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Managing intense emotions and overcoming self-destructive habits: a self-help manual
- Author:
- BELL Lorraine
- Publisher:
- Brunner-Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 229p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The treatment of personality disorder is a major concern facing current mental health services. This is a self-help manual for people who would meet the diagnosis of "emotionally unstable" or "borderline personality disorder" (BPD), outlining a brief intervention which is based on a model of treatment known to be effective for other conditions, such as anxiety, depression and bulimia. The manual describes the problem areas, the skills needed to overcome them and how these skills can be developed. Areas covered include: the condition and controversy surrounding the diagnosis of BPD; drug and alcohol misuse; emotional dysregulation and the role of thinking habits and beliefs; depression and difficult mood states; and childhood abuse and relationship difficulties. The book is intended for use by people with BPD and professionals involved in their care: psychologists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists and occupational therapists.