Borderline Personality Disorder

Name: Borderline Personality Disorder
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New Reasons for Hope

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By Francis Mark Mondimore, Patrick Kelly
Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: February 13, 2012
Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 312

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Borderline personality disorder is a severe and complex psychiatric condition that, until recently, many considered nearly untreatable. People suffering from this disorder have problems coping with almost everything, therefore anything can provoke them to impulsive actions, angry outbursts, and self-destructive behaviors. Their personal relationships are simultaneously overly dependent and strained, if not openly hostile, and frequently explosive. This book offers an optimistic guide to treating this painful disease, giving newfound hope to those suffering with the disorder and to the family and friends who care for them. Johns Hopkins psychiatrists Francis Mark Mondimore and Patrick Kelly incorporate the latest research and thinking on borderline personality disorder. They explain that symptoms are not strictly related to personality but rather are the result of intertwined and interacting biological and behavioral problems, extremes of temperament, and impaired psychological coping, all of which have a poorly understood relationship to traumatic life events. In conceptualizing the disorder in this original way, Mondimore and Kelly advocate a compassionate and loving approach, bringing hope and healing to people living with borderline personality disorder. A diagnosis of borderline personality disorder is no longer fraught with despair. The prognosis is good. Drs. Mondimore and Kelly explain that crafting an intelligible and effective treatment plan is not only possible but produces positive results. Borderline personality disorder may be a tumultuous disease, but this book gives patients and their loved ones a renewed sense of optimism. With the proper treatment, people with borderline personality disorder can enjoy long remissions and improved quality of life.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Understanding the Problem
1. The Clinical Picture
Features of the Borderline Diagnosis
Making the Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder
The Borderline Conundrum
2. ""Personality"" and More
Understanding ""Personality""
What Is a Personality Disorder?
When Does ""Personality"" Become ""Disorder""?
Mood Disorders
Self-Destructive Behaviors
Traumatic Experiences
The Bigger Picture
II. Causes
3. The Four Faces of Borderline Personality Disorder
The Perspectives of Psychiatry
4. What the Person Has: The Disease Perspective
Mood Disorders
Major Depressive Disorder
Dysthymic Disorder
Bipolar Disorders
Borderline or Bipolar?
Picturing Borderline Personality in the Brain
Genetics
5. The Dimensions of Borderline Personality Disorder
Measuring Personality Traits
The Five-Factor Model of Personality
Traits and ""States""
The ""Personality"" in Borderline Personality
Where Do Personality Traits Come From?
Conclusions about Personality and the BorderlineDiagnosis
6. Behaviors I: Addiction and Eating Disorders
Alcohol and Drug Addiction
Eating Disorders
7. Behaviors II: Self-Harming Behaviors and Dissociation
Cutting and Other Forms of Self-Mutilation
Why Do Individuals Self-Harm?
Suicidal Behavior
Dissociation
Dissociative ""Disorders""
Dissociation Symptoms in Borderline Personality Disorder
8. The Life Story: Childhood Experiences, Development, Trauma
Childhood Experiences and the Borderline Diagnosis
Borderline Personality Disorder and PTSD
Life Events in Adulthood
III. Treatment
9. Treating the Disease
What Do Medications Treat in Persons with Borderline Personality Disorder?
Antidepressant Medications
Mood-Stabilizing Medications
Atypical Antipsychotic Medications
Antianxiety Medications: Some Words of Caution
10. Treating the Behaviors
Stages of Change
The Talking Cure: Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT: A Closer Look
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
11. Understanding the Dimensions and Addressing the Life Story
Psychodynamic Therapies for Borderline Personality Disorder
Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Summing Up
12. Treatment Approaches: Putting It All Together
13. Themes and Variations
Gender Differences
Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescence
International and Cross-Cultural Considerations
IV. How to Cope, How to Help
14. If You've Been Diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder
Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Diagnosis
Assembling Your Treatment Team
Acceptance and Committing to Getting Better
The Role of Hospitalization
The Costs of Addiction
Looking for Happiness in All the Wrong Places
15. For Parents, Partners, Friends, and Co-workers
Getting Someone into Treatment
Safety Issues
Recognizing and Addressing Abusive Behaviors
Borderline Personality Disorder in the Workplace
Getting Support
Epilogue
Appendix A: Resources and Further Reading
Appendix B: Theory and Development of the BorderlineConcept: A Primer for Students and Therapists
References
Index

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