… The authors review the literature on the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder and
describe the … in part the complexity of and the controversies associated with the diagnosis. A …

… the support of the Board of Trustees of the Borderline … the First Annual Scientific Meeting
of the Foundation, July 13–14, 2000. The authors are or were members of or consultants to the …

… of the category itself. In Part II, we review the biology, genetics, and clinical course of
borderline personality disorder (BPD), continuing to attend to the utility of a focus on fundamental …

… Data for the effectiveness of pharmacotherapy vary and … some of the problems frequently
reported in patients with borderline … on the diagnosis, neurobiology, and treatment of borderline …

… of adults, the weighted prevalence of borderline personality disorder ranges from 0·7% in
Norway to 1·8% in the USA. Additionally, findings from these studies showed that the disorder …

… withdrawal, at the time of separation-individuation (rapprochement subphase), upon the
development of the psychic structure of the borderline patient-the Split ego and the split object …

… The bulk of patients seemed to consist of a certain kind of personality disorder which defied
classification into the two great divisions of neurosis and psychosis. We now know them as …

… a more disturbed variant of the mild Histrionic, Dependent, … the Borderline Personality
Disorder category shares the basic "ambivalent" and "dependent" personality styles evident in the …

The treatment of the borderline patient involves considerable … on the part of the therapist,
directed mainly toward helping the … Borderline patients are seldom capable of tolerating the …

… of the painful affect associated with the tie that binds. The basic conflict in the Borderline …
push for separation-individuation and the withdrawal of essential maternal supplies that this …