so, psychopathology arises when parents continually undermine the child's developing sense of self. In short, Kohut states that a child whose interaction with parents makes him or her feel excessively anxious and vulnerable due to continual blows to the developing sense of self-concept and self-esteem is a child who is likely to experience psychopathology.
The Production of Borderline and Schizophrenic Psychopathology. Before discussion the specific interpersonal dynamics theorized as contributive to the development of borderline and schizophrenic conditions, it is necessary to first delineate one of the central assumptions of this study. This assumption is that borderline and schizophrenic disorders are not qualitatively different. Rather, the study holds that, as originally suggested by Kohut (1977), borderline personality disorder is really a form of schizophrenia--most probably an initial stage in the development of schizophrenia. It can be noted that this assumption is supported by findings that he diagnosis of borderline per
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