PEP | Article - Split Self/Split Object: Understanding and Treating Borderline, Narcissistic, and Schizoid Disorders by Philip Manfield Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1992, xxvi + 355 pp., $47.50 Losing and Fusing: Borderline Transitional Object and Self Relations by Roger A. Lewin and Clarence G. Schulz Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1992, viii + 359 pp., $47.50

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Abstract

These two books dealing with borderline patients and suggesting technical maneuvers for their treatment seem like twins—they were published by the same publisher in the same year, are almost equal in length, and have jackets by the same designer. The writers of both have tried to avoid psychoanalytic jargon as much as possible and to explain even the most psychoanalytical concepts in nontechnical terms. Each offers many references to actual cases. Manfield includes transcripts from therapy sessions; Lewin and

PEP | Article - Split Self/Split Object: Understanding and Treating Borderline, Narcissistic, and Schizoid Disorders by Philip Manfield Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1992, xxvi + 355 pp., $47.50 Losing and Fusing: Borderline Transitional Object and Self Relations by Roger A. Lewin and Clarence G. Schulz Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson, 1992, viii + 359 pp., $47.50 - Volkan, Vamik D.