1995'2, p.92
Sokolova E. T.
On the problem of psychotherapy of borderline personality disorders
(RESUME)

Family context of forming of borderline personality structure and splitting Self is analyzed. Pathogenous role of emotional deprivation, emotional symbiosis and other kinds of psychological and physical abuses in borderline personality disorders is underlined. The process of Self integration is interpreted after L-S. Vygotsky's cultural-historical concept. Some case studies from the author's own psychotherapeutical practice are presented.