By David Hosier MSc (2016)
From Amazon.com: “New 2016 edition with much added new material. Written by educationalist, psychologist, former teacher and lecturer, and childhood trauma survivor, David Hosier BSc Hons; MSc; PGDE(FAHE).
This book is about the established link between childhood trauma and borderline personality disorder (BPD) written in an accessible, clear and concise style.
CONTENTS:
PART ONE : INTRODUCTORY ARTICLES ABOUT BPD :
1) The Association Between Child Abuse, Trauma and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
2) The Injustice Of Prejudice Against BPD Sufferers.
3) The Course of BPD over the Life Span
4) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) – Four Subtypes
5) Why Females are More Likely to be Diagnosed with BPD than Males
6) Does BPD Run In Families?
7) High And Low Functioning In BPD Sufferers
8) BPD : How It Affects Men And Women Differently
9) BPD – A Masked Illness : And Why It’s Hard To Identify
10) Why BPD Is Sometimes Mistakenly Diagnosed
11) Wrongly Diagnosed With BPD?
12) Common Misunderstandings About Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
13) Those In Grip Of BPD Do NOT Deserve Blame For Their Actions
14) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) : Latest Facts and Figures
PART TWO : ARTICLES ABOUT SYMPTOMS OF BPD
15) Arrested Development : Are Adult BPD Sufferers Eternal 13-Year-Olds?
16) Childhood Trauma, BPD, Carl Jung and ‘The Peter Pan Syndrome.’
17) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) And Intense Emotions.
18) Childhood Trauma, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) And Dissociation.
19) Borderline Personality Disorder and Reasons for Low Self-Esteem.
20) BPD and the Science Behind Self-Harming Behaviour
21) BPD, Alcoholism And Impulsivity
22) BPD And ‘Clinging’ Dependency
23) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Sexuality
24) Childhood Trauma Link To Excessive Dreaming During Sleep
25) 3 Types Of Emotional Control Difficulties Resulting From Childhood Trauma
26) Constantly Feeling ‘Empty’? Effects And Solutions.
27) An Examination of the Exquisite Emotional Sensitivity of BPD Sufferers.
28) Suicide : Who’s Particularly At Risk?
29) Abandonment Issues
30) Self-Defeating Behaviour And Its Relationship To Childhood Trauma
31) Childhood Trauma : BPD and Brief Psychotic Episode
32) Conditions Which Often Co-exist with BPD – The Statistics
PART THREE : ARTICLES ON CAUSES OF BPD
33) Highly Dysfunctional Families And Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
34) The Type Of Parent Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Sufferers May Have.
35) Signs That A Parent May Be Suffering From BPD:
36) Possible Effects of BPD Parent on Offspring
37) ) How Mothers with BPD Can Make Us Feel
38) Infant Attachment Problems With Caregiver And The Later Development of BPD.
39) A Closer Look at the Link Between Childhood Experiences And BPD.
40) Emotionally Unstable Parents
41) Emotional Instability Disorder : The Role Of Parents
PART FOUR – ARTICLES ON CAUSES OF BPD
42) Study Shows 73% Recover from Borderline Personality Disorder
43) Nine Key Recovery Targets For BPD Sufferers
44) BPD : Effective and Simple Self-Help
45) Psychotherapeutic Interventions That Research
Suggests Are Helpful for Individuals Suffering With Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
46) Enduring Protracted And Unremitting Mental Agony
47) How Adult Children Can Manage Their Relationship
With Parents Who Have Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Part 1.
48) How Adult Children Can Manage Their Relationship
With Parents Who Have Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Part 2
49) Controlling Anger And Other Emotions
50) Childhood Trauma : Dealing With Moodiness And Anger
51) Actions that Help and Hinder a Family Member’s Recovery from BPD
52) Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
PART FIVE : ARTICLES ON BPD AND THE BRAIN
53) BPD And The Triune (3 Part) Brain
54) Brain Areas That May Be Adversely Affected By Childhood Trauma”