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in families

helplessness with

through self-mutilation

sexuality and

Self-esteem

after abuse

childhood

with criticism

identity and

impulsivity and

in relationships

Self-medication

Self-mutilation

after abuse

self-destructiveness through

as self-medication

Sensitivity

Separation

as abandonment

anxiety

in childhood

Separation-individuation phase

Serenity Prayer

Seroquel

Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SRIs)

SET-UP system, for communication. See also individual segments of SET-UP

case studies of

defined

uses of

Sexuality See also Promiscuity; Relationships

control with

in culture

development of

identity with

online

rejection of

self-destruction and

sexual abuse

sexual orientation

with therapist

Sexually transmitted infections

SFT. See Schema-Focused Therapy

Shingling

Sinequan

Skills training

SNRIs. See Serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors

Social media

Social networking

Social rapprochement

Social smiling

Socioeconomics

Solitude

Somatization Disorder

Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder (Kreisman and Straus)

Soviet Union

Splitting

in childhood

constancy and

with idealization

in TFP

Split treatment

SRIs. See Serotonin reuptake inhibitors

Staff members

STAIRWAYS

Standardization, of treatment

State disorders

Stelazine

STEPPS. See Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem-Solving

Stern, Adolph

Stranger anxiety

Straus, H.

Structure

of families

in hospitalization

job

Substance abuse See also Alcoholism

as avoidance

as self-medication

Success

Suicide

in adolescents

after divorce

as avoidance

in childhood

“cluster suicides,”

as cry for help

depression and

rates of

response to

as strategy

Supportive psychotherapy

Support segment, of SET-UP system

with anger

in case studies

with contradictions

with dependency

with emptiness

with impulsivity

with negativity

with object constancy

with victimhood

Suppression

Surmontil

Sydenham, Thomas

Symbiosis

Symbiotic phase

Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem-Solving (STEPPS)

Tattoos

TCAs. See Tricyclic antidepressants

Teasing

Tegretol

Telephone coaching

Temperament

TFP. See Transference-Focused Psychotherapy

Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)

Therapeutic alliance

Therapist

acceptance by

choice of

control by

countertransference of

dependency on

family alliance by

fears of

object constancy with

patient relationship with

personality of

role of

second opinion

sexuality with

in SFT

trust in

Therapy. See Psychotherapy

Thinking

distorted

magical

Thorazine

Through the Looking Glass (Carroll)

Tillich, Paul

Time

Time magazine

Tofranil

Tolstoy, Leo

Topamax

Touching

“Tough Love,”

Trait disorders

Trance state

Transference See also Countertransference

in exploratory psychotherapy

in supportive psychotherapy

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)

Transitional objects

Trauma. See also Abuse

brain

in childhood

among war veterans

Tribes

Tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs)

Trilafon

Trileptal

Trust

in therapist

Truth segment, of SET-UP system

with anger

in case studies

consistency in

with contradictions

with dependency

with emptiness

with impulsivity

with negativity

with object constancy

with victimhood

Twelve-step programs

Twenge, Jean M.

Twin studies

Twitter

Unavailability

Understanding

Unpredictability

of abuse

of anger

of impulsivity

over time

Updike, John

Valium

Van Gogh, Vincent

Verbalization

Victimization

Violence

domestic violence

Vivactil

Voltaire

Vonnegut, Kurt

War veterans

Weight

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Albee)

Wolfe, Tom

Women

BPD in

eating disorders for

omega-3 fatty acid for

roles of

working

World War II vets

Worthlessness

Xanax

Young, Jeffrey

Zoloft

Zonegran

Zyprexa

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Jerold J. Kreisman, MD, graduated from Cornell University Medical College in New York City. He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American