Borderline personality disorder a clinical guide second edition 1 bach s getting to here from there analytic love analytic process hillsdale nj analytic press 2006 p xx google 2 clarkin jf levy kn lenzenweger mf kernberg of evaluating three treatments for borderline personality . Borderline personality disorder a clinical guide sec ond edition john g gunderson md with paul s links md frcpc arlington va american psychiatric publish ing 2008 366 pp 6000 i remember encountering the first edition of this book soon after graduating from my residency it was one of the few id read that pragmatically addressed the tremendous difficulties in . Covering the range of clinical presentations treatments and levels of care borderline personality disorder a clinical guide second edition provides a comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of borderline personality disorder bpd the second edition includes new research about bpd s relationship to other disorders and up to date descriptions of empirically validated treatments including cognitive behavioral and psychodynamic approaches compelling new research also . Borderline personality disorder bpd is fundamentally a syndrome composed of symptoms primarily of emotional dysregulation and a number of true personality traits such as inordinate anger impulsivity and a tendency to stress related paranoid ideation whereas schizotypal personality disorder with its cognitive peculiarities ideas of reference odd beliefs eccentric speech is closely linked as a genetic condition borderline to the major condition schizophrenia bpd is less