Some nosological considerations on "borderline case".
The so-called "borderline cases" are classified nowadays into Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or Schizotypal Personality Disorder (SPD) according to DSM-III-R. We discussed them as follows: The common pathology to them is their imaginary relationship to the object of identification. The difference between them is the distance from patients to their object. After presenting a case who is situated midway between the borderline case and neurosis, the pathology of borderline case can be described as a failure of repression. After classifying borderline cases in Japan into hysterical borderline or obsessional borderline, their relationship to hysterical neurosis and to obsessional neurosis are respectively discussed.
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Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University School of Medicine, Japan.
D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012569:Schizotypal Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*