Suicidal Behavior in Borderline Patients: Diagnosis and Psychotherapeutic Considerations

Otto F. Kernberg, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 47, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1993.47.2.245

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The differential diagnosis of chronic suicidal and parasuicidal behavior in borderline patients is reviewed. Essential psychodynamics of these behaviors are explored, especially the psychopathology of unconscious hatred. The psychotherapy centers on the transformation of this hatred into aggressive transference patterns and their working through protected by a firm treatment structure.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 47 • Number 2 • 1993, pp. 167–327

Pages: 245 - 254

PubMed: 8517472

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Published in print: 1993, pp. 167–327

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Otto F. Kernberg, M.D.

Associate Chairman and Medical Director, New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division; Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University Medical College; Training and Supervising Analyst, Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research.

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Presented at a Symposium on “Suicide and the Borderline Patient,” at the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, May 16, 1991.

Mailing address: New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, 21 Bloomingdale Road, White Plains, NY 10605.

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Suicidal Behavior in Borderline Patients: Diagnosis and Psychotherapeutic Considerations

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