This book addresses one of the fundamental, understudied issues of borderline personality disorder (BPD): dissociation and a lack of sense of self. Exploring dissociation from developmental, neurobiological and behavioural perspectives, Russell Meares presents an original theory of BPD, offering new[...]

Personality disorder can be conceived as the result of a disruption of the development of self. This thoroughly updated edition of "The Metaphor of Play" examines how those who have suffered such disruption can be treated by understanding their sense of self and the fragility of their sense of exist[...]