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S A Grolnick. 1987. Holding environment.. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.144.10.1365a
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There exists a fundamental overall property of the brain which monitors, modulates, and ensures a smoothness of function and which further determines elegance and grace in functioning. This property also imparts a quality of, or a sense of proportion among all other faculties of the brain. It is postulated in this paper that such a property/function, up to now almost taken for granted, is maintained/exercised by a nonlinear deterministic chaotic mode of brain function. If this is the case, borderline psychopathological phenomena, when they flare up, can be explained as resulting from sudden reduction of such a deterministic chaotic mode and the emergence of a pathological order, as the system becomes an oscillating one.
Borderline omnipotence in pathological gambling is examined, including psychodynamics of omnipotence, a theory of the client's use of omnipotence in pathological gambling, and the effects of omnipotence on the treatment and recovery of the pathological gambler. Assessment, staff education, and the need for individualized treatment for the pathological gambler are discussed.