Comparative treatments for borderline personality disorder / Arthur Freeman, Mark H. Stone, Donna Martin, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Freeman, Arthur, 1942-

Stone, Mark H.

Martin, Donna, 1954-

Series:

Springer series on comparative treatments for psychological disorders.

Springer series on comparative treatments for psychological disorders

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Borderline personality disorder.

Borderline personality disorder--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (314 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Springer, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Within the field of clinical psychology, the term borderline personality disorder was developed to fulfill a diagnostic need and has come to possess specific stereotypes and negative meanings. Because the term borderline is an emotionally charged word, it can lead to a less-than-accurate view of the situation or patient being described, thus presenting a challenge to even the most experienced therapists and becoming one of the most complex disorders to treat. Through the use of one case study, however, experts in borderline personality disorders have put this difficulty at ease. Applying a var

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: A Review of Borderline Personality Disorder; 2. Case History of a Borderline Personality: Linda P.; 3. Self-Psychological Treatment; 4. Dialectical Behavior Therapy; 5. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; 6. Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy; 7. Borderline States and Individual Psychology; 8. A Cognitive-Developmental Formulation of BPD; 9. A Lacanian Approach; 10. Imagery Rescripting and Reprocessing Therapy; 11. Unified Therapy with BPD; 12. Similarities and Differences in Treatment Modalities; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-96435-2

9786611964351

0-8261-4836-0

OCLC:

437109654