Disorganized attachment and Borderline Personality Disorder: A clinical perspective

Attachment and Human Development

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 181-190

  Holmes, Jeremy ^a  

^a NORTH DEVON DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approach avoidance dilemma; Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD); Clinical work with disorganised attachment; Disorganized attachment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BORDERLINE STATE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COUNTER TRANSFERENCE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT MONITORING; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; THREAT; TRANSFERENCE;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; PSYCHOANALYTIC THERAPY;

EID: 4043062373     PISSN: 14616734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616730410001688202     Document Type: Article

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