James F. Masterson

James F. Masterson (March 25, 1926—April 12, 2010) was a prominent American psychiatrist.

James F. Masterson
Born(1926-03-25)March 25, 1926
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedApril 12, 2010(2010-04-12) (aged 84)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
Thomas Jefferson University
Scientific career
FieldsPsychiatry

He was an internationally recognized psychiatrist who helped inaugurate the study and treatment of personality disorder including borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder. He died April 12, 2010, of pneumonia at the age of eighty-four.

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