| View Larger Image | Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD | Paperbackby Robert O. Friedel (Author), Perry D. Hoffman (Foreword), Dixianne Penney (Foreword), Patricia Woodward (Foreword)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Da Capo Press | | Edition: | 1st Edition | | Page Count: | 272 Pages | | Publication Date: | August 03, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 28,925th |
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Product Description
Over six million Americans suffer from borderline personality disorder (BPD), a chronic, disabling psychiatric condition that causes extreme instability in their emotional lives, behavior, and self-image and severely impacts their family and friends. But despite the devastation it can cause, borderline personality disorder remains largely overlooked by the medical community, misunderstood by the public, and many people continue to go misdiagnosed or untreated. In Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified, Dr. Robert Friedel, a leading expert on the disorder and a pioneer in its treatment, turns his vast personal experience into a useful and supportive guide for everyone living with and seeking to understand this condition. Friedel sheds light on all the intricacies of borderline personality disorder, such as the course it takes, the difficulties in diagnosing it, and the types of treatment available, and offers effective advice on the best ways to cope with it. Filled with wisdom and encouragement, Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified is essential reading for everyone diagnosed with BPD, those who think they might have the illness, and friends and family who love and support them. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.0 based on 37 reviews)
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Straightforward and Helpful by Moheto (Seattle, WA)  4 Stars
October 16, 2009
This book doesn't overwhelm you with a lot of jargon or "psycobable", just honest and useful information written by someone who obviously cares about the subject. This is sort of a "primer" on BPD that anyone newly diagnosed (or a family member) will find useful. There is even a special section for family and friends to help them understand and deal with their BPD loved one.
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Borderline Personality more mystifying then before by G. Signoretti (Orange County, CA)  2 Stars
September 11, 2009
There were some things I got from this book that were helpful in the terms of understanding yourself better. The problem with this book is, it is very hard to understand the majority of the time. It is as though the only thing the author wanted to demystify was the title. I am an intelligent person who has read many a book on BPD, and there were many times I was confused and didnt feel at all like someone was helping me to understand something. Whatever good you get out of it is overshadowed by how hard it is trying to understand his medical jargon. Extremely complicated prose makes me wish I would have spent my money on something that would have been more helpful.
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Good book, but not as good as some of the others by C. Carmichael  3 Stars
April 20, 2009
I liked this book, but after having read it and Bipolar Disorder Demystified together, it wasn't quite as good. Very informative, though.
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I recommend this book to my clients. by Tami Green  5 Stars
March 05, 2009
I highly recommend Dr. Friedel's book. I appreciate that he is personally motivated to treat those with BPD, and does so successfully in his personal practice. Early in my own recovery, I spoke on the same platform with him, and was delighted to have my questions answered about what actually happens to the brain with this disorder. Moreover, he was the first clinician or researcher to confirm my greatest hope: that I could actually change my brain (back to normal) with some hard therapeutic work.
Tami Green
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Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD by Elizabeth J. Podgurski (Milton, FL) 3 Stars
March 03, 2009
This is an good guide for those who have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, but it is a bit "technical". Good information. Super fast delivery.
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