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Treatment of borderline conditions in adolescents
1Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital National Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20010.
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
The history of the borderline concept is reviewed and its diagnostic criteria described. Current views regarding etiology and pathogenesis are presented with a summary of treatment. This includes highlights of individual and family psychotherapy, aspects of hospitalization, and a presentation of the current status of pharmacologic interventions.