The psychodynamics of borderline personality disorder: A view from developmental psychopathology

Development and Psychopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 927-957

  Bradley, Rebekah ^a   Westen, Drew ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFLICT; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEAR; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; OBJECT RELATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TRANSFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; COUNTERTRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33644848238     PISSN: 09545794     EISSN: 14692198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0954579405050443     Document Type: Article

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