Borderline conditions remain in the borderland of psychoanalysis after an impressive outpouring of literature over the last 20 years. Some psychoanalysts treat many borderlines and even find borderline phenomena in our most solid citizens. Whether psychopathology has been changing or analysts have changed, the once rare borderline has become commonplace.

It would be interesting to learn that people's ego organizations have altered with the times. On the other hand, a sizable group of psychoanalysts sees the literature on the borderline as “much ado