Borderline Personality Disorder - New Perspectives on a Stigmatizing and Overused Diagnosis (Hardcover)

This book is an ideal resource for general readers who want a clear understanding of people suffering with chaotic emotions, and for clinicians treating patients for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The patterns of behavior of those with borderline personality disorder (BPD) are often frustrating and mystifying to both clinicians and family members, despite several decades of study and research on this form of distress. Borderline Personality Disorder: New Perspectives on a Stigmatizing and Overused Diagnosis presents a thorough critical and historical review of the diagnosis of BPD and explores-through academic and clinical narratives-the different processes that occur in borderline behavior patterns. The authors offer new perspectives that emphasize the whole person rather than a diagnosis, addressing the emotional storms and mood instability of BPD, providing guidance on managing emotional chaos in the therapeutic relationship, and explaining how to use one's own feelings as a clinical tool. Their approach gives an intimate experiential feel for the interpersonal processes that occur in psychotherapy for both the patient and therapist. The result: readers will better understand who the person behind the diagnosis is, and comprehend what it really feels like to be someone struggling with these difficult interpersonal patterns. Provides a historical exploration of how the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder emerged Explains what causes Borderline Personality Disorder Presents case vignettes that give readers an unprecedented look into the lived experience of persons suffering from emotional chaos

General

Imprint:	Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2014
Authors:	Jacqueline Simon Gunn • Brent Potter
Dimensions:	158 x 242 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	159
ISBN-13:	978-1-4408-3229-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Promotions
LSN:	1-4408-3229-3
Barcode:	9781440832291

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