Borderline personality disorder, boundary violations, and patient-therapist sex: medicolegal pitfalls.

摘要: The author addresses the issue of sexual relations between therapist and patient related boundary violations that are involved in such relations. He points out patients with borderline personality disorder particularly likely to evoke violations, including acting out. These apparently constitute majority who falsely accuse therapists involvement. Therapists aware patterns errors therapy countertransference--through education, anticipation, forewarning--can avert serious outcomes result from these errors.