Borderline Personality Disorder : New Perspectives on a Stigmatizing and Overused Diagnosis /: New Perspectives on a Stigmatizing and Overused Diagnosis. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jacqueline Simon Gunn, Brent Potter.
• Authors: Gunn, Jacqueline Simon; Potter, Brent
• Contents: Series Foreword by Judy Kuriansky1 Introduction: The Borderline Personality PersonifiedThe Scarlet LabelMaryAndria2 A Historical Anatomy of a Social Construction: "Wandering Womb, " Hysteria, Psychiatric DiseaseAntiquity: Maladies of the Feminine and the Feminine as MaladyMiddle Ages: From Uterus as Endoparasite to Demonic PossessionModernity: From Bedevilment to Brain Disease: Orgasm Therapy and the Rise of the Respected PhysicianDeliteralizing the Feminine: Dynamic, Developmental, and Social ContextualismsContextualism Abandoned and BPD's Formal Entry into the Psychiatric "Bible"3 The "Borderline" as a Human Person: Contemporary Perspectives"Borderline" Is to Psychiatry as Psychiatry Is to MedicineContexts of AgonyAn Experientialist Description of Being with "Borderline Personality Disorder"4 Chewed Up—Spat Out: Jane's Story5 Emotional Jungle Gym: Melanie's Story6 The Permeable Frame: Ethan's Story7 Watering Flowers: The Stories of Caroline, Violet, and Charley8 Conclusion: Reflections, New DirectionsReferencesAppendix: Wellness and Recovery ResourcesIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (176 pages)
• Subjects: Psychology -- Personality; Psychiatry
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216055471; 8216055471
• Related ISBNs: 9781440832291
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