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Denial in Borderlines

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Denial plays so prominent a role in the psychopathology of borderline patients that it is probably nearer the truth to say not that “borderline patients use denial” but rather that patients exhibiting this mechanism to any great degree tend to get labeled borderline.

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  1. Beth Israel Medical Center, Mt.Sinai Medical School, New York, New York, 10029, USA

    Michael H. Stone

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  1. The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

    E. L. Edelstein

  2. The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital and Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Donald L. Nathanson

  3. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Andrew M. Stone

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Stone, M.H. (1989). Denial in Borderlines. In: Edelstein, E.L., Nathanson, D.L., Stone, A.M. (eds) Denial. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0737-2_13

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