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| Handbook of Good Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder |
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ISBN: 978-1-61537-553-0,
289 pages,
Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 1-61537-553-8 |
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| Copyright: |
2025 |
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| Edition: |
1st |
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| Editor: |
Choi-Kain, Lois W., MD, MEd; Connery, Hilary S., MD, PhD |
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Psychiatry |
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| Publisher: |
American Psychiatric Association Publishing |
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800 Maine Avenue, S.W. |
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Suite 900 |
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Washington, DC 20024 |
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UNITED STATES |
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P: 800-368-5777
F: [email protected] |
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http://www.appi.org |
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| List Price: |
$65.00 |
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At A Glance
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Six percent of people in North America will develop borderline personality disorder (BPD) in their lifetime, and about 46% of them will have alcohol use disorder (AUD) at the same time. Alcohol use exacerbates the symptoms of both diseases, rendering treatment more challenging and increasing the risk of suicide. Integrated treatments have been lacking. Good Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder meets the urgent need for such an integrated approach. It provides clearly articulated descriptions of both BPD and AUD, outlining clinical patterns and how to diagnose them with confidence. Relying on general psychiatric principles with which most clinicians are already familiar, as well as up-to-date standards of care for both BPD and AUD, the handbook pays particular attention to areas of potential synergy, providing clinical logic for addressing complex, real-world cases.
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Reviewer:
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Timothy Legg,
PhD, PsyD, MSN, PMHNP-BC
(Legg Counseling and Consulting Services)
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Reviewer:
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Timothy Legg,
PhD, PsyD, MSN, PMHNP-BC
(Legg Counseling and Consulting Services)
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Description
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| The book integrates evidence-based care for both borderline personality disorder (BPD) and alcohol use disorder (AUD). Chapters address establishing a treatment framework, management of suicidality as well as non-suicidal self-harm. The book includes pharmacotherapeutic approaches as well as multimodal treatments and level of care considerations. |
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Purpose
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| After acknowledging that approximately half of individuals with borderline personality disorder have a co-occurring alcohol use disorder, the book considers the interrelationship between symptoms of both disorders, which increases treatment challenges and, unfortunately, the risk of death by suicide. From this perspective, an integrative treatment approach is needed. |
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Audience
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| The book will be of interest to clinicians involved in the treatment of people with borderline personality disorder and co-occurring alcohol use disorder, including psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychiatric nurse practitioners, psychiatric nurse practitioner students, mental health counselors, and psychologists. Eighteen contributors with experience in their respective areas of endeavor, including seasoned clinicians, professors of psychiatry, and clinical directors wrote the 11 chapters and appendices. |
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Features
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| The book contains 11 text chapters and one chapter of references. This is supplemented by five appendices and a comprehensive index. Chapter subjects include overall principles, integrating dynamic deconstructive psychotherapy, managing suicidality and self-injury, pharmacotherapy, multimodal treatments, and level-of-care considerations. Chapters include various tables, figures, decision-making algorithms, and boxes to support and supplement the text. Case studies demonstrate the application of concepts. The text is written straightforwardly, providing practical information on all aspects of treatment. |
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Assessment
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| While books on borderline personality disorder and alcohol use disorder are available, this may be the only text that integrates the psychiatric management of these two co-occurring conditions. The result is a book that is invaluable to those professionals who work with patients with these co-occurring conditions. |
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