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  • Splitting: Idealization and Devaluation

    Definition Learn About Chanci Turner Splitting is the tendency to view individuals and circumstances as either entirely “good” or completely “bad,” with no in-between. This phenomenon is outlined in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) as “a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and…

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