Borderline Personality Disorder for Dummies

by Charles H. Elliott, Laura L Smith, Laura L. Smith

Book Overview

Your clear, compassionate guide to managing BPD -- and living well

Looking for straightforward information on Borderline Personality Disorder? This easy-to-understand guide helps those who have BPD develop strategies for breaking the destructive cycle. This book also aids loved ones in accepting the disorder and offering support. Inside you'll find authoritative details on the causes of BPD and proven treatments, as well as advice on working...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470466537
• ISBN13: 9780470466537
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 366 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent overview of BPD.

Excellent overview of BPD. Easy to read and understand. Broken up into sections so you can skip around to relevant parts.

A must-read for BPD sufferers and people who care about them

This book is well written and offers excellent insights and advice to anyone suffering from BPD, as well as those who love someone with the disorder. Except for its easy-to-read style, there is nothing "dummy-ish" about this book. Highly recommended.

Helpful resource

Great overview of the disease and its various manifestations presented in a wonderfully humorous manner. A good way to share this info with family and friends.

simple language

specific book on BPD, easy understand, allthough i wasnt impressed with the last chapter which basically tells anyone who is in a relationship with someone suffering from BPD- that they should end that relationship and how!!!

Great book that really helped me

This was a very good book that was well written for people like me to understand. My ex-husband has borderline personality disorder and this book really explained what was going on, why he acted the way he did and what I can do about it in the future. Thanks for writing this book, and if anyone has someone with BPP this is a good book to read!!

Nothing borderline about the quality of this book!

Drs. Elliott and Smith have taken a complex, heart-rending disorder and explained it in simple language. This insightful treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder speaks to a broad audience. Sufferers of this disorder, the people who love and work with them, and those who treat them will find understanding, guidance, and hope in this book. As a Clinical Psychologist, I emphatically recommend this book to colleagues and patients