内容简介

　　美国近期调查显示，边缘型人格障碍影响着约6%的群体，约17个人中便有1人患有边缘型人格障碍。

　　《告别紊乱的人生：写给边缘型人格障碍患者及其家人的自救书（修订版）》以一种简单易懂的方式把边缘型人格障碍的方方面面呈现在读者面前。

　　让你理解关于边缘型人格障碍非常难懂的那些概念：

　　边缘型人格障碍到底是什么？

　　有哪些治疗和药物可以应对这种痛苦？

　　这种疾病是由什么引起的？

　　作为家庭成员，可以如何提供帮助？

　　教你掌握妥善治疗边缘型人格障碍的关键要素：

　　找到一个主治医师；

　　确定非常适合你的护理级别；

　　评估你的用药需求并选择对你非常有效的心理治疗类型；

　　患者必须学会依靠必要的自律来完成需要完成的事情；

　　非常重要的是，患者要鼓励并允许家人学习如何好好地帮助自己。

　　当你或你爱的人患上边缘型人格障碍，你可以参考“家人的十项准则”：

　　获得知识；

　　保持冷静；

　　获取专业帮助；

　　坚持参与治疗项目；

　　预先制定应对破坏性行为的对策；

　　保持积极乐观；

　　记住：信息就是优势；

　　加入一个面向非专业人士的倡导组织；

　　鼓励患者承担责任并自我成长；

　　照顾好自己。

　　作者简介

　　作者简介：

　　罗伯特·O.弗里德尔，美国弗吉尼亚联邦大学的临床精神病学教授和美国阿拉马大学伯明翰分校的名誉教授，并在这两所大学创立了边缘型人格障碍诊所。他的研究兴趣部分集中在为边缘型人格障碍患者开发有效的药物治疗，并了解该疾病的生物学基础。他的临床实践也主要集中在边缘型人格障碍方面。

　　弗里德尔博士为《当代精神病学报告》期刊的创始主编，是美国边缘型人格障碍教育联盟科学顾问委员会、临床精神药理学杂志的编辑委员会成员，也是其他多个专业和科学组织的成员。

　　译者简介：

　　刘彩虹，中国地质大学（武汉）外语学院讲师，上海外国语大学硕士，博士在读，中美富布莱特助教子项目访问学者，CATTI二级笔译，曾获得海伦·斯诺翻译大赛特等奖，拥有10年余年翻译及教学经验。

　　江翠，中国地质大学（武汉）外语学院讲师，应用语言学硕士，研究方向为二语习得以及跨文化交际，发表相关论文十余篇，有二十余年英语教学经验。

Content introduction

A recent survey in the United States showed that borderline personality disorder affects about 6% of the population, about 1 in 17 people have borderline personality disorder.

Farewell to a Dysfunctional Life: A Self-help Book for People with Borderline Personality Disorder and Their Families (Revised Edition) brings all aspects of Borderline personality Disorder before readers in an easy-to-understand way.

To help you understand the very difficult concepts of borderline personality disorder:

What exactly is Borderline personality disorder?

What treatments and medications are available to deal with this pain?

What causes this disease?

How can I help as a family member?

Teach you the key elements to properly treat borderline personality disorder:

Find an attending physician;

Determine the level of care that is best for you;

Assess your medication needs and select the type of psychotherapy that will be most effective for you;

The patient must learn to rely on the self-discipline necessary to do what needs to be done;

It is very important for the patient to encourage and allow family members to learn how to help themselves well.

When you or someone you love has borderline personality disorder, you can refer to the "Ten Rules of Family" :

Acquire knowledge;

Stay calm;

Get professional help;

Adherence to treatment programs;

Pre-empt responses to disruptive behaviour;

Stay positive;

Remember: Information is an advantage;

Join an advocacy group for lay people;

Encourage patients to take responsibility and grow themselves;

Take care of yourself.

About the author

About the author:

Robert O. Friedel is professor of clinical psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University and Professor emeritus at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where he founded the Borderline Personality Disorder Clinic. His research interests are focused in part on developing effective drug treatments for patients with borderline personality disorder and understanding the biological basis of the disorder. His clinical practice also focuses on borderline personality disorder.

Dr. Friedel is the founding editor of the journal Current Psychiatric Reports, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the National Alliance for Education on Borderline Personality Disorder, the editorial Board of the Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology, and a member of several other professional and scientific organizations.

About the Translator

Caihong Liu is a lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), a master's and doctoral candidate at Shanghai International Studies University, a visiting scholar of the Sino-US Fulbright Teaching Assistant Program, and a second-level translator at CATTI. She has won the special prize of Helen Snow Translation Competition. She has more than 10 years of translation and teaching experience.

Jiang Cui, a lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), holds a Master's degree in Applied Linguistics. Her research direction is second language acquisition and intercultural communication. She has published more than 10 relevant papers and has more than 20 years of English teaching experience.