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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Contents -- Preface -- Part One. Psychopathology -- 1 A Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality Disorders -- 2 Hatred as a Core Affect of Aggression -- 3 Pathological Narcissism and Narcissistic Personality Disorder: Theoretical Background and Diagnostic Classification -- 4 The Diagnosis of Narcissistic Pathology in Adolescents -- 5 Perversion, Perversity, and Normality: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Considerations -- Part Two. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy -- 6 Psychoanalysis, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, and Supportive Psychotherapy: Contemporary Controversies |
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7 Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Patients with Borderline Personality Organization: An Overview8 The Psychodynamics and Psychotherapeutic Management of Psychopathic, Narcissistic, and Paranoid Transferences -- 9 A Severe Sexual Inhibition in a Patient with Narcissistic Personality Disorder -- 10 Acute and Chronic Countertransference Reactions -- 11 Omnipotence in the Transference and in the Countertransference -- 12 The Risk of Suicide in Severe Personality Disorders: Differential Diagnosis and Treatment |
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13 A Technical Approach to Eating Disorders in Patients with Borderline Personality Organization14 The Management of Affect Storms in the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Borderline Patients -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
In this book a leading psychoanalytic clinician and theoretician presents his thoughts on the latest psychodynamic developments and insights related to treatment of severe personality disorders. Dividing his discussions into two sections, one on psychopathology and the other on psychotherapy, Dr. Otto F. Kernberg examines borderline personality disorder, narcissism, sexual inhibition, transference and countertransference, suicidal behavior, and eating disorders. In each chapter he integrates the ideas of European and Latin American psychoanalytic thinkers, bringing them to the attention of English-speaking readers.This book includes a selection of recently published journal articles. Their collection into one volume makes readily available Dr. Kernberg's present thinking on an important subject |
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JSTOR-DDA |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Narcissism.
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Personality disorders -- Treatment
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Psychotherapy.
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Narcissism
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Narcissism.
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Personality disorders -- Treatment.
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Psychotherapy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300128383 |
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030012838X |
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