Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder

by Richard Maskovitz M.D.

Overview

Borderline personality disorder accounts for almost 25 percent of psychiatric hospitalizations in this country. Lost in the Mirror takes readers behind the erratic behavior of this puzzling disorder, examining its underlying causes and revealing the unimaginable pain and fear beneath its surface.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780878332663
Publisher:	Taylor Trade Publishing
Publication date:	03/01/2001
Series:	Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder
Edition description:	2nd Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.08(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.85(d)

About the Author

Dr. Richard Moskovitz is a Harvard-educated practicing psychiatrist and former Associate Professor at the University of Florida College of Medicine, who once knew everything about psychotherapy, but has found that learning the imperfect art of restoring broken spirits is a lifelong journey. He is also the author of CAROUSEL MUSIC, a mystery novel about memories recovered during psychotherapy.

Editorial Reviews

Moskovitz is especially adept with analogies, using everyday situations to clarify his points rather than just adorn the text. He imparts that while there is no drug just for BPD, some drugs help with specific symptoms, and he dispenses practical advice to family and professionals as well as patients.

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Moskovitz offers a coherent picture of this disorder as a distinct syndrome...the author conveys, in a very empathetic and touching way, his understanding of what it feels like to be borderline.

gem - Meir Winokur

This is a book where empathic insights. clinical wisdom and therapeutic optimism will usefully inform anyone who is interested in understanding BPD patients. This book . . . is distuinguished by a dedicated effort to convey vividly and understandale a great deal about people with the disorder. Readers will be rewarded with welcomed appreciation.

Psychiatric Times - Tina Beychok

Mention the word "borderline" and you're sure to see smiles fade and demeanors bristle. Lost in the Mirror [is] an excellent field guide into the exploration of this mysterious condition. Moskovitz views borderline personality disorder as being rooted in past trauma and closely linked to dissociation disorders. Together, the therapist and the patient embark on the task of discovering and sorting through these memories, piecing them together to form a sensible whole.

Professional Counselor - Chris Dunn

This is a book where empathic insights. clinical wisdom and therapeutic optimism will usefully inform anyone who is interested in understanding BPD patients. This book . . . is distuinguished by a dedicated effort to convey vividly and understandale a great deal about people with the disorder. Readers will be rewarded with welcomed appreciation.
— Tina Beychok

Psychiatric Times

Moskovitz offers a coherent picture of this disorder as a distinct syndrome...the author conveys, in a very empathetic and touching way, his understanding of what it feels like to be borderline.
— Meir Winokur

The Jerusalem Post

Moskovitz is especially adept with analogies, using everyday situations to clarify his points rather than just adorn the text. He imparts that while there is no drug just for BPD, some drugs help with specific symptoms, and he dispenses practical advice to family and professionals as well as patients.

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