Handbook of Good Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder (Paperback)

Paperback. Six percent of people in North America will developborderline personality disorder (BPD) in their lifetime, and about 46% ofthem will have alcohol use disorder (AUD) at the same time. Alcohol useexacerbates the symptoms of both diseases, rendering treatment morechallenging and increasing the risk of suicide. Integrated treatments havebeen lacking.Good Psychiatric Management for BorderlinePersonality Disorder and Alcohol Use Disorder meets the urgent needfor such an integrated approach. It provides clearly articulateddescriptions of both BPD and AUD, outlining clinical patterns and how todiagnose them with confidence. Relying on general psychiatric principleswith which most clinicians are already familiar, as well as up-to-datestandards of care for both BPD and AUD, the handbook pays particularattention to areas of potential synergy, providing clinical logic foraddressing complex, real-world cases.Topics include the following: Progress assessment, psychoeducation, and goal setting;Managing suicidality and nonsuicidal self-harm; Pharmacotherapy;Multimodal treatments, including mutual-help groups and family intervention;and Level-of-care considerations. The authors stress that, inthe absence of evidence-based manualized therapy for treating BPD and AUDsimultaneously, clinicians already have the tools to increase treatmentretention, reduce the risk of suicide and death, and provide a sensible roadmap in the face of interpersonal, behavioral, and emotional challengesinherent to recovery for both conditions. Provides an integrated approach to diagnosis and treatment of borderline personality disorder and alcohol use disorder, with clinical logic for addressing complex, real-world cases. Covers multimodal treatment including group therapy, family intervention, pharmacotherapy and more. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…