Overview

"Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a serious mental illness characterised by pervasive instability in moods, interpersonal relationships, self-image, and behaviour. This instability often disrupts family and work life, long-term planning, and the individual's sense of self-identity. Originally thought to be at the ""borderline"" of psychosis, people with BPD suffer from a disorder of emotion regulation. While less well known than schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness), BPD is more common, affecting 2 percent of adults, mostly young women. This new book presents the latest new research in the field"

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Author:   Marian H Jackson ,  Linda F Westbrook
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.582kg
ISBN:  

9781606924600

ISBN 10:   1606924605
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   05 May 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Genetic Epidemiology of Borderline Personality Disorder; Correlates and Course of Recovery in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder - A Review; Neurophysiology, Comorbidity and Dimensional Models in Borderline Personality Disorder: Critical Issues for Treatment; Neurobiology of Borderline Personality Disorder: Present State and Future Directions; Proving the Efficiency of Music Psychotherapy with Borderline Adolescents by Means of a Quasi-Experimental Design; A Dissociative Model of Borderline Personality Disorder; Borderline Symptomatology and Empathic Accuracy; Patterns of Interpersonal Behaviors and Borderline Personality Characteristics; Borderline Personality and Somatic Symptomatology; Borderline Personality and Sexual Impulsivity; Index.

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