The Borderline Patient: Emerging Concepts in Diagnosis, Psychodynamics, and Treatment

By James S. Grotstein

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138872180
• ISBN13: 9781138872189
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"