Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case-Based Approach

Description

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Organizing and Shaping a Treatment Toward Change (Brian Palmer, Brandon Unruh)....Pages 1-10 Stimulating Reflection and Curiosity (Robert P. Drozek)....Pages 11-23 Approach to Suicidal Behaviors (Igor Weinberg)....Pages 25-35 Navigating Intersession Contact (Karen Jacob)....Pages 37-48 Managing Mistrust, Paranoia, and Relationship Rupture (Sara Rose Masland)....Pages 49-60 Emergency Department Management (Victor Hong, Steven Bartek)....Pages 61-73 Inpatient Psychiatric Management (Zeina Saliba)....Pages 75-87 Consultation/Liaison Management in the General Hospital (Stephanie H. Cho)....Pages 89-99 Substance Use Comorbidities (Carl Fleisher)....Pages 101-112 Medical Comorbidities (Claire Brickell)....Pages 113-123 Psychiatric Comorbidities and Appropriate Psychopharmacology (James A. Jenkins)....Pages 125-135 Family Engagement (Maureen Smith)....Pages 137-150 Borderline Personality Disorder with Narcissistic Features (Benjamin McCommon)....Pages 151-162 Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Borderline Features (Elsa Ronningstam)....Pages 163-175 Providing Consultation to Organize Specialist Treatment (Joan Wheelis)....Pages 177-185 Early Diagnosis and Intervention in Adolescents (Owen Muir, Carlene MacMillan)....Pages 187-202 When Less May Be More: Scaling Limited Treatment Resources Using a Stepped-Care Model (Daniel Price)....Pages 203-219 Back Matter ....Pages 221-223