title: The depressive impulse-ridden character and the core borderline personality.
abstract: The depressive impulse-ridden character is differentiated from the more pathological core borderline personality by a focus on reality testing, defenses, and identity. In accordance with the differentiation, conclusions are drawn bringing new understanding to the term borderline personality.
authors: Baltimore-Washington Institute for Psychoanalysis, Washington, D.C.
authors: W N
authors: WN
authors: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D011936:Reality Testing; D012649:Self Concept