The author clarifies the many uses of the term borderline personality and offers an ego-psychological approach approach to the understanding of the borderline conditions. He focuses on diagnostic, psychodynamic and treatment issues. reference is made to four major diagnostic categories: normal-neurotic, borderline, psychotic, and narcissistic. He demonstrates that an in-depth study of a patient's ego functioning can lead to diagnostic clarity, accurate assessment and prognostic appraisal, and therefore to an informed selection psychotherapeutic conditions.

The basic text for the understanding of patients with pathological narcissism.

This book examines the ways in which we make use of the Group Relations model, set up in the experimental field of the Group Relations conferences, to understand and modify the functioning of working groups. It is based on a psychoanalytic knowledge of the psychosocial development of human beings.

Discover the complexities of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) through our comprehensive guide, 'Borderline Personality Unveiled: Navigating Insights, Innovations, and Ethical Care.' Delve into the intricate landscape of BPD, where we uncover the neural underpinnings, symptomatology, and groundbreaking therapeutic approaches. Explore established therapeutic modalities like Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and witness emerging interventions like Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), Schema Therapy, and more. Our guide embraces neuroscientific breakthroughs, offering promising insights into targeted treatments and personalized care for individuals navigating the complexities of BPD. Ethical considerations are at the forefront, emphasizing patient autonomy, privacy, and inclusivity in accessing care. We spotlight the holistic integration of cultural competency, equity, and collaboration among multidisciplinary teams, ensuring a comprehensive and ethical approach to BPD treatment.

This book aims at making explicit the scientific theories, termed paradigms, that the author has found useful in psychoanalysis. It lists nine paradigms: genetics, neurobiology, attachment theory, infant research, trauma, their relational model, the family system, the socio-cultural level, and prehistory. These nine paradigms are presented in as many chapters. Special attention is devoted to attachment theory, which the author considers to be the most powerful conceptual tool at the disposal of the psychoanalyst. He also covers trauma, the relational model - with special reference to Ferenczi, Bowlby and Fromm. He explores the effect of cultural evolution, with the advent of agriculture, on family and character structures and the resulting discontinuity with the individual, or group's inborn needs, giving rise to an unnatural environment, and thus to psychopathology and pathology at a social level, such as war. The consequence of these combined factors gives rise to the need for psychotherapy, this is explored, together with the role of the therapist and the therapy of psychoses,

This issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America, edited by Drs. Frank Yeomans and Kenneth Levy, will offer a comprehensive review of key topics of importance in the study of Borderline Personality Disorder. The series is led by our Consulting Editor, Dr. Harsh Trivedi of Sheppard Pratt Health System. This issue will explore the following topics: Conceptual models, Diagnosis and assessment, Differential diagnosis, Community and Clinical Epidemiology, Comorbidity, Longitudinal Course, Neuroscience and social cognition, Attachment, Psychotherapy and medication treatment research, Psychotherapy with children and adolescents, and Family and patient perspectives, among others.