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"This is one of the
most useful books written about borderline personality disorder.
The authors' humanistic approach to treating this severe
personality disorder is commendable. This book describes in
details the problems and difficulties that faces the patient in
his/her daily life: "The aloness versus losing the self in
fusion, the misuse of transitional objects, the concreteness of
mental functioning and much more...It also demonstrates the
importance of Winnicott's holding notion to the patient's
growth. And how holding renders the losing and fusing dangers
more manageable". Not only that the authors demonstrate a
great deal of understanding. But, they also assert that while
comparisons and contrasts are for the sake of the client, a
clinician should not lose sight of the uniqueness of each
patient. This is a must read for the professional working with
seriously disturbed patients. "
Back Cover: At the beginning of the twentieth century, "hysteria" as a medical or psychiatric diagnosis was primarily applied to women. In fact, the term itself comes from the Greek, meaning "wandering womb." We have since learned that this diagnosis had evolved from certain assumptions about women's social roles and mental characteristics, and is no long in use. The modern equivalent of hysteria, however, may be borderline personality disorder, defined as "a pervasive pattern of instability of self-image, interpersonal relationships, and mood, beginning in early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts." This diagnosis is applied to women so much more often that to men that feminists have begun to raise important questions about the social, cultural, and even the medical assumptions underlying this "illness." Women are said to be "unstable" when they may be trying to reconcile often contradictory and conflicting social expectations.
"Cited
in the Supplement to Sheehy. The first edition (1989) was
published in four volumes as a task force report of the American
Psychiatric Association, and became the standard reference on
treatment in American psychiatry. The present edition is reduced
in size, largely by confining the contributions to treatment
issues, with the assumption that readers will familiarize
themselves with diagnostic issues by reading DSM-IV. All of the
major DSM-IV disorders are covered and all of the major
treatment modalities, in 93 contributed chapters by scholars and
clinicians who provide a clinically relevant synthesis of the
contemporary knowledge in each area."
