{"product_id":"hope-a-shield-in-the-economy-of-borderline-states-9780415121774","title":"Hope: A Shield in the Economy of Borderline States","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Anna Potamianou\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Psychopathology - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the well known myth of Pandora, hope was the last and most need gift at the bottom of a box of myriad misfortunes let loose on an unsuspecting world. For most human beings hope is a positive benefit. Anna Potamianou shows how in the 'borderline' patient hope can become a perverted and omnipotent means of denying reality. Indeed, in such individuals any state of mind or feeling can take on the status of an object, which is then used as a barrier against their fear of change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe psychic economy and dynamics of borderline states are not yet well understood and this book makes an important contribution to the clinical debate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929392828567,"sku":"9780415121774","price":3874.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415121774.webp?v=1771599401","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/hope-a-shield-in-the-economy-of-borderline-states-9780415121774","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}