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1 online resource (x, 246 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-246). |
Contents |
Love bird. Mentally ill, suicidal drug addict ; Girl, recycled ; The diagnosis that dares not speak its name ; Mindfulness and the Big Mac ; Saviors ; Full circle -- Last resort. Short-term solutions ; Dancing with demons ; Flying the coop ; Chalice of the hopeless ; Safety -- Shifts in light. Keys ; Leaving the dysregulation zone ; No blow jobs on the first date ; Empty room ; Learning to ride -- Emergence. First touch ; Exposure ; Being more than one thing ; Control and blame ; Crossing the mom divide ; The tipping point -- Transformation of suffering. Taking refuge ; Reversals ; Bad Buddhist ; Vajrayana ; The meat man ; Mirror of true nature. |
Summary |
The Buddha and the Borderline is a riveting, first-person account of one woman's struggle with borderline personality disorder (BPD)-a diagnosis some have called a psychiatric death sentence-and her eventual triumph over her symptoms through dialectical behavior therapy and Buddhist spirituality. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Van Gelder, Kiera -- Mental health.
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Van Gelder, Kiera. |
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Mental health. |
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Van Gelder, Kiera. |
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Borderline personality disorder -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Borderline personality disorder. |
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Patients. |
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United States. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Dialectical behavior therapy.
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Dialectical behavior therapy. |
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Meditation -- Therapeutic use.
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Meditation -- Therapeutic use. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Added Title |
Buddha and the borderline |
Other Form: |
Print version: Van Gelder, Kiera. Buddha & the borderline. Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger Publications, ©2010 (DLC) 2010011984 |
ISBN |
9781572248250 (electronic book) |
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1572248254 (electronic book) |
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9781608820603 (electronic book) |
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1608820602 (electronic book) |
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9781572247109 |
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157224710X |
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