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Personality disorders in modern life
The first edition of my Disorders of Personality text (1981) was widely regarded as the
classic book in the field. Given its coordination with a theory of personality and
psychopathology and with the then newly published DSM-III, it gained immediate acceptance
among mental health professionals, the audience for which it was intended.
As the years wore on, however, the readership of the book began to change. With the
emergence of personality disorders as a distinct axis in the DSM, doctoral programs
began to instruct their students on the role played by personality in creating and sustaining
psychopathology. By the mid-1980s, my Disorders of Personality text gradually
became required reading in most graduate programs, and even enjoyed some use at
the undergraduate level.
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