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Borderline personality disorder /
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a psychiatric condition that affects nearly 2% of the general population, predominantly women. Symptoms of BPD include impulsivity, mood swings, unstable intense relationships and feelings of chronic emptiness. Research on BPD has lagged behind that on other...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Colección: | Facts (Oxford, England)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- section 1. Borderline personality disorder information
- 1. History
- 2. How many people have borderline personality disorder?
- 3. What is borderline personality disorder?
- 4. Understanding borderline personality disorder
- 5. Other problems or diagnoses found in association with borderline personality disorder
- 6. What causes borderline personality disorder?
- 7. Understanding self-harm
- 8. Prognosis : do people with borderline personality disorder get better?
- 9. Is treatment effective?
- section 2. Recovery frameworks
- 10. Change
- 11. Psychological treatments
- 12. What to expect from treatment
- 13. First contact with health professionals
- 14. Choosing a therapist (where such a choice exists)
- 15. Developing a therapy agreement
- 16. Support network
- 17. Assessment
- 18. Treatment goals and treatment plan
- 19. Therapy relationship
- 20. Taking charge of your recovery
- 21. Power struggles and beyond
- 22. Prioritizing your therapy focus
- 23. Preparing for crises
- 24. Medication
- 25. Hospitalization
- section 3. Recovery specifics
- 26. Is it our awareness that makes a difference? (self-reflection, chain analysis, and mindfulness)
- 27. Is it what we do that makes a difference?
- 28. Is it what we think that makes a difference?
- 29. Is it what we feel that makes a difference?
- 30. Is it what we do with emotions of anger, guilt, and regret that makes a difference?
- 31. Is it what we do with impulsive urges that makes a difference?
- 32. Is it taking charge of our personal boundaries that makes a difference?
- 33. Is it how we clarify our values and identity that makes a difference?
- 34. Is it how we relate to ourselves that makes a difference?
- 35. Is it how we relate to others that makes a difference?
- 36. Is it how we create pleasure that makes a difference?
- 37. Is it how we deal with 'flashbacks' that makes a difference?
- 38. Is it how we deal with crises that makes a difference?
- 39. Is it how we manage our physical health that makes a difference?
- 40. Is it our relationship with something 'larger than ourselves' that makes a difference?
- 41. Notes to family and friends
- 42. Concluding comments to the reader
- Glossary.