Borderline personality disorder; a clinical guide, 2d ed.9781585623358 Borderline personality disorder bor·der·line personality disorder n. A personality disorder marked by a long-standing pattern of instability in interpersonal relationships, behavior, mood, and self-image that can interfere with social or occupational functioning or cause extreme ; a clinical guide, 2d ed. Gunderson, John G. American Psychiatric Pub. 2008 350 pages $55.00 Paperback RC569 Gunderson (psychiatry and behavioral sciences behavioral sciences, n.pl those sciences devoted to the study of human and animal behavior. , Baylor College of Medicine Baylor College of Medicine is a private medical school located in Houston, Texas, USA on the grounds of the Texas Medical Center. It has been consistently rated the top medical school in Texas and among the best in the United States. , etc. ) has thoroughly updated this edition to reflect current research, theory and practice, covering the borderline diagnosis, including its shifts from organization to syndrome to disorder and epidemiology, and the differential diagnosis, including overlaps with other situations, subtleties and treatment implications. He overviews treatment, including its history and ranges of approaches, delineates the role of the primary clinician in case management, and describes levels of care. He devotes two full chapters to pharmacotherapy pharmacotherapy /phar·ma·co·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) treatment of disease with medicines. phar·ma·co·ther·a·py n. Treatment of disease through the use of drugs. and its complications, including important transference TRANSFERENCE, Scotch law. The name of an action by which a suit, which was pending at the time the parties died, is transferred from the deceased to his representatives, in the same condition in which it stood formerly. and counter-transference issues, and describes family interventions and therapies, group therapy, individual therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapies, psychodynamic therapies, and future considerations. He includes lists of print, video, film and web resources. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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