title: Patients who hate.
abstract: Few experiences in the life of the mental health professional are more unpleasant than being intensely hated by a patient he is trying to help. In most cases the hatred is mitigated by periods where the patient sees the treater as more helpful and less malevolent, a shift that makes the treatment process more tolerable. However, there are patients who hate relentlessly, presenting a challenge that taxes the therapist's emotional and intellectual resources to an extraordinary degree.
authors.affiliation: C. F. Menninger Memorial Hospital, Topeka, Kansas.
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Gabbard
mesh_terms: D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D004532:Ego; D006252:Hate; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy