Borderline
Book description
An intimate, compassionate, and expansive portrait of Borderline Personality Disorder that rejects the conventional wisdom that the condition is untreatable and those diagnosed with it are “difficult,” told by a psychologist who specializes in BPD
Mental illness is heavily stigmatized within our society, and folks with BPD are portrayed as…
Why read it?
1 author picked Borderline as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
In lucid and intensely readable prose, Kriss brings us into the world of his patients who live “on the borderline,” illuminating a profoundly misunderstood condition with rigor and humanity in equal measure.
Pairing personal narratives with historical research, Borderline offers a compassionate and deeply insightful analysis of the ways that such patients have been dismissed, wronged, silenced, and deemed “untreatable” by medical systems for many centuries—and perhaps most importantly, provides clear reasons why there is hope for such patients going forward.
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