| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 253 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
The facts
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Facts (Oxford, England)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-246) and index. |
| Contents |
section 1. Borderline personality disorder information -- 1. History -- 2. How many people have borderline personality disorder? -- 3. What is borderline personality disorder? -- 4. Understanding borderline personality disorder -- 5. Other problems or diagnoses found in association with borderline personality disorder -- 6. What causes borderline personality disorder? -- 7. Understanding self-harm -- 8. Prognosis : do people with borderline personality disorder get better? -- 9. Is treatment effective? -- section 2. Recovery frameworks -- 10. Change -- 11. Psychological treatments -- 12. What to expect from treatment -- 13. First contact with health professionals -- 14. Choosing a therapist (where such a choice exists) -- 15. Developing a therapy agreement -- 16. Support network -- 17. Assessment -- 18. Treatment goals and treatment plan -- 19. Therapy relationship -- 20. Taking charge of your recovery -- 21. Power struggles and beyond -- 22. Prioritizing your therapy focus -- 23. Preparing for crises -- 24. Medication -- 25. Hospitalization -- section 3. Recovery specifics -- 26. Is it our awareness that makes a difference? (self-reflection, chain analysis, and mindfulness) -- 27. Is it what we do that makes a difference? -- 28. Is it what we think that makes a difference? -- 29. Is it what we feel that makes a difference? -- 30. Is it what we do with emotions of anger, guilt, and regret that makes a difference? -- 31. Is it what we do with impulsive urges that makes a difference? -- 32. Is it taking charge of our personal boundaries that makes a difference? -- 33. Is it how we clarify our values and identity that makes a difference? -- 34. Is it how we relate to ourselves that makes a difference? -- 35. Is it how we relate to others that makes a difference? -- 36. Is it how we create pleasure that makes a difference? -- 37. Is it how we deal with 'flashbacks' that makes a difference? -- 38. Is it how we deal with crises that makes a difference? -- 39. Is it how we manage our physical health that makes a difference? -- 40. Is it our relationship with something 'larger than ourselves' that makes a difference? -- 41. Notes to family and friends -- 42. Concluding comments to the reader -- Glossary. |
| 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." |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Borderline personality disorder -- Treatment.
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Borderline personality disorder -- Treatment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jackson, Wendy, 1966-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Krawitz, Roy. Borderline personality disorder. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008 9780199202966 (DLC) 2007030856 (OCoLC)162501946 |
| ISBN |
9780191547867 (electronic book) |
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0191547867 (electronic book) |
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1283582104 |
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9781283582100 |
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9780199202966 |
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0199202966 |
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