Publications

Journal Articles:

Yeomans FE, Clarkin JF, Altschul, E, Hull JW: The Role of Figurative Language in the Induction Phase of an Expressive Psychotherapy. Journal of Psychotherapy Research and Practice, l(3), 270-279 (Summer l992).

Yeomans FE: Treatment Planning: When a Therapist Overindulges a Demanding Borderline Patient. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44(4), 334-336 (April l993).

Yeomans FE, Selzer MA, Clarkin JF: Studying the Treatment Contract in Intensive Psychotherapy with Borderline Patients. Psychiatry, 56(3), 254-269 (August l993).

Hull JW, Clarkin JF, Yeomans F: Borderline Personality Disorder and Impulsive Sexual Behavior. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 44(l0), l000-l002 (October l993).

Yeomans, FE, Gutfreund J, Selzer MA, Clarkin JF, Hull JW, Smith TE: Factors Related to Borderline Drop-Outs: Treatment Contract and Therapeutic Alliance. Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 3(l), 16-24 (Winter 1994).

Yeomans FE, Hull JW, Clarkin JF: Risk Factors for Self?Damaging Acts in a Borderline Population. Journal of Personality Disorders, 8(1), 10-16 (1994).

Clarkin JF, Hull JW, Yeomans FE, Kakum T, Canton J: Antisocial Traits as Modifiers of Treatment Response in Borderline Inpatients. Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 3(4), 307-312 (Fall l994).

Smith TE, Koenigsberg HW, Yeomans FE, Clarkin JF, Selzer MA: Predictors of dropout in psychodynamic psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, 4, 205-213 (1995).

Hull J, Yeomans FE, Clarkin JF, Li C, Goodman G: Factors associated with multiple hospitalizations in borderline inpatients. Psychiatric Services, 47, 638-641 (1996).

Goodman G, Hull JW, Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE: Comorbid mood disorders as modifiers of treatment response among inpatients with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 186(10), 616-622 (1998).

Diamond D, Clarkin JF, Levine H, Levy K, Foelsch P, Yeomans F: Borderline conditions and attachment: A preliminary report. Psychoanalytic Inquiry, 19 (1999)

Goodman G, Hull JW, Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE: Childhood antisocial behaviors as predictors of psychotic symptoms and DSM-III-R borderline criteria among inpatients with borderline personality disorder. Journal of Personality Disorders, 13(1), 35-46 (1999)

Yeomans FE, Clarkin JF: New developments in the investigation of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 14, 591-595 (2001)

Yeomans FE, Levy KN: An Object Relations Perspective on Borderline Personality. Acta Neuropsychiatrica, 14, 76-80 (2002)

Yeomans FE: Transference-focused Psychotherapy in Borderline Personality Disorders. Psychiatric Annals, 34(6), 449-454 (2004)

Levy KL, Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE, Scott LN, Wasserman RH, Kernberg OF: The Mechanisms of Change in the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder with Transference Focused Psychotherapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(4), 481-502 (2006).

Yeomans FE, Delaney JC, Renaud A: La psychothérapie focalisée sur le transfert. Santé Mentale au Québec, XXXII(1), 17-34 (2007).

Diamond D, Yeomans FE : Le rôle de la TFP dans le traitement des troubles narcissiques. Santé Mentale au Québec (2008); 33(1): 115-139.

Diamond D, Yeomans FE: La relation patient-thérapeute: rapport avec la théorie de l'attachement et le fonctionnement réflexif. Santé Mentale auQuébec (2008); 33(1): 61-87.

Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE, Lenzenweger MF, Levy KL & Kernberg OF: An Object Relations Model of Borderline Pathology. Journal of Personality Disorders (2007): 21(5): 474-499.

Yeomans FE, Delaney J: Transference-Focused Psychotherapy as a Means to Change the Personality Structure that Underlies Borderline Personality Disorder. Social Work in Mental Health (2008); 6(1/2): 157-170.

Lenzenweger MF, Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE, Kernberg OF, & Levy KN: Refining the Borderline Personality Disorder Phenotype through Finite Mixture Modeling: Implications for Classification. Journal of Personality Disorders, 22(4), 313–331, 2008 . 2008

Levy KN, Yeomans FE, Diamond D: Psychodynamic treatments of self-injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session 2007; 63(112): 1165-1120.

Kernberg OF, Yeomans FE, Clarkin JF & Levy KN: Transference Focused Psychotherapy: Overview and Update. International Journal of Psychoanalysis (2008); 89: 601-620.

Chapters and Books:

Yeomans FE, Selzer MA, Clarkin JF: Treating the Borderline Patient: A Contract-Based Approach. Basic Books, New York (1992).

Clarkin JF, Koenigsberg H, Yeomans GE, Selzer MA, Kernberg P, Kernberg OF: "Psychodynamic Psychotherapy of the Borderline Patient," in Borderline Personality Disorder: Clinical and Empirical Perspectives, Eds. Clarkin JF, Marziali E, and Munroe-Blum H, Guilford Publications, New York (1992).

Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE, Kernberg OF: Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality. John Wiley and Sons, New York (1999).

Koenigsberg H, Kernberg OF, Stone M, Yeomans F, Appelbaum A, Diamond D: Borderline Personality Disorder: Stretching the Limits of Treatability. Basic Books, New York (2000).

Yeomans FE, Clarkin JC, Kernberg OF: A Primer on Transference-Focused Psychotherapy for Borderline Patients. Jason Aronson, Northvale, NJ (2002).

Diamond D, Clarkin JF, Stovall-McClough C, Levy KN, Foelsch PA, Levine H & Yeomans FE: "Patient-Therapist Attachment: Impact on Therapeutic Process and Outcome," in Attachment Theory and the Psychoanalytic Process, Eds. Cortina M and Marone M. Guilford Press, New York (2002).

Yeomans FE, Clarkin JF, Levy KL: "Psychodynamic Psychotherapies" in Textbook of Personality Disorders, Eds. Oldham J, Skodol A & Bender D. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC (2005).

Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE, Kernberg OF: Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing on Object Relations. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC (2006).

Diamond D, Yeomans FE: "Oedipal Love and Conflict in the Transference-Countertransference Matrix: It's Impact on Attachment Security and Mentalization" in Attachment and Sexuality, eds. Diamond D, Blatt S & Lichtenberg J. The Analytic Press, New York (2007).

Dammann G, Clarkin JF, Yeomans FE & Kernberg OF: "Die ubertragungsfokussierte Psychotherapie TFP – Ein störungs-spezifisches, manualgeleitetes psychodynamisches Verfahren zur Behandlung der Borderline-Persönlichkeitsstörung" in Psychotherapie der Borderline-Störungen, eds. Dammann G & Janssen PL. Thieme, Stuttgart (2007).

Yeomans FE, Kernberg OF. “Borderline Personality Organization” in Approach to the Psychiatric Patient, Ed. Barnhill J. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing; 2009 (pp 99-105).

Kernberg OF, Diamond D, Yeomans FE, Clarkin JF, Levy KN. “Mentalization and Attachment in Borderline Patients in Transference Focused Psychotherapy” in Mind to Mind: Infant Research, Neuroscience and Psychoanalysis, Eds. Jurist E, Slade A, Bergner S. New York: Other Press; 2008 (pp 167-201).

Diamond D, Yeomans FE, Clarkin, J, Levy K, Kernberg OF. “The Reciprocal Impact of Attachment and Transference-Focused Psychotherapy with Borderline Patients” in Clinical Applications of The Adult Attachment Interview, Eds. H. Steele, M. Steele. New York: Guilford Press; 2008 (pp. 270-294).

Yeomans FE, Clarkin JC, Diamond D, Levy KL: "An Object Relations Treatment of Borderline Patients with Reflective Functioning as a Mechanism of Change" in Mentalization: Theoretical Considerations, Research Findings, and Clinical Applications, ed. Busch F. The Analytic Press, New York; 2008 (pp 159-181).

Caligor E, Yeomans FE, Levin Z: “Personality Disorders” in Psychiatry, Eds. Cutler, JL, and Marcus, ER. Oxford University Press (in press).

Book reviews:

Yeomans FE : Freud et le yiddish; le préanalytique. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 53:4, 612-614, 1984.

Yeomans FE: The Legend of Freud. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 54:1, 120-123, 1985.

Yeomans FE: Interpreting Lacan. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 55:4, 649-652, 1986.

Yeomans FE: Jacques Lacan: The Death of an Intellectual Hero. Psychoanalytic Quarterly, 56:2, 377-380, 1987.

Yeomans FE: Psychotherapy of Neurotic Character. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 52:l, 46, 199l.

Yeomans FE. Borderline Personality Disorder: A Multidimensional Approach. General Hospital Psychiatry, 18, 1996.

Other:

Yeomans FE: Questions Concerning the Randomized Trial of Schema-Focused Therapy vs Transference-Focused Psychotherapy. Letter to the Editor, Archives of General Psychiatry, 64, 609-610, 2007

Yeomans FE: Interview on Borderline Personality Disorder. The Leonard Lopate Program on National Public Radio (2007).

Yeomans FE: Interview on Borderline Personality Disorder. The Armand DiMele Program on WBAI Radio, New York (2007).

Yeomans FE: Interview on Narcissism. The Armand DiMele Program on WBAI Radio, New York (2007).

 

Interviews with patient Amanda Wang, ReThink BPD: Documentary and Social Movement

March 2010, BPD, Treatment & Assumptions (Time: 7:09)

March 2010, Understanding the BPD Mind (Time: 4:52)

 

Radio interview with Leonard Lopate, WNYC, Dr. Frank Yeomans on Borderline Personality Disorder, 7/2/07

More Americans suffer from borderline personality disorder than either bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, but few know much about it. Leonard talks to Dr. Frank Yeomans, clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the Weill Medical College, and Christina Knight, and Kiera Van Gelder, two people recovering from BPD. (Time: 35:08)

The Leonard Lopate Show: Borderline Personality Disorder (July 02, 2007) (select fourth show)

Radio interviews with Armand Dimele, WBAI

03-13-2007, The Two Faces of Narcissism with Dr. Frank Yeomans, ...discuss aspects of healthy and unhealthy narcissism, in "Behavior and personality" category (Time: 1:00:48)

01-09-2007, Borderline Personality Disorder with Dr. Frank Yeomans, MD, PhD, ...the dramatic behaviors and facets of the borderline personality, in "Interviews" category (Time: 56:20)

 

National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Videos/Audio

The New Era of Treatments That Work, Conference on DBT, MBT, and TFP sponsored by McLean Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. Listen to lecture "Narcissism and Borderline Personality Disorder, Frank Yeomans, M.D., Ph.D." in right column, click audio icon, 47 meg MP3

Clinical Roundtable: The Three Faces of Psychotherapy for BPD Clinical Perspectives, Oct-2007; Overview & Moderator: Kenneth Silk, MD; Speakers: Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD, Frank E. Yeomans, MD, Jeffrey E. Young, PhD (Time: 49:53)

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy: Aiming for Change in Psychological Structure, Oct-2007; Speaker: Frank E. Yeomans, MD, PhD (Time: 41:25)

Dr Yeomans discussing a point with Personality Disorders Institute Fellow Julie Mayeux.