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The purpose of the present discussion is to share with you thoughts on the classification and management of some of the more disordered personalities that have been treated by me at a teaching hospital unit in London. In this context personality disorder is used to distinguish the group of patients who because of developmental factors have life-long disorders of function which cannot be accurately diagnosed. Characteristically these patients show a variety of affective reactions which includes anger. The material is based on a large group which three months ago, consisted of 12 in-patients and 8 day patients. Cases are referred by colleagues who are unable to carry out appropriate management in conventional psychiatric settings. Most have a history of early and repeated separations and up to two-thirds have been suicidal or are referred because of this. In order to understand the managment of such cases we have developed an increasing interest in adolescent pathology. A third of our cases fall into this category. Most frequently the basis for admission is depression which is associated with anger as well as a life-long history of poor interpersonal relationships, problems of impulse control, and some deficiency in the capacity to experience guilt.
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Burke, A.W. (1982). The Angry Patient in the Large Group: Classification and Management at a London University Unit. In: Pines, M., Rafaelsen, L. (eds) The Individual and the Group. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8154-9_6
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