Theodore Millon

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Theodore Millon (born August 18, 1928 - January 29, 2014 ) was an American psychologist who became known for his work on personality disorders . Most recently, he worked as a professor emeritus at Harvard Medical School and the University of Miami .

Life

Millon was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish parents who immigrated to the United States from Lithuania and Poland. His ancestors emigrated from Valoschyn in Russia in the 19th century .

He holds degrees from American and European universities and served on the Board of Trustees of Allentown State Hospital, a major Pennsylvania psychiatric hospital, for 15 years.

Shortly thereafter, he became the founding editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders and the first President of the International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders .

In 2008, the American Psychological Society (APA) recognized Millon for his life's work and named an award after him. The "Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology" has been honoring psychologists since 2004 who have advanced scientific progress in the fields of personality psychology , be it through work on personality theory, personality disorders or methods of personality measurement.

Services

Millon has authored numerous well-known textbooks on personality disorders and their treatment, developed influential diagnostic questionnaire techniques such as the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory, and contributed to the improvement of previous editions (DSM-III and DSM-IV) of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). The introduction of the anxious-avoidant personality disorder into the DSM can be traced back to him .

Among other diagnoses, Millon was a proponent of an expanded version of passive-aggressive personality disorder .

Awards

  • 2008: Gold Medal Award For Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology ( APA )

Works (selection)

  • 2004: Personality Disorders in Modern Life , John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0-471-23734-5 .
  • 2004: Masters of the Mind : exploring the story of mental illness. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-46985-8 .
  • 2007: (with Seth Grossman) Moderating Severe Personality Disorders: A Personalized Psychotherapy Approach , John Wiley & Sons.
  • 2008: (with Paul H. Blaney) Oxford Textbook of Psychopathology, 2nd Ed. , Oxford University Press.
  • 2008: The Millon inventories: a practitioner's guide to personalized clinical assessment , Guilford Press, ISBN 978-1-59385-674-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Julie Browning: Theodore Millon - Grandfather of Personality Theory. Australian Broadcasting Corporation , 2005, accessed March 23, 2018 .
  2. Jump up ↑ Test Developer Profiles - Theodore Millon, Ph.D., D.Sc. . McGraw-Hill . 2001. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  3. ↑ Stephen Strack, Bill N. Kinder: Pioneers of personality science: autobiographical perspectives . Springer, New York 2006, ISBN 0-8261-3205-7 , pp. 309 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
  4. ↑ Biography of Dr. Theodore Millon. The Institute for Advanced Studies in Personology and Psychopathology, 2006, accessed March 22, 2018 .
  5. ^ Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Application of Psychology. In: American Psychologist . tape 63 , no. 5 , p. 345–347 , doi : 10.1037 / 0003-066x.63.5.345 ( apa.org [accessed March 23, 2018]).
  6. ^ Theodore Millon Award in Personality Psychology. American Psychological Association, accessed March 23, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Charles S. Sanislow et al. (2012): Chapter 25: Avoidant Personality Disorder, Traits and Types . In: The Oxford Handbook of Personality Disorders . 2012, ISBN 978-0-19-999601-8 , pp. 550 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
  8. ^ Claudio Naranjo : Character and Neurosis. An integrative perspective . 1st edition. Wiesbaden 2017, ISBN 978-3-658-15611-4 , pp. 113 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
personal data
SURNAME Millon, Theodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American psychologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1928
DATE OF DEATH January 29, 2014