Offers guidelines for managing the therapist-patient relationship during crisis intervention and longer-term therapy with patients who exhibit borderline symptoms.

David Dawson, M.D., is Psychiatrist-in-Chief at Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital and Associate Professor in Psychiatry at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada.Photo by Gordon Stephen,
Harriet L. MacMillan, M.D., is Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Pediatrics at McMaster University and Director of Child Psychiatry Consultation/Liaison Service to Inpatient Pediatrics at Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals, Ontario, Canada.Photo by Rader-Lopez

Part 1 History, Etiology, Concepts; Chapter 1 History of the Borderline Concept; Chapter 2 Notes on Etiology; Chapter 3 The Necessary Conceptual Leap; Chapter 4 Context and the Self-System; Part 2 Treatment of the Borderline Syndrome; Chapter 5 Principles of Relationship Management; Chapter 6 Crisis and Emergency Management; Chapter 7 Inpatient Management; Chapter 8 Outpatient Management; Part 3 Treatment of Related Problems; Chapter 9 Borderline Behavior in Adolescents, RodWachsmuth; Chapter 10 Borderline Phenomena and Personality Disorder; Chapter 11 Borderline Phenomena in Schizophrenia; Chapter 12 Cautionary Tales; Chapter 13 Case Studies;