Description
Book Synopsis A Developmental Model of Borderline Personality Disorder is a landmark work on this difficult condition. The book emphasizes a developmental approach to BPD based on an in-depth study of inpatients at Chestnut Lodge in Rockville, Maryland, during the years 1950 through 1975 and the authors' thirty years of clinical and supervisory experience.
Trade ReviewWith the reader's indulgence, I would like to begin this review with my final comment: this may well be the best book on borderline personality disorder you are likely to read. . . . As for the treatment section, there is so much wisdom packed into its two chapters that I gave up underlining the gems with highlighter lest I underline the whole 63 pages. . . . I hope this wonderful book of Judd and McGlashan will inspire others to carry on this work, learning along the way what makes borderline patients behave as they do, and what we can do to make them better.
-- Michael H. Stone, M.D. * American Journal of Psychiatry *
I enjoyed reading this book. Its view of the field is state of the art, and the text is beautifully written. . . . I found the overall orientation of this book to be down to earth, practical, and broad minded. I would strongly recommend it to clinicians struggling with this patient population.
-- Joel Paris, M.D. * Psychiatric Services *
Clinicians will find much here that, while familiar, is illuminated by new insights and presented in an easy-to-read and often enlightening fashion.
* The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *
This is not just another book on BPD. The theory on etiology and treatment is comprehensive and clearly articulated and provides the structure in presentation of cases. The authors' familiarity with BPD allows them to present an easy to understand book rich with information.
-- Patricia E. Murphy Ph.D. * Doody's Health Science Review *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
Acknowledgments
Part I: Etiology
Chapter 1. An Integrated Developmental Model
Part II: Variations in Course and Outcome: Case Histories
Chapter 2. The Chestnut Lodge Follow-Up Study
Chapter 3. When She Was Good...Lillian
Chapter 4. Love Having No Geography...Susan
Chapter 5. Kindness of Strangers...Sylvia
Chapter 6. Wild at Heart...Wendy
Part III: Treatment
Chapter 7. Universal Features of Treatment
Chapter 8. Recurrent Themes and Issues
Index
