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Kriss, Alexander, author.

Borderline : the biography of a personality disorder / Alexander Kriss, PhD.

Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2024]

291 pages ; 24 cm

"What is now called borderline personality disorder (BPD) has been observed since antiquity and has been known by many names, from hysteria to possession, from witchcraft to moral insanity, from multiple personality disorder to the current fraught entry in the DSM-5. These labels have been disproportionately applied to women, and sufferers of BPD continue to be marginalized to this day - deemed "difficult" and "untreatable" even by members of the mental health community. Alexander Kriss interweaves this indispensable history with vivid case studies from his own BPD-centered practice, focusing on a patient he calls Ana. As we follow Ana's progress toward a healthier life through the lens of the therapy relationship, Kriss's message is that effective treatment is possible." --Book jacket.

Kriss, Alexander.

Borderline personality disorder -- Popular works.

Borderline personality disorder -- History.

Borderline personality disorder -- Patients.

Borderline personality disorder -- Patients -- Anecdotes.

Popular works

Anecdotes

Biography of a personality disorder

Includes bibliographical references (267-280) and index.

Introduction: Collective Psychosis -- Prehistory : the first session -- Splits, hysteria, and the invention of psychotherapy : fifth century BCE-1885 CE -- Psychic death : sessions, weeks 2-19 -- Seduction and fantasy : 1896-1923 -- Fears : sessions, months 6-10 -- Confusion of the tongues : 1908-1933 -- Love : sessions, months 10-12 -- Identity crises : 1939-1980 -- Self-discovery : sessions, year 2 -- Diffusion : 1973-2011 -- Normality : sessions, year 3 -- Integration : 1980-2023 -- Borderline : sessions, year 6.

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