Borderline: Understanding, diagnosing and treating a complex personality disorder

Borderline personality disorder poses particular challenges for professionals, sufferers, and their families. Emotional instability, impulsive behavior, and profound relationship crises mask vulnerability, potential for development, and a search for stability. For decades, borderline disorder was considered difficult or impossible to treat-a misjudgment that left many sufferers feeling hopeless about therapy.
Today, however, the picture has changed completely: thanks to intensive research, more differentiated diagnostics, and evidence-based psychotherapeutic methods, the therapeutic outlook has changed dramatically. New treatment models clearly show that lasting improvement and stabilization are possible.
This book combines the current state of research with many years of clinical experience. It offers a comprehensive overview of diagnostic procedures, classic and modern therapeutic approaches, pharmacological measures, and social, legal, and ethical aspects. It is not just about symptoms-it is about people.
Written in understandable language and with scientific depth, this work is aimed at those affected, their relatives, psychotherapists, doctors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and anyone who comes into contact with borderline personality disorder in practice, research, or teaching. A plea for precision, empathy, and a sustainable psychiatry.
Bremen University Press has published over 4,500 specialist books in various languages since 2005.
1st edition 2025