Understanding and treating borderline personality disorder
Subtitle: a guide for professionals and families
By: edited by John G. Gunderson, Perry D. Hoffman ; in collaboration with Penny Steiner-Grossman, Patricia Woodward.
Contributors: Gunderson, John G., 1942-; Hoffman, Perry D., 1944-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: American Psychiatric Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Borderline personality disorder.; Borderline personality disorder -- Treatment.; Borderline personality disorder -- Patients -- Family relationships.; Borderline Personality Disorder.; Family Health.; Professional-Family Relations.
Description: Offers both a valuable update for mental health professionals and much-needed information and encouragement for BPD patients and their families and friends. The editors of this eminently practical and accessible text have brought together the wide-ranging and updated perspectives of 15 recognized experts who discuss topics such as: new evidence for the success of various forms of psychotherapy, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), in reducing self-injury, drug dependence, and days in the hospital for some groups of people with BPD; pharmacology research showing that the use of specific medications can relieve the cognitive, affective, and impulsive symptoms experienced by individuals with BPD, as part of a comprehensive psychosocial treatment plan; and a new understanding of BPD, suggesting that individuals may be genetically prone to developing BPD and that certain stressful events may trigger its onset.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The borderline diagnosis: concepts, criteria, and controversies / Andrew E. Skodol; title: Psychotherapies for borderline personality disorder / Donna S. Bender and John M. Oldham; title: Suicidal and self-injurious behavior in borderline personality disorder: a self-regulation model / Barbara Stanley and Beth S. Brodsky; title: Pharmacotherapy in borderline personality disorder / Paul H. Soloff; title: The longitudinal course of borderline personality disorder / Mary C. Zanarini; title: Living with borderline personality disorder: a firsthand account; title: Family perspectives on borderline personality disorder / Dixianne Penney and Patricia Woodward; title: From family trauma to family support system / Harriet P. Lefley; title: Family involvement in treatment / Alan E. Fruzzetti and Jennifer L. Boulanger.