Nature and Nurture in Personality and Psychopathology

A Guide for Clinicians

Joel Paris (McGill University, Quebec, Canada)

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Routledge
18 February 2022

Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Child & developmental psychology; Medical genetics; Psychotherapy

Psychiatry and clinical psychology have long been divided about the roles of nature and nurture in the pathways to psychopathology. Some clinicians offer treatment almost entirely based on neuroscience. Some psychologists offer psychotherapies almost entirely based on the impact of environmental stressors. Paris argues for a balanced middle ground between nature and nurture in human development. This book reviews and integrates research showing that the key to understanding the development of mental disorders lies in interactions between genes and environment. It explores why personality is a key determinant of how people respond to stress, functioning as a kind of psychological immune system. This model represents a shift from overly simple and reductionistic constructs, based primarily on biological risks or on psychosocial risks in development. Instead, it offers a complex and multivariate approach that encourages a broader approach to treatment.

This book is essential for all mental health clinicians who are interested in understanding the roles of nature and nurture in the development of psychopathology.

By: Joel Paris (McGill University Quebec Canada)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367741365
ISBN 10: 0367741369
Pages: 152
Publication Date: 18 February 2022
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Joel Paris, MD, is a research associate at the Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Canada, and emeritus professor of Psychiatry at McGill University. He is the author of 25 books and over 200 scientific papers. His main area of research has been borderline personality disorder.

Reviews for Nature and Nurture in Personality and Psychopathology: A Guide for Clinicians

"""Professor Paris has done it again with another insightful, clearly written, book that highlights core issues that every clinician (and researcher) should be thinking about. Taking us through the evolution of his thinking, Dr. Paris integrates the wide-ranging universe of psychopathology and the nature-nurture debate into a conceptual model that clinicians can understand and embrace."" Mark Zimmerman, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School and Director of Outpatient Psychiatry and Partial Hospital Program, Rhode Island Hospital."