Cultural intersections in the psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder

American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 176-190

  Alarcon, Renato D ^a,b   Leetz, Kenneth L ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORDERLINE STATE; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031842279     PISSN: 00029564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1998.52.2.176     Document Type: Review

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