The Borderline Patient
Emerging Concepts in Diagnosis, Psychodynamics, and Treatment
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Pathological Psychology, Personality, Mental Health
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781317771708 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | June 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781317771708 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | June 3, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
