Psychoanalytic diagnosis : understanding personality structure in the clinical process
by
 
McWilliams, Nancy.

Title
Psychoanalytic diagnosis : understanding personality structure in the clinical process

Author
McWilliams, Nancy.

ISBN
9781609184940

Personal Author
McWilliams, Nancy.

Edition
2nd ed.

Publication Information
New York : Guilford Press, c2011.

Physical Description
xxi, 426 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents
Conceptual issues -- Why diagnose? -- Psychoanalytic character diagnosis -- Developmental levels of personality organization -- Implications of developmental levels of organization -- Primary defensive processes -- Secondary defensive processes -- Types of character organization -- Psychopathic (antisocial) personalities -- Narcissistic personalities -- Schizoid personalities -- Paranoid personalities -- Depressive and manic personalities -- Masochistic (self-defeating) personalities -- Obsessive and compulsive personalities -- Hysterical (histrionic) personalities -- Dissociative psychologies.

Subject Term
Typology (Psychology)
 
Personality assessment.
 
Personality development.
 
Personality Disorders -- diagnosis.
 
Personality Disorders -- therapy.
 
Psychoanalytic Therapy.


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IIEMSAGeneral Books33168025771565616.8917 M177P 20111