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Borderline Disorders: Clinical Models and Techniques - Hardcover

Goldstein, Eda G.

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Synopsis

Answering the need for an integrated, clinically relevant text on Borderline Disorders, this volume provides a flexible approach that draws from ego psychology, object relations theory, self psychology, and child development research. Designed as a resource and a guide, it translates complex concepts in ways that will be accessible to practitioners from a wide range of mental health disciplines. Case vignettes illustrate the approaches of Otto Kernberg, James Masterson, Gertrude and Rubin Blanck, Heinz Kohut, and Gerald Adler.

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About the Author

Eda G. Goldstein is currently a professor at the N.Y.U. School of Social Work. A frequent lecturer on borderline and narcissistic disorders, Dr. Goldstein has authored numerous articles and chapters as well as the widely read text, Ego Psychology and Social Work Practice .

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I. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT AND CURRENT PERSPECTIVES.
1. Introduction: The Challenge of the Borderline Patient.
2. The Borderline Concept: An Overview.
3. The Clinical Picture: Major Characteristics.
4. Developmental Theory and Borderline Pathology.
5. Family Characteristics and Dynamics.
II. CLINICAL THEORY AND TECHNIQUES.
6. Conflict-Based Treatment Models.
7. Deficit-Based Treatment Models.
8. Toward an Integrative Clinical Perspective.
9. Hospital Treatment.
10. Couple and Family Treatment.

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