Masterson, whose work also encompassed self theory as well as the neurobiology of personality disorders, was the author of many books. Among them are "The Personality Disorders Through The Lens of Attachment Theory and the Neurobiologic Development of the Self" (Zeig, Tucker & Theisen 2005), a clinical approach; "The Search for the Real Self: Unmasking the Personality Disorders of Our Age" (Free Press, Simon & Schuster 1988), written for a general readership; "The Narcissistic and Borderline Disorders" (Bruner/Mazel 1981); and "The Psychiatric Dilemma of Adolescence" (Little, Brown, 1967).