: Millon views personality not as a set of rigid "sick" vs. "healthy" categories, but as a continuum. A "disorder" is simply an extreme, inflexible, or maladaptive expression of traits that exist in everyone.

: The text emphasizes understanding the "self-other awareness" of these individuals to avoid pejorative labeling and improve therapeutic effectiveness. Key Disorders Covered

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Personality disorders in modern life.—2nd ed. / Theodore Millon . . . [ et al. Personality Disorders in Modern Life