title: Rorschach assessment of the borderline child.
abstract: After nearly two decades of intensive investigation, adult borderline disorders have achieved wide currency, including a substantial psychological literature. The literature on the diagnostic psychological assessment of borderline children is, in contrast, quite sparse. This paper examines manifestations of childhood borderline conditions on the Rorschach, discusses them in light of current theoretical conceptualizations of adult borderline psychopathology, and explores the relationship between child and adult borderline disorders and the genesis of these conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, John Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Acklin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009769:Object Attachment; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012392:Rorschach Test / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*