” - PsycCRITIQUES
