Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-254) and index.
Contents
Making the diagnosis -- The boundaries of BPD -- Personality and development -- Risk factors -- A general model -- Outcome -- Pharmacotherapy -- Psychotherapy -- Guidelines for management -- Therapeutic interventions -- Problems in therapy -- Suicidality and hospitalization -- Research directions.
Summary
"Patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) present extraordinary challenges to mental health clinicians. Yet in recent years, scientific understanding of the disorder has grown, and more effective therapeutic approaches have been developed. Organizing a vast body of research and clinical literature, this state-of-the-art volume distills key treatment principles that therapists need to know. Highly readable, practical, and humane, the book is written in a down-to-earth style and grounded in the author's extensive experience in the field."--BOOK JACKET.