Ontological insecurity: A guiding framework for borderline personality disorder

Journal of Phenomenological Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-105

  McDonald, Matthew ^a   Pietsch, Tina ^b   Wilson, John ^a  

^a ASSUMPTION UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borderline Personality Disorder; narrative inquiry; ontological insecurity; phenomenology; R.D. Laing; trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649300957     PISSN: 00472662     EISSN: 15691624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156916210X503100     Document Type: Article

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