This book brings together a series of experts and experienced clinicians to describe and
discuss a series of BPD cases in a manner that emphasizes core descriptive and diagnostic
features generalizable principles and techniques and key take-home messages for clinicians at
all levels of experience. The book emphasizes consideration for the disorder from multiple
perspectives to help identify effective responses to common clinical challenges and decision
points. To enhance interest narrative and readability each chapter uses a consistent format
to present a common clinical challenge along with an effective therapeutic response and
discussion of relevant theoretical and empirically validated principles. Each chapter title
contains a patient's (fictionalized) name and a subheading identifying the clinical dilemma or
approach to be illustrated. The text includes key points and chapter summaries to help pull
together the most important takeaways as quick reference. Borderline Personality Disorder is a
vital resource for psychiatrists psychologists psychiatric nurses general internists social
workers and all medical professions working with patients suffering from Borderline
Personality Disorder.
