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Main description:
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".
PRODUCT DETAILS
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP Oxford)
Publication date: January, 2008
Pages: 288
Dimensions: 129.00 x 196.00 x 16.00
Weight: 304g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: General Practice, Psychiatry, Public Health
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS
Written by an author who has recovered from [borderline personality] disorder lends the book an authenticity and practicality not found in other books.