Psychiatry is as broad as life - Roy R. Grinker, Sr.

Combat leaves a lasting impression on men’s minds, changing them as radically as any crucial experience through which they live.

The emotional stress is a complex network of unusual strains inherent in the combat situation. The stress is derived from different sources, which again mutually reinforce each other.

In this book, we have reported on a behavioral research study of hospital patients that included a post-hospital follow-up and an investigation of patients'families, We have in brief attempted to state what the borderline syndrome is and speculate on the how and the why.