Description
Book SynopsisWritten by Dr. Jerold Kreisman, a top expert on Borderline Personality Disorder, this important, incisive book delivers the latest information on the disorder, which typically manifests itself through anger, abuse, addictions, and reckless impulsivity-behaviors that can have a devastating impact on family and friends.
Table of ContentsA Note to the Reader.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Borderline Basics. Action Steps: A Quick BPD Checklist.
2. Fears of Abandonment. Action Steps: Dealing with Borderline Fears of Abandonment.
3. Unstable Interpersonal relationships. Action Steps: Dealing with Intense Relationships.
4. Identity Disturbance. Action Steps: Establishing a Sense of Self.
5. Destructive Impulsivity. Action Steps: Managing Impulsivity.
6. Suicidal Behaviors and Self-Mutilation. Action Steps: Dealing with Self-Destructive Behaviors.
7. Mood Instability.
8. Emptiness. Action Steps: Filling the Emptiness.
9. Anger. Action Steps: Strategies for Coping with borderline Rage.
10. reality Distortions: Paranoia and Dissociation. Action Steps: Dealing with Borderline Psychosis.
11. Treatment Strategies and Communication Techniques. Action Steps: Finding the Right Therapist. Action Steps: General Approaches to Communication.
12. Prognosis and Directions of Future Research.
Resources.
Notes.
Index.
