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Differential Diagnosis of the Borderline Personality: The First Step in Treatment

Pages 178-184
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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The importance of differential diagnosis in using Masterson's (1976, 1981, 1985) techniques to treat patients with borderline personality is stressed because patients with certain other personality disorders do not respond well to the confrontational methods inherent in the Masterson approach. Among The other diagnostic categories likely to be confused with borderline personality Disorder are the schizoid personality and certain types of narcissistic personalities. Case histories of patients typical of each of these three personality types are presented, and issues in differential diagnosis are discussed.

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Stephen J. Karakashian

Stephen J. Karakashian, Ph.D., is in private practice in New York City and has been a Certified Transactional Analyst for thirteen years. He also holds a research appointment in Ethology at The Rockefeller University in New York.
 

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