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Abandoned Child mode
Abandonment
after divorce
recreating
separation as
Abilify
ABT. See Alliance-Based Therapy
Abuse
childhood
domestic violence
emotional
in marriage
self-esteem after
self-mutilation after
sexual
unpredictability of
Acceptance
of anger
as conditional
of consequences
self-
by therapist
Acetylcholine
ADHD
Adolescent Risk Communication Institute
Adolescents
Affair
Affective disorders
Age
Aging
Albee, Edward
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholism
of fathers
in relationships
Allen, Woody
Alliance-Based Therapy (ABT)
Ambivalence
America
culture of
politics of
religion of
American Psychiatric Association
Amphetamines
Anger
acceptance of
art therapy for
as avoidance
compensating for
as control
disproportionate
feedback with
in job
at manipulation
with psychotherapy
during recreation
response to
SET-UP system with
unpredictability of
Annenberg Public Policy Center
Anorexia nervosa
Antibiotics
Antidepressant medication
Antisocial personality
Anxiety
Anxiolytics
Art therapy
Asendin
As-if personality
Associated Personality Disorders
Ativan
Atypical antipsychotics
Austen Riggs Center
Autistic phase
Automatic reflexes
Autonomy
in object constancy phase
Aventyl
Axis I, in DSM
Axis II, in DSM

Beck, Aaron
Behavior modification therapy
Bibliotherapy
Binge eating
Bipolar disorder
Blame
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
by age group
Awareness Month
in brain
celebrities with
coping with
creativity with
as cultural
curing
defined
degrees of
developmental theories of
in DSM-III
environmental factors in
evolution of
extremes of
genetics of
geographically
hospitalization rate of
identifying
“nature vs. nurture,”
for older people
other disorders with
personality in
recreation with
research on
social factors with
symptoms of
time for
underrecognition of
in women
in workplace
Borderline Personality Organization (BPO)
Boredom
Boundary setting
BPD. See Borderline Personality Disorder
Brain, BPD and
Brain trauma
Bulimia

Campbell, W. Keith
Caregiving. See Families
Carroll, Lewis
Cat’s Cradle (Vonnegut)
CBT. See Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Celebrities
Celexa
Centaur, The (Updike)
Change
control with
effects of, on others
towards independence
initiating
job
leaving the past for
perfectionism and
practicing
in relationships
self-assessment for
Character
Childhood
abuse in
ADHD in
adolescence
caregiving in
conflicts of
criticism in
identity in
inconsistency in
intimacy in
leaving behind
in MBT perspective
moving in
neglect in
object relations stages of
parent-child attachment
pessimism in
self-esteem in
separation in
splitting and
suicide in
trauma in
Church
Clinging
Clozaril
Cluster suicides
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive-perceptual distortions
Communication. See also SET-UP system, for communication
contradictions in
perseverance in
rejection of
Community, sense of
Competitiveness
Compliments
Compulsive behaviors
Computerized tomography (CT)
Conflict
childhood
choosing one’s battles in
in marriage
in relationships
Confrontation
in group therapy
in psychotherapy
Consequences
acceptance of
in “Tough Love” groups
Consistency
inconsistency
in psychotherapy
Constancy See also Object constancy
Continuity, historical
Contradictions
Control
anger as
change and
with eating disorders
with emptiness
in job
parental
of relationships
rituals for
of self
by therapist
Coping mechanisms See also individual coping mechanisms
Countertransference
Creativity
Criticism
in childhood
reaction to
self-esteem with
CT. See Computerized tomography
Cults
Culture
BPD as response to
fragmentation of
materialism in
modern
relationships and
sexuality in
Victorian
Culture of Narcissism, The (Lasch)
Custody, in divorce
Cutting. See Self-mutilation
Cymbalta

Dance therapy
Dating websites
DBT. See Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
DDP. See Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy
Degradation
Degrees of borderline
Depakote
Dependency
in group therapy
SET-UP system with
on therapist
Depression See also Antidepressant medication
case study
compensating for
emptiness and
suicide and
Detached Protector mode
Deutsch, Helene
Devaluation
Developmental theories
Diagnosis. See also Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
dimensional approach to
of personality disorders
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)
classifications
DSM-III
DSM-IV-TR
state disorders in
trait disorders in
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
Diana (princess of Wales)
Diary card, in DBT
DID. See Dissociative identity disorder
Differentiation
Differentiation phase
Dilantin
Discrimination
Dissociative disorders
Dissociative identity disorder (DID)
Divorce
consistency after
custody after
Domestic violence
Domination, as child abuse
Drugs. See Pharmacotherapy; Substance Abuse; individual names
Dynamic Deconstructive Psychotherapy (DDP)

EAPs. See Employee Assistance Programs
Eating disorders
anorexia nervosa
binge eating
bulimia
control of
as secondary symptom
Eccentricity
Effexor
Ego
Elavil
Elderly, BPD in
Emotional blackmail
Emotional hemophilia
Emotions
avoidance of
emotional abuse
guilt over
negative
over-reactivity of
Empathy
Empathy segment, of SET-UP system
with anger
in case studies
with contradictions
with dependency
with emptiness
with impulsivity
with negativity
with object constancy
with victimhood
Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)
Emptiness
control and
depression and
SET-UP system and
Endorphins
Engulfment
Enmeshment
Environment
Equilibrium
Existential angst
Expectations
in relationships
of roles
Exploratory psychotherapy

Facebook
Families
abuse by
caregiving in
control
demands of
dependence on
dual-income
extended
“faux family,”
heritability in
idealization of
reconciliation of
self-destructiveness in
single-parent
social roles in
structure of
therapist alliance with
Family therapy
Family tree
Fanapt
Fatal Attraction
Fatalism
Fathers
absent
abuse by
after divorce
alcoholism of
roles of
war veteran
Fault
“Faux family,”
“Fight or flight” response
Fonagy, Peter
Free association
Freud, Sigmund
Frustration
Future, fear of

Gabatril
Gambling
Gaugin, Paul
Gender. See also Women
defined
identity
roles
Generic drugs
Genetic reconstruction
Geographical mobility See also Relocations
Geodon
Gestalt
Giovachinni, Peter L.
Glutamate
Greene, Graham
Gregory, Robert J.
Grinker, Roy
Group loyalties
Group therapy
STEPPS
Guilt
over emotions
over mother
punishment and
Gunderson, John G.

Haldol
Hallucinations
Handicap
Helplessness
Hewitt, James
Hierarchy, of treatment
Hispanics
Histrionic personality
Hitler, Adolf
Holocaust survivors
Homeostasis
Hospitalization, case study
acute
BPD rate of
contract with
discharge from
goals of
long-term
partial
Househusbands
HPA. See Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis
Hypnosis
Hypochondria
Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis

ICE. See Intermittent-Continuous Eclectic Therapy
Idealization
of families
of mother
primitive
of relationship
splitting with
Identity
adolescent
in childhood
constancy of
diffusion
from external sources
gender
instability of
loss of
in modern culture
personality fragments
through psychotherapy
roles for
self-esteem and
separate
sexual
splitting and
Identity diffusion
Illness
Impulsive Character (Reich)
Impulsivity
emergence of
from loneliness
pharmacotherapy for
self-esteem and
SET-UP system for
unpredictability of
Indecisiveness
Independence
change towards
in relationships
Individualism
Inner contentment
Insight
Insurance
Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)
Intermittent-Continuous Eclectic Therapy (ICE)
Intimacy
in childhood
in relationships
Invalidation
Invega
Iraq War vets
ISTDP. See Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy

Jealousy
Jerry Maguire
Job
BPD in workplace
frequent changes of
moving for
structure of
Jonestown Massacre
Journal of Adolescent Health
Justice

Kernberg, Otto
Klein, Melanie
Kleptomania
Klonopin
Knight, Robert

Lamictal
Lasch, Christopher
Lawrence, T. E.
Legal system
Lennon, John
Lexapro
Librium
Life expectancy
Limits
Limping
Linehan, Marsha M.
Loneliness
avoidance of
impulsivity from
Loxitane
Luvox

Magical thinking
Mahler, Margaret
Mailer, Norman
Male menopause
Manipulation
anger at
of psychotherapy
through self-mutilation
through suicide threats
MAOIs. See Monoamine oxidase inhibitors
Marilyn (Mailer)
Marilyn: An Untold Story (Rosten)
Marriage
abuse in
conflicts in
divorce
Masochism
Materialism
MBT. See Mentalization-Based Therapy
Meaning, quest for
“Me Decade, The” (Wolfe)
Medical school
Medication. See Pharmacotherapy
Memento
Memories
Mentalization
Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT)
Microsoft
Midlife crisis
Miller, Arthur
Mindfulness
Missildine, Hugh
Misunderstandings
Mocking, in workplace
Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs)
Monroe, Marilyn
Mood shifts
with affective disorders
to anger
as BPD symptom
living with
pharmacotherapy for
Mood stabilizer medication
Mother
critical
guilt over
intimacy with
neglect by
overinvolved
sexual abuse by
working
Movement therapy
Moving
Multiple personality disorder
Music therapy
MySpace

N-acetylcysteine
Narcissism
of parents
of social networking
Narcissism Epidemic, The (Campbell)
Nardil
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Native Americans
“Nature vs. nurture,”
Navane
Negativity. See Emotions
Neuroendocrinology
Neuroleptics
Neurontin
Neuroses
Neurotransmitters
New York Times
NIMH. See National Institute of Mental Health
NMDA dysregulation
Norpramin
Nuclear holocaust, threat of
Numbness

Object constancy
in adolescence
in relationships
SET-UP for
with therapist
Object relations
Obsessive behavior
“Off-label” use
Omega-3 fatty acid preparation
Omnipotence
O’Neill, Eugene
Opiate antagonists
Opioid system
Outpatient treatment. See Hospitalization
Overprotectiveness

Pain
Pamelor
Panic attacks
Paradox
Paranoia
Parasite, borderline as
Parent-child attachment
Parnate
Passivity
Pathology
Paxil
Peer groups
Perfectionism
Personality
disorders
fragments
histrionic
multiple personality disorder
of therapist
traits
PET scanning
Pexeva
Pharmacotherapy See also Self-medication
alternative
antidepressant medication
anxiolytics
customization of
dilemma of
generic drugs
mood stabilizer medication
neuroleptics
“off-label,”
opiate antagonists
psychotherapy vs.
by symptom
Phobias
Physical appearance
Plastic surgery
Plato
Play, borderlines at
Polarity
Politics
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Poverty
Power
Power and the Glory, The (Greene)
“Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder,”
Practicing phase
Precision
Predicting borderline behavior
Prejudice
Pristiq
Projection
of ambivalence
with staff members
Projective identification
Promiscuity
Protection
Provocative behavior
Prozac
Psychic distance
Psychoanalysis
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Psychoeducation
Psychological mindedness
Psychosis See also Hallucinations
Psychotherapy See also Therapist
acceptance in
anger with
approaches
art
assessment of
avoidance of
bibliotherapy
breaks in
case study
cognitive-behavioral
comparing
consistency in
countertransference in
devaluation of
exploratory
frequency of
goals of
group
honesty in
length of
manipulation of
maximizing
pharmacotherapy vs.
psychodynamic
relationships during
research on
results of
second opinion
standardization of
supportive
termination of
therapeutic alliance in
transference in
PTSD. See Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Punishment
guilt and
in relationships

Racism
Rage. See Anger
Rapprochement phase
Reality TV
Reassurance
Recreation
Redemption
Regression
Reich, Wilhelm
Rejection
of communication
conditional
need for
perception of
of sexuality
Relationships. See also Marriage
after ending of
change in
conflict in
control of
culture and
equilibrium in
expectations in
in group therapy
idealization of
independence in
instability in
intimacy in
with married partners
overlapping
patient-therapist
during psychotherapy
roles in
sabotage of
self-acceptance and
self-esteem in
self-punishment in
Relaxation
Religion
American
churches and relocation
Relocations
Re-parenting
Repression
Research
Responsibility
Revia
Rilutek
Risperdal
Rituals
Rivalry
Rorschach tests
Rosten, Norman

Safety
Saphris
Sass, Louis
Schema
Schema-Focused Therapy (SFT)
Schema modes
Schizophrenia
School phobia
Seduction
Self-acceptance
Self-assessment
Self-destructiveness. See also Cutting; Eating disorders; Substance abuse; Suicide
in families
helplessness with
through self-mutilation
sexuality and
Self-esteem
after abuse
childhood
with criticism
identity and
impulsivity and
in relationships
Self-medication
Self-mutilation
after abuse
self-destructiveness through
as self-medication
Sensitivity
Separation
as abandonment
anxiety
in childhood
Separation-individuation phase
Serenity Prayer
Seroquel
Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs)
SET-UP system, for communication. See also individual segments of SET-UP
case studies of
defined
uses of
Sexuality See also Promiscuity; Relationships
control with
in culture
development of
identity with
online
rejection of
self-destruction and
sexual abuse
sexual orientation
with therapist
Sexually transmitted infections
SFT. See Schema-Focused Therapy
Shingling
Sinequan
Skills training
SNRIs. See Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors
Social media
Social networking
Social rapprochement
Social smiling
Socioeconomics
Solitude
Somatization Disorder
Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder (Kreisman and Straus)
Soviet Union
Splitting
in childhood
constancy and
with idealization
in TFP
Split treatment
SRIs. See Serotonin reuptake inhibitors
Staff members
STAIRWAYS
Standardization, of treatment
State disorders
Stelazine
STEPPS. See Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem-Solving
Stern, Adolph
Stranger anxiety
Straus, H.
Structure
of families
in hospitalization
job
Substance abuse See also Alcoholism
as avoidance
as self-medication
Success
Suicide
in adolescents
after divorce
as avoidance
in childhood
“cluster suicides,”
as cry for help
depression and
rates of
response to
as strategy
Supportive psychotherapy
Support segment, of SET-UP system
with anger
in case studies
with contradictions
with dependency
with emptiness
with impulsivity
with negativity
with object constancy
with victimhood
Suppression
Surmontil
Sydenham, Thomas
Symbiosis
Symbiotic phase
Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem-Solving (STEPPS)

Tattoos
TCAs. See Tricyclic antidepressants
Teasing
Tegretol
Telephone coaching
Temperament
TFP. See Transference-Focused Psychotherapy
Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)
Therapeutic alliance
Therapist
acceptance by
choice of
control by
countertransference of
dependency on
family alliance by
fears of
object constancy with
patient relationship with
personality of
role of
second opinion
sexuality with
in SFT
trust in
Therapy. See Psychotherapy
Thinking
distorted
magical
Thorazine
Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)
Tillich, Paul
Time
Time magazine
Tofranil
Tolstoy, Leo
Topamax
Touching
“Tough Love,”
Trait disorders
Trance state
Transference See also Countertransference
in exploratory psychotherapy
in supportive psychotherapy
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)
Transitional objects
Trauma. See also Abuse
brain
in childhood
among war veterans
Tribes
Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)
Trilafon
Trileptal
Trust
in therapist
Truth segment, of SET-UP system
with anger
in case studies
consistency in
with contradictions
with dependency
with emptiness
with impulsivity
with negativity
with object constancy
with victimhood
Twelve-step programs
Twenge, Jean M.
Twin studies
Twitter

Unavailability
Understanding
Unpredictability
of abuse
of anger
of impulsivity
over time
Updike, John

Valium
Van Gogh, Vincent
Verbalization
Victimization
Violence
domestic violence
Vivactil
Voltaire
Vonnegut, Kurt

War veterans
Weight
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee)
Wolfe, Tom
Women
BPD in
eating disorders for
omega-3 fatty acid for
roles of
working
World War II vets
Worthlessness

Xanax

Young, Jeffrey

Zoloft
Zonegran
Zyprexa