Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Professionals and Families

by John G. Gunderson (Editor), Perry D. Hoffman (Editor), Penny Steiner-Grossman (Contribution by)

It offers both a valuable update for mental health professionals and much-needed information and encouragement for BPD patients and their families and friends. The chapters on families give voice to the experience of BPD and offer the hope that family involvement in treatment will be beneficial to everyone.

Genres: Psychology, Mental Illness

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 18, 2005

Reviews

[Alireza Saramad · Rating 2 out of 5]

کتاب قدیمی، ۲۰۰۵
از دی‌اس‌ام ۴ و ۳ حرف در میان است
خیلی خوب نبود همه فصول را هم نخواندم، دارودرمانی را فقط یک نگاه سریع انداختم، میگفت کلوزاپین میدهیم. ولمان کن آقا، کلوزاپین؟ البته گفته بود که مورد تایید اف دی ای نیست
از هیچی بهتر بود ولی انتظار میره ارجمند از چاپ کتاب ۲۰۰۵ که دی اس ام ۵ رو نمیشناسه صرفنظر کنه

[Christer Eriksson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this a very enlightening book, there was only a few parts that I didnt find interesting mainly because the things discussed didnt coincide with the knowledge I wanted to gleem from the book.

[Cheryl Clearwater · Rating 4 out of 5]

BPD-empathetic perspective on healthy boundary-setting for carers of folks with BPD, along with professional family support, whereas many other books focus empathy almost exclusively on the carers. Example: "Families also act therapeutically by appreciating their rights to satisfy their own needs and then needs of others in the household. By doing so, they reinforce the existential reality that a patient lives in a world in which the rights of other people must also be respected. This kind of support system offers the best basis for maintaining the integrity of the family system and for drawing secure boundaries around a chaotic inner world."

[Veronika||Antiqua.mente · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un saggio ben fatto adatto sia ai professionisti sia a chi, come me, soffre di disturbo borderline, e alle famiglie. In pochi capitoli, e relativamente poche pagine, riesce a sintetizzare le diverse aree problematiche e gli studi condotti al riguardo.

[Marte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una lettura veloce ed efficace per documentarsi sul disturbo di personalità senza un particolare approfondimento. Vengono presentati i vari approcci terapeutici e fornite delle linee di supporto per i familiari dei pazienti. Tutto sommato una buona lettura per un approccio conoscitivo di base.

[Jean Arnold · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good read for understanding emotional regulation or emotional dysregulation. It is expensive though.