From the authoritative expert in personality disorders, Search for the Real Self is a thorough dissection of how one’s real self is developed, how it relates to the outer world, and how personality disorders are understood and treated in our modern society. Personality disorders—borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid—have become the classic psychological disorders of our age. Outwardly successful, charming and powerful, personality-disordered individuals have long confounded their colleagues, family, lovers and employees—as well as mental health professionals. The author helps the reader understand them. After describing how the healthy real self develops and functions, he explains what can go wrong. Drawing on case histories, he shows how the false self behaves in relationships and on the job, and then delineates appropriate treatments, offering real hope for cure.

Search For The Real Self : Unmasking The Personality Disorders Of Our Age

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Masterson, James F.

Mental Health

Free Press

PART ONE THE BORDERLINE ADOLESCENT -- The Need for Treatment, A Developmental Theory: A Separation-Individuation, Failure, The Clinical Picture, Feelings of Abandonment: The Six Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Parents: An Overview, The Parents: The Tie That Binds-Clinging, PART TWO THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS: EVPATIENT Theory of the Process, Phase I: Testing, Phase II: Working Through, Casework Treatment of the Parents, Phase II: Joint Interviews, Phase III: Separation, -- Results: Continuity and Change, -- PART THREE THE THERAPEUTIC PROCESS: OUTPATIENT Nancy: Clinical History, Hospital Treatment, and First Outpatient Crisis, Nancy: Second Crisis To Termination, Bill, Helen, and Grace: Follow-up Summaries, PART FOUR OTHER THERAPEUTIC FACTORS Differential Diagnosis, Indications, and Contraindications; Countertransference, Outpatient Treatment Alone, The Psychiatric Dilemma of Adolescence Revisited, -- Epilogue Appendix Initial and Follow-up Psychological Testing: Nancy and Bill Bibliography.

Treatment of the Borderline Adolescent: A Developmental Approach (Nonprofit Law, Finance, and Management Series)

John Wiley&Sons

Psychiatric Dilemma Of Adolescence

Published in the year 1984, Psychiatric Dilemma of Adolescence is a valuable contribution to the field of Psychiatry.

Routledge

First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &amp; Francis, an informa company.

From Borderline Adolescent to Functioning Adult

The author reflects on his 25 years of work in the personality disorders. He reviews some of the most significant ideas be set forth and wonders out loud how they will cross over into the new millennium. Most have stood the test of time and indeed will serve as a strong foundation for the work that is to come; some have gone through a healthy evolution. A unique highlight is the inclusion of a comprehensive report of a six-year course of psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a patient who has a closet narcissistic defence against neurosis. (Publisher)

The Personality Disorders : A New Look at the Developmental Self and Object Relations Approach: Theory - Diagnosis - Treatment

Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc.

Closet Narcissistic Disorder: The Masterson Approach

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