In the first book to argue that neurotic, psychotic, and borderline personality disorders can be identified, diagnosed, and treated even in the young, a renowned child psychiatrist marshalls her developmental perspective and adduces clinical evidence to support it. Kernberg and her colleagues elucidate assessment criteria and advance therapeutic approaches for each disorder.

Paulina F. Kernberg, M.D., is Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at New York Hospital - Cornell Medical Center, Westchester Division, and co-author of Children with Conduct Disorders.

Alan Weiner, Ph.D., and Karen Bardenstein, Ph.D., are clinical psychologists in New York and Ohio respectively.