Borderline personality disorder /

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Author / Creator:Krawitz, Roy.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 253 pages) : illustrations.
Language:English
Series:The facts
Facts (Oxford, England)
Subject:Borderline personality disorder -- Treatment.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness.
Borderline personality disorder -- Treatment.
Borderline persoonlijkheid.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11138807
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Other authors / contributors:Jackson, Wendy, 1966-
ISBN:9780191547867
0191547867
1283582104
9781283582100
9780199202966
0199202966
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246) and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition that affects nearly 2% of the general population, predominantly women. Symptoms of BPD include impulsivity, mood swings, unstable intense relationships and feelings of chronic emptiness. Research on BPD has lagged behind that on other mental health conditions, such as depression and psychosis, primarily due to the lack of evidence of effective treatment but also due to the stigma historically associated with the condition. Fortunately this situation is changing, with improved treatments now available and improved clinician/organizational willingness to engage with those with a diagnosis of BPD. This candid book collaboratively co-authored by a person recovered from BPD and a BPD specialist therapist is written specifically for people with BPD (with support teams, including family, friends and clinicians also likely to benefit from reading the book). This authoritative and easily readable guide provides a compassionate understanding of the condition, plenty of in-depth practical recovery strategies and credible and realistic hope for recovery. The authors draw from the latest research and share years of personal and professional experience that brings the book alive. Review comments from Vice-President, National Education Alliance for BPD and Director, Middle Path (BPD advocacy organizations) include "most down-to-earth, accessible book for people with BPD" and "tremendous and potentially life-changing gift."
Other form:Print version: Krawitz, Roy. Borderline personality disorder. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199202966