Aggressivity, narcissism, and self-destructiveness in the psychotherapeutic relationship [electronic resource] : new developments in the psychopathology and psychotherapy of severe personality disorders / Otto F. Kernberg.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A psychoanalytic theory of personality disorders -- Hatred a a core affect of aggression -- Pathological narcissism and narcissistic personality disorder : theoretical background and diagnostic classification -- The diagnosis of narcissistic pathology of adolescents -- Perversion, perversity, and normality : diagnostic and therapeutic considerations -- Psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, and supportive psychotherapy : contemporary controversies -- Psychodynamic psychotherapy for patients with borderline personality organization : an overview -- The psychodynamics and psychotherapeutic management of psychopathic, narcissistic, and paranoid transferences -- A severe sexual inhibition in a patient with narcissistic personality disorder -- Acute and chronic countertransference reactions -- Omnipotence in the transference and in the countertransference -- The risk of suicide in severe personality disorders : differential diagnosis and treatment -- A technical approach to eating disorders in patients with borderline personality organization -- The management of affect storms in the psychoanalytic psychotherapy of borderline patients.