Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #453845 in Books
• Published on: 2002-01-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Synopsis
Provides information on diagnosing and managing the symptoms of BPD, including coverage of psychotherapy, medications, mind-body therapies, and alternative treatments.

Customer Reviews

a good starting point for people with borderline
Although I don't have Borderline myself, I bought this book for a close friend who has recently been diagnosed. I found it quite useful for understanding a little more about the condition myself.

The book is written in a clear, easy-to-understand style, and has lots of helpful information.

My friend liked this book, and they in turn have lent it to several other people at their group therapy sessions, all of whom rate it very highly. I first came across 'New Hope...' on a site for Borderline Personality Disorder that listed this as one of the top recommended books.

One advantage of this book is that is is quite up-to-date, and so has more information than some of the older books on the subject.

Borderline Personality Disorder
This book is very helpful to have if you suffer with BPD. The author shares other people's experiences with you. The book explains lots about the disorder giving a brief list of the symptoms and later explaining each symptoms details in length. It explains what causes it, why it is called Borderline personality disorder. The book contains diagrams of the brain and tables. The book explains a little about other personality disorders and how you are diagnosed with BPD. There are mini test for you to do yourself e.g. True or false 'I get angry, or even furious, more easily than most people do. It has a section on psycotherapy, medications, alternative appraoches in treatment, nurtition and exercise self-help and a section on the family perspective of BPD

Not a balanced overview of the dynamics of BPD
Although this book can be helpful in places, describing the dynamics of BPD well and accurate, this book serves to ignore the fact that it is a medical/psycholgically reasearched fact that BPD is largely the result of learned behaviour throughtout childhood as a result of inadequate parenting. It also fails to explore the dynamics of such parenting, the possibility that BP's parents have strong traits of the disorder, and the lasting affects this has possibly had on the BP. If you have experienced any childhood abuse, whatever form this may have been, my advice would be to purchase 'Healing Your Emotional-Self by Beverly Engel. This is a much more informative and accurate book.