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Borderline Syndrome: A Personality Disorder of Our Time

Narrated by Maureen Stapleton

Produced by Olive Tree Productions, Inc.

• "The video covers this important topic and will serve as an effective teaching tool." - Sandra Hass, American Psychiatric Association
• "This tape is a superb educational tool, useful for clinicians, teachers, and administrators of all mental health professions. It will benefit the treatment of patients suffering from Borderline conditions." - Gil Noam, Ed. D., Dipl. Psych., Harvard Medical School
• "The tape is an extremely helpful and thorough review of many of the major clinical issues in the treat- ment of people with severe Borderline Personality Disorder. It is useful and informative to all mental health providers working to help such patients." - Dr. John Oldham, New York State Office of Mental Health

Patients diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder are a growing and burdensome population in mental health facilities. Since the diagnosis is fairly new, there is a great need for more information.

Borderline Syndrome offers a clear presentation of what is currently known about the disorder. It provides explicit information about the patient as well as the views of the leading therapists in the field. Doctors such as James Masterson and John Gunderson offer their informed ideas concerning causation, development, diagnosis and treatment.

Dr. Marilyn Gewacke, director of one of the few Borderline out-patient programs in the country, talks about innovative treatment modalities. Dr. Renate Wack, Executive Director at Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in New York, treats the subject of the male Borderline in prison.

Rare footage shows in-depth conversations with patients who express their personal feelings about the illness and its treatment. We learn about their early life and the frustration and pain they experience as they attempt to understand what is happening to them. Staff members at a psychiatric hospital share their strategies for dealing with the enormous demands made by these patients.

American Psychiatric Association, 1989
Hon. Men., National Council on Family Relations, 1989
40th Institute on Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 1988
Western Psychological Association, 1988

74 min. Video or DVD. Sale $250. Video rental $75.

Dr. James Masterson: Overview of the Borderline Syndrome. 58 min.
Dr. Masterson examines the etiology of the syndrome as well as the complex symptoms leading to diagnosis. Sale $79.95.

Dr. Marilyn Gewacke: A Borderline Out-Patient Program. 48 min.
Dr. Gewacke presents an innovative and comprehensive treatment and management program to supplement out-patient treatment. Sale $79.95.

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