Conceptual issues
Why diagnose?
Psychoanalytic character diagnosis
Developmental levels of personality organization
Implications of developmental levels of organization
Primary defensive processes
Secondary defensive processes
Types of character organization
Psychopathic (antisocial) personalities
Narcissistic personalities
Schizoid personalities
Paranoid personalities
Depressive and manic personalities
Masochistic (self-defeating) personalities
Obsessive and compulsive personalities
Hysterical (histrionic) personalities
Dissociative psychologies.
Psychoanalytic diagnosis : understanding personality structure in the clinical process by Nancy McWilliams. ISBN 9781609184940. Published by Guilford in 2011. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.