Borderline Personality Disorder New Reasons for Hope

includes index and biblioraphy

1 understanding the probem Chapter 1 The clinical picture Features of the borderline diagnosis .......8 Making the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder .....15 The borderline conundrum .....18 Chapter 2 Personality and more ......20 Understanding personality ....20 What is a personality disorder ....23 When does personality become disorder ......28 Mood disorders .....29 Self-destructive behaviors ......32 Traumatic experiences .....53 The bigger picture ....34 II Causes Chapter 3 The four faces of borderline personality disorder ....39 The perspectives of psychiatry .....40 Chapter 4 what the person has: The disease perspectives .....50 Mood disorders .....50 Major depressive disorder .....51 Dysthymic disorder .....55 Bipolar disorders .....56 Borderline or bipolar .....61 Picturing borderline personality in the brain ......63 Genetics .....69 Chapter 5 The dimensions of borderline personality disorder .....72 Measuring personality traits ......72 The five-factor model of personality .....74 Traits and states .....78 The personality in borderline personality .....80 Where do personality traits come from .....83 Conclusions about personality and the borderline diagnosis ....85 Chapter 6 Behaviors I: Addiction and eating disorders ....87 Alcohol and drug addiction ....88 Eating disorders ....95 Chapter 7 Behaviors II: Self-harming behaviors an dissociation .....106 Cutting and other forms of self-mutilation .....106 Why do individuals self-harm .....109 Suicidal behavior ....111 Dissociation .....115 Dissociative disorders .....117 Dissociation symotoms in borderline personality disorder .....118 Chapter 8 The life story: childhood experiences development, trauma .....120 Childhood experiences and the borderline diagnosis ....121 Borderline personality disorder and PTSD .....124 Life events in adulthood .....128 III Treatment Chapter 9 Treating the disease .....133 What do medications treat in persons with borderline personality disorder .....136 Antidepressant medications ....138 Mood-stabiliing medications ....145 Atypical antipsychotic medications .....148 Atianxiety medications: some words of caution ....150 Chapter 10 Treating the behaviors .....154 Stages of change .....155 The talking cure: psychotherapy ....158 Cognitive behavioral therapy ....159 CBT: A closer look ....161 Dialectical behavioral therapy ....166 Chapter 11 understanding the dimensions and addressing the life story .....174 Psychodynamic therapies for borderline personality disorder ....179 Psychotherapy for borderline personality disorder: Summing up ....188 Chapter 12 Treatment approaches: Putting it all together ......190 Chapter 13 Themes and variations ......194 Gender differences ....84 Boderline personality disorder in adolescence ...196 internaional and cross cultural considerations ....205 IV How to cope, how to help Chapter 14 If you`ve been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder .....215 Diagnosis, Diagnosis, diahnosis .....216 Assembling your treatment team ....218 Acceptance and committing to getting better ....220 The role of hospitalization ....222 The costs of addiction ....224 Looking for happiness in all the wrong places ....226 Chapter 15 For parents. partners friends and co-workers .....229 Getting someone into treatment ....231 Safety issues ....237 Recognizing and addressing abusive behaviors .....239 Borderline personality disorder in the workplace ....243 Getting support ....248