ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part IV|171 pages
Issues in Treatment
chapter Chapter 20|19 pages
Six Constellations of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients
chapter Chapter 22|17 pages
Regression and Countertransference in the Treatment of a Borderline Patient
chapter Chapter 24|12 pages
Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Suicidal Potential in Borderline Patients
chapter Chapter 28|23 pages
The Analysis of Autistic Character Structure in a Borderline Patient
A Clinical Case Presentation
part V|146 pages
Issues in Treatment
chapter Chapter 33|16 pages
Inpatient Hospitalization for Borderline Patients
Process and Dynamics of Change in Long- and Short-Term Treatment
