The Metaphor of Play: Disruption and Restoration in the Borderline Experience

Meares, Russell

ISBN 10: 0876682751 / ISBN 13: 9780876682753

Published by Jason Aronson, Inc., 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Metaphor of Play: Disruption and Restoration in the Borderline Experience
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0876682751
• ISBN 13: 9780876682753
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: very_good

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Synopsis

Shows how borderline psychiatric patients can be treated by understanding their sense of self and the fragility of their sense of existence. Meares believes that the play of the pre-school child, and a mental activity similar to it in the adult, is necessary to the growth of a healthy self.

About the Author

Russell Meares is Emeritus Professor of Psychitary at the University of Sydney and leads a program at Westmead Hospital, Sydney for the treatment of, and research into, borderline personality.