Contributions to the Dimensional Assessment of Personality Disorders Using Millon's Model and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI–III)

For over 35 years, Mllion's (1996) Millon, T. and Davis, R. D. 1996. Disorders of personality: DSM–IV and beyond., New York: Wiley. [Google Scholar] model of personality and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (Millon, 1977 Millon, T. 1977. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory manual, Minneapolis, MN: National Computer Systems. [Google Scholar], 1987 Millon, T. 1987. Manual for the MCMI–II, , 2nd ed., Minneapolis, MN: National Computer Systems. [Google Scholar], 2006 Millon, T. 2006. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory–III (MCMI–III) manual, , 3rd ed., Minneapolis, MN: Pearson Assessments. [Google Scholar]) have been useful resources for clinicians to understand and assess personality disorders (PDs) and clinical syndromes in psychiatric patients. In this article, we highlight significant features of the model and test that have proved valuable to personologists in their quest for a more satisfactory taxonomy of PDs based on continuously distributed traits. We also describe Millon's (1996) Millon, T. and Davis, R. D. 1996. Disorders of personality: DSM–IV and beyond., New York: Wiley. [Google Scholar] prototypal domain approach to personality that combines dimensional and categorical elements for the description of PDs and their normal counterparts.