1. Introduction: The Challenge of the Borderline Patient.

2. The Borderline Concept: An Overview.

3. The Clinical Picture: Major Characteristics.

4. Developmental Theory and Borderline Pathology.

5. Family Characteristics and Dynamics.

II. CLINICAL THEORY AND TECHNIQUES.

6. Conflict-Based Treatment Models.

7. Deficit-Based Treatment Models.

8. Toward an Integrative Clinical Perspective.

9. Hospital Treatment.

10. Couple and Family Treatment.