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In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts
present career-long collections of what they judge to be their
finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research
findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions. In
this fascinating collection, Professor Gordon Claridge charts the
development of a model of mental health that blurs the line between
madness and sanity, conditions such as schizophrenia and other
forms of psychosis seen as dimensions of 'normal' personality and
temperament rather than separate abnormalities. Working with, and
influenced by, the late Hans Eysenck, Claridge is celebrated for
evolving research on personality and psychological disorders into a
revised view of the spectrum of psychotic traits. The concept of
schizotypy, re-evaluated by Claridge, sees mental illness not as a
pathology suffered by a few, but as the end of a continuum
experienced by us all. Psychopathology and Personality Dimensions
brings together some of the author's most influential publications
on the topics of schizotypy and psychoticism, personality
disorders, and the use of drug techniques to investigate normal and
abnormal individual differences. Interspersed throughout with
specially-written retrospectives by Professor Claridge, looking
back at his work and contextualising where it sits in the wider
literature, the collection illustrates a radical and influential
model of mental illness that continues to resonate today. This book
is an essential resource for all those engaged or interested in the
field of personality and psychological disorders.
For several decades there has been an increasing move towards
viewing the psychotic illnesses from a dimensional perspective,
seeing them as continuous with healthy functioning. The idea,
concentrating mostly on schizophrenia, has generated considerable
theoretical debate as well as empirical research, conducted under
the rubric of 'schizotypy'. This book offers a timely discussion of
the most significant themes and developments in this research area.
Divided into four key sections which represent current concerns in
schizotypy research - Measurement, Brain and Biology; Development
and Environment; Consequences and Outcomes; and Future Directions -
chapters reflect a broad range of approaches and discuss varied
theoretical perspectives on schizotypy. Topics include: cognitive
and perceptual biases psychometric assessments creativity and
schizotypy genetic associations. developmental perspectives
Schizotypy: New dimensions will appeal to academics, researchers
and postgraduate students in the area of psychotic illnesses, as
well as professionals including psychiatrists and clinical
psychologists who are concerned with the basis of serious mental
disorder. The book will inform readers who are new to the topic and
will update and expand the knowledge base of those more experienced
in the field.
The assumption that there is a significant connection between
normal psychological and biological differences and the development
of psychological disorders has grown in recent years and research
in this area has developed rapidly. Written by psychologists with
expertise in both the areas of abnormal and differential
psychology, this textbook aims to integrate evidence and ideas from
healthy personality and temperament on the one hand and
psychological disorders on the other. This is achieved by viewing
personality traits as predispositions to disorder, and by
questioning how far the causes of various disorders can be seen as
an extension or exaggeration of processes underlying normal
personality or temperament. These main themes are discussed using a
biological perspective, based on the theory that personality can be
deconstructed into a number of basic dimensions (of biological
origin) that also act as vulnerability factors for disorder. This
is a second level textbook for undergraduate students of
psychology, but it can also be used by health professionals and
their trainees, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and nurses.
For several decades there has been an increasing move towards
viewing the psychotic illnesses from a dimensional perspective,
seeing them as continuous with healthy functioning. The idea,
concentrating mostly on schizophrenia, has generated considerable
theoretical debate as well as empirical research, conducted under
the rubric of 'schizotypy'. This book offers a timely discussion of
the most significant themes and developments in this research area.
Divided into four key sections which represent current concerns in
schizotypy research - Measurement, Brain and Biology; Development
and Environment; Consequences and Outcomes; and Future Directions -
chapters reflect a broad range of approaches and discuss varied
theoretical perspectives on schizotypy. Topics include: cognitive
and perceptual biases psychometric assessments creativity and
schizotypy genetic associations. developmental perspectives
Schizotypy: New dimensions will appeal to academics, researchers
and postgraduate students in the area of psychotic illnesses, as
well as professionals including psychiatrists and clinical
psychologists who are concerned with the basis of serious mental
disorder. The book will inform readers who are new to the topic and
will update and expand the knowledge base of those more experienced
in the field.
In the World Library of Psychologists series, international experts
present career-long collections of what they judge to be their
finest pieces - extracts from books, key articles, salient research
findings, and their major practical theoretical contributions. In
this fascinating collection, Professor Gordon Claridge charts the
development of a model of mental health that blurs the line between
madness and sanity, conditions such as schizophrenia and other
forms of psychosis seen as dimensions of 'normal' personality and
temperament rather than separate abnormalities. Working with, and
influenced by, the late Hans Eysenck, Claridge is celebrated for
evolving research on personality and psychological disorders into a
revised view of the spectrum of psychotic traits. The concept of
schizotypy, re-evaluated by Claridge, sees mental illness not as a
pathology suffered by a few, but as the end of a continuum
experienced by us all. Psychopathology and Personality Dimensions
brings together some of the author's most influential publications
on the topics of schizotypy and psychoticism, personality
disorders, and the use of drug techniques to investigate normal and
abnormal individual differences. Interspersed throughout with
specially-written retrospectives by Professor Claridge, looking
back at his work and contextualising where it sits in the wider
literature, the collection illustrates a radical and influential
model of mental illness that continues to resonate today. This book
is an essential resource for all those engaged or interested in the
field of personality and psychological disorders.
The central thesis of Schizotypy: Implications for Illness and
Health is both challenging and controversial: that the features of
psychotic disorders actually lie on a continuum with, and form part
of, normal behaviour and experience. The dispositional or
'schizotypal' traits associated with psychotic disorders certainly
predispose an individual to mental illness, but they may also lead
to positive outcomes such as enhanced creativity or spiritual
experience. Discussion of each aspect of this theme is supported by
extensive experimental and clinical evidence, questioning the
received medical wisdom which treats psychotic illness in the
narrow context of neurological disease. The result is an
authoritative and provocative overview of an important topic in
psychological research and clinical practice.
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