Search for the Real Self: Unmasking the Personality Disorders of Our Age (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780029202920)

From the authoritative expert in personality disorders, Search for the Real Self is a thorough dissection of how one's real self is developed, how it relates to the outer world, and how personality disorders are understood and treated in our modern society.

Personality disorders--borderline, narcissistic, and schizoid--have become the classic psychological disorders of our age. Outwardly successful, charming and powerful, personality-disordered individuals have long confounded their colleagues, family, lovers and employees--as well as mental health professionals. The author helps the reader understand them. After describing how the healthy real self develops and functions, he explains what can go wrong. Drawing on case histories, he shows how the false self behaves in relationships and on the job, and then delineates appropriate treatments, offering real hope for cure.

Author: James F. Masterson
ISBN-10: 0029202922
ISBN-13: 9780029202920
Publisher: Free Press
Language: English
Published: 03/01/1990
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.16w x 0.65d

Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 07/13/2009 pg. 56