Tactical Psychotherapy of the Personality Disorders
edited by Paul Retzlaff
(ISBN
0-205-15932-X, hardcover, 250 pp.)
FROM THE BOOK JACKET
In these pages Dr. Retzlaff brings together a team of expert clinicians and
researchers, each specializing in a specific psychotherapeutic approach and well
versed in the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. In a series of insightful
chapters, they show how the MCMI can be effectively used to support clinical
diagnosis and develop treatment plans in their areas of expertise.
Psychotherapeutic approaches discussed include behavioral, interpersonal,
cognitive, object relations, self-image, defense mechanism, psychic
organization, and mood-temperament.
In the first two chapters, the authors provide essential background on the
use of the recently revised MCMI-llI and its predecessors, including how
MCMI-IlI interpretations relate to the diagnostic categories in the DSM-lll-R
and DSM IV. The strengths and weaknesses of the test and its twenty-eight scales
are discussed, along with the issues of reliability, validity, and
interpretation. In presenting the theoretical background underlying the MCMI,
the book shows how Millon's integrative theory of personality domains ties
together seemingly discrepant approaches and schools of thought regarding
personality disorders.
Chapters three through ten cover the development of psychotherapeutic
treatment plans for clients exhibiting personality disorders. In a clear,
easy-to-understand style, each chapter summarizes the principles underlying a
specific therapeutic approach, describes how Millon's definitions of personality
disorders relate to the approach, and suggests ways in which clinicians can use
MCMI test results to identify or confirm specific client problems and develop a
treatment plan. Each chapter also shows the treatment of a personality disorder
through a case study that includes the MCMI-lII test results, the diagnostic
work-up, and the case outcome.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Clinical Application of the MCMI-III
by Paul Retzlaff
Chapter 2
Domain-Oriented Personality Theory
by George S. Everly, Jr.
Chapter 3
Use of the MCMI-III in Behavior Therapy
by Dennis Donat
Chapter 4
Interpersonal Psychotherapy and MCMI-III based Assessment
by Robert J. Craig
Chapter 5
Cognitive Therapy and the MCMI-III
by Thomas E. Will
Chapter 6
Object Relations Theory and the MCMI-III
by Eric J. Van Denburg
Chapter 7
The MCMI-III and Treatment of the Self
by Joseph T. McCann
Chapter 8
An Intersubjective Approach to Assessing and Treating Ego Defenses using
the MCMI-III
by Steven R. Kubacki and Paula R. Smith
Chapter 9
Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of the Personality Disorders: Toward
Morphologic Change
by Darwin Dorr
Chapter 10
Experiential Mood Therapy with the MCMI-III
by Lee Hyer, Jeff Brandsma, and Lucinda Shealy
About the Editor: Paul Retzlaff is an Associate Professor at the
University of Northern Colorado and a Consulting Psychologist at the VA Medical
Center in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He has published extensively on the MCMI-l, MCMI-ll,
and MCMI-Ill. Dr. Retzlaff's psychometric research interests include hit
rate/operating characteristics, factor structures of items and scales, biased
test taking, and high point codes. Patient-oriented research has included
military mental health retention, alcoholic subtyping, disability prediction,
and general inpatient and outpatient outcome.
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