Borderline : the biography of a personality disorder / Alexander Kriss, PhD.

Author/creator Kriss, Alexander author.
Format Electronic
PublicationBoston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2024]
Description1 online resource (267 pages)
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
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Contents Introduction: collective psychosis -- Prehistory: the first session -- Splits, hysteria, and the invention of psychotherapy: Fifth Century BCE-1885 CE -- Psychic death: sessions, weeks 2-19 -- Seduction and fantasy: 1896-1923 -- Fears: sessions, months 6-10 -- Confusion of the tongues: 1908-1933 -- Love: sessions, months 10-12 -- Identity crises: 1939-1980 -- Self-discovery: sessions, year 2 -- Diffusion: 1973-2011 -- Normality: sessions, year 3 -- Integration: 1980-2023 -- Borderline: sessions, year 6.
Abstract "An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that the condition is untreatable and those diagnosed with it are "difficult," told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteDescription based upon print version of record.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formPrint version: Kriss, Alexander Borderline New York : Beacon Press,c2024 9780807007815
Genre/formAnecdotes.
Genre/formAnecdotes.
ISBN080700782X
ISBN9780807007822 (electronic bk.)
Stock number679D7780-61FF-4C9C-9618-82494779AC43 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com

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