Until recently, borderline personality disorder has been the step-child of psychiatric disorders. Many researchers even questioned its existence. Clinicians have been reluctant to reveal the diagnosis to patients because of the stigma attached to it. But individuals with BPD suffer terribly and a significant proportion die by suicide and engage in non-suicidal self injury. This volume provides state of the art information on clinical course, epidemiology,comorbidities and specialized treatments.

• 1. A History of Borderline Personality Disorder


• Antonia S. New and Joseph Triebwasser


• 2. Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder


• Barbara Stanley and Tanya Singh


• 3. Onset, Course, and Prognosis for Borderline Personality Disorder


• Mary C. Zanarini and Lindsey C. Conkey


• 4. Clinical Phenomenology of Borderline Personality Disorder


• Larry Siever


• 5. The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Borderline Personality Disorder


• Joel Paris


• 6. Neurobiology of Borderline Personality Disorder


• Annegret Krause-Utz, Inga Niedtfeld, Julia Knauber, and Christian Schmal


• 7. Genetic Influences on Borderline Personality Disorder


• Marijn A. Distel, Marleen H. M. de Moor


• 8. Suicidal and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Borderline Personality Disorder


• Margaret S. Andover, Heather T. Schatten, and Blair W. Morris


• 9. Substance Use Disorder in Borderline Personality Disorder


• Beth S. Brodsky and Linda Dimeff


• 10. Eating Disorders in Borderline Personality Disorder


• Eugene Chen


• 11. Borderline Personality Disorder and Mood Disorders


• Eric A. Fertuck, Megan S. Chesin, and Brian Johnston


• 12. Aggressive Behavior and Interpersonal Difficulties in Borderline Personality Disorder


• Lori N. Scott and Paul A. Pilkonis


• 13. Pharmacological Interventions for Borderline Personality Disorder


• Kenneth R. Silk


• 14. Mentalization Based Treatment


• Lois W. Choi-Kain


• 15. Transference Focused Psychotherapy: A Psychodynamic Treatment of Personality Disorders


• Frank E. Yeomans and Jill C. Delaney


• 16. Dialectical Behavior Therapy


• Shireen L. Rizvi and Kristen M. Roman


• 17. Cognitive Therapy for Personality Disorders


• Kate M. Davidson


• 18. Supportive Psychotherapy Case Management


• David J. Hellerstein and Ron B. Aviram


• 19. Family Psychoeducation Approaches for Borderline Personality Disorder


• Valerie Porr


• 20. Meeting the Clinical Challenges of Managing Borderline Personality Disorder


• Beth S. Brodsky


• 21. Assessing, Managing, and Resolving Suicide Risk in Borderline Personality Disorder


• Adam Carmel, Jeffrey Sung, and Katherine Anne Comtois


• 22. Forensic Issues in Borderline Personality Disorder


• Alexander L. Chapman and André Ivanoff


• 23. Borderline Personality Disorder and Advocacy: Individuals and Family Members Speaking Out for Change


• Paula Tusiani-Eng and Bea Tusiani

Dr. Barbara Stanley is a clinical psychologist and professor in the department of Psychiatry at Columbia University. She has over 25 years of federal and foundation funding and published extensively on borderline personality disorder, suicide and nonsuicidal self injury. She directs a program in Suicide Prevention Training, Implementation and Evaluation at New York State Psychiatric Institute.
Antonia S. New, MD is a psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is a leader in the field of the neurobiology of personality disorders, with particular expertise in borderline personality disorder. She has been funded continuously for this work for more than 20 year from sources including the NIH, Veterans Administration and DOD.