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The borderline-narcissistic personality disorder continuum

Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.138.1.46

The author describes the usefulness of conceptualizing patients with borderline and narcissistic personality disorders along a continuum, using three main developmental lines. A clinical example demonstrates progression, during psychotherapy, from the borderline end of the continuum to the narcissistic personality disorder end.

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