What is borderline personality disorder and what can people with borderline problems do to help themselves? The treatment of personality disorder is a major concern facing current mental health services. Specialist therapies are often not available and many people with these problems drop out of treatment. Managing Intense Emotions and Overcoming Self-Destructive Habits 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. It is designed to be used with the help of professional mental health staff, ideally in a group with individual sessions to support and coach the person in the application of the skills taught. A minimum of 24 and maximum of 36 sessions are recommended. 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 * childhood abuse and relationship difficulties * anger management. Borderline personality disorder is a complex and challenging condition. This manual aims to explain the problems experienced by people who may be given this diagnosis in a way that clients and staff can easily understand. It will be essential reading for people with BPD and professionals involved in their care - psychologists, psychiatric nurses, psychiatrists and occupational therapists.
Author(s): Lorraine Bell
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 240
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 7
PART 1 Understanding the problems and first steps......Page 8
CHAPTER 1 Introduction......Page 10
CHAPTER 2 Notes for mental health professionals......Page 19
CHAPTER 3 How the problems develop......Page 41
CHAPTER 4 Foundations for living well......Page 49
CHAPTER 5 How you use drugs and alcohol......Page 63
CHAPTER 6 Understanding and managing emotions......Page 69
CHAPTER 7 Investigating and modifying thinking habits and beliefs......Page 88
PART2 Tackling the problems......Page 110
CHAPTER 8 Overcoming depression and managing difficult mood states......Page 112
CHAPTER 9 Tackling childhood abuse......Page 126
CHAPTER 10 Overcoming self-harm (the silent scream)......Page 144
CHAPTER 11 Me and me......Page 153
CHAPTER 12 Me and other people......Page 165
CHAPTER 13 Managing and reducing anger......Page 185
CHAPTER 14 Other problems......Page 207
CHAPTER 15 What then?......Page 229
Index......Page 235
