Masters of the Mind

The compelling story of the quest to understand the human mind - and its diseases This engaging presentation of our evolving understanding of the human mind and the meaning of mental illness asks the questions that have fascinated philosophers, researchers, clinicians, and ordinary persons for millennia: What causes human behavior? What processes underlie personal functioning and psychopathology, and what methods work best to alleviate disorders of the mind? Written by Theodore Millon, a leading researcher in personality theory and psychopathology, it features dozens of illuminating profiles of famous clinicians and philosophers.

The compelling story of the quest to understand the human mindand its diseasesThis 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.

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.