Personality disorders : a short history of narcissistic, borderline, antisocial, and other types / Allan V. Horwitz.
By: Horwitz, Allan V [author.].
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2023Description: ix, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781421446103.Subject(s): Personality disorders -- History | Personality disorders -- Treatment -- History | Personality disorders -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC554 .H675 2023 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000019764 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-215) and index.
Issues -- Personality Disorders Emerge -- Personality Becomes Social -- Personality Flourishes -- Personality Disorders in the DSM-III -- Personality Contentions in the DSM- -- Mental Disorders or Problems in Living?
"In this book, the author explores how personality disorders rose to prominence in a variety of disciplines and the controversies they have generated. It will consider the variety of ways that personalities have been seen as "disorders" and tied to or separated from other kinds of mental disorders. Relatedly, it will examine how the notion of the "personality disorder" has involved negative moral and cultural evaluations that are more related to social deviance than to medical conditions"--