Handbook of Good Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder 1st Edition

I am not a psychiatrist. I heard about this book at a conference I attended. I felt that the book did a good job of presenting a reasonable approach to treating these people and some positive news on potential for improvement. This is an area where a lot of medical and mental health professionals seem to say that they never really got good training. Online videos can be accessed that demonstrate application of the principles. Perhaps one of the more interesting videos is one in which the therapist presents the diagnosis to a (model) client and then builds a consensus for treatment based on clients agreement with the DX. Previously I would not have thought that it would be advisable to try and tell someone that they were borderline. (you have to do it the right way)

Great review for the general practitionners and psychiatrist who are not specialized in treating BPD.Clear, concise and very practical, this book is a great tool for residents, a good introdiction to the basics of handling patients that they will encounter, whatever the setting they choose to work in .

Gunderson pushes our understand of BPD further, again! Easy to read, easy to use, insightful and motivating. We consider if a cannon in our practice.

Thanks!

Great