The Borderline Patient
Emerging Concepts in Diagnosis, Psychodynamics, and Treatment| By: | James S. Grotstein; Marion F. Solomon; Joan A. Lang |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138872189 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781317771708 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1987 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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This volume focuses on treatment issues pertaining to patients with borderline psychopathology. A section on psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic psychotherapy (with contributors by V. Volkan, H. Searles, O. Kernberg, L. B. Boyer, and J. Oremland, among others) is followed by a section exploring a variety of alternative approaches. The latter include psychopharmacology, family therapy, milieu treatment, and hospitalization. The editors' concluding essay discusses the controversies and convergences among the different treatment approaches.