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Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide to Understanding and Living with BPD »

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Authors: Robert O. Friedel M.D., P. Woodward, Dixianne Penney, Perry D. Hoffman
ISBN-13: 9781569244562, ISBN-10: 1569244561
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Robert O. Friedel M.D.

Book Synopsis

Over six million Americans suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), a chronic, disabling psychiatric condition that causes extreme instability in their emotional lives, behavior, and self-image, and severely impacts their family and friends. In Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified, Dr. Robert Friedel, a leading expert in BPD and a pioneer in its treatment, has turned his vast personal experience into a useful and supportive guide for everyone living with and seeking to understand this condition. Friedel helps readers grasp the etiology of Borderline Personality Disorder, the course it takes, the difficulties in diagnosing it, the types of treatment available, strategies for coping, and much more. Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified is an invaluable resource for everyone diagnosed with BPD, those who think they might have the illness, and friends and family who love and support them.

Table of Contents

Forewordxi
Introductionxiii
1What Is Borderline Personality Disorder and How Is It Diagnosed?1
2You Are Not Alone21
3The History of Borderline Personality Disorder45
4What Are the Causes?63
5Tracing the Course of the Disorder75
6Borderline Personality Disorder and the Brain87
7Common Co-occurring Disorders105
8The Key Elements of Treatment129
9Medications135
10The Psychotherapies151
11Borderline Personality Disorder in Children161
12When a Loved One Has Borderline Personality Disorder183
13Research: The Ultimate Reason for Hope197
A Final Word211
Glossary213
Resources219
References225
Acknowledgments239
Index241

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