Borderline Disorders

Designed as a resource and a guide, the volume translates complex concepts in ways that will be accessible to practitioners from a wide range of mental health disciplines. It is replete with case vignettes of therapist/patient interaction and of clinical concepts that illustrate the approaches of Otto Kernberg, James Masterson, Gertrude and Rubin Blanck, Heinz Kohut, and Gerald Adler. Divided into two sections, Part I considers the historical background as well as current theoretical views on the nature, development, and treatment of borderline disorders. Part II presents and analyzes five conflict- and deficit-based treatment models; discusses the elements of an integrative clinical perspective; and describes couple and family treatment as well as hospital treatment of borderline patients.