Living on the edge. Experiences with borderline personality disorder

By Andreas Knuf

Subject:
Making BPD experiences tangible

Target audience:
Doctors, therapists, care workers, family members of people afflicted with BPD as well as those afflicted who want to know what life with BPD is like for those involved.

Content:

Twenty people, directly or indirectly affected by BPD, wrote about their experiences and their feelings towards themselves as well as towards others. Their accounts provide hope and insight for those afflicted and their family members, for therapists and care workers - insights into what it means to have to live with BPD, as a basis for a mutual understanding and sympathy for those involved.

The accounts show that it's possible to overcome many of the hardships that come along with BPD. They enable those afflicted with BPD to develop a new attitude towards themselves, and to show more concern for their families and friends.

Author:

Andreas Knuf, born 1966, psychological psychotherapist, worked at a crisis intervention service in Munich, and later on at a psychiatric day clinic. Since 2001 he works for the Swiss foundation Pro Mente Sana in Zurich. He has published many books and articles on psychiatric subjects.

Original title:

"Leben auf der Grenze. Erfahrungen mit Borderline"

BALANCE buch + medien verlag, Bonn, ISBN 978-3-86739-003-3, 240 Pages, €13.90
First published in 2007.

For further information, please contact: Ms Kerstin Zander.