Essential Papers on Borderline Disorders: One Hundred Years at the Border (Essential Papers in Psychoanalysis (Paperback))

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Summary: excellent
Review: Being in the medical field, all too often I have heard the term "borderline" used to describe just about any patient who might be considered difficult. Just what does it mean to be a borderline personality ? I read this book as an assigned text for a graduate class in Narcissistic and Borderline disorders. No wonder we're all confused about this disorder !!! I found this book to be an excellent compilation of key papers on the history and development of the concept of borderline disorder. The book is divided into sections with seminal papers from each decade. The preface of each section, written by the editor, is informative and entertaining, placing each paper in it's historical context and making for a fascinating story of an aspect of the history of psychoanalysis and psychiatry in America. Highly recommended. Many typo's