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Interesting article:  Borderline Personality Disorder: Brain Differences Related to Disruptions in Cooperation in Relationships 

“Different patterns of brain activity in people with borderline personality disorder were associated with disruptions in the ability to recognize social norms or modify behaviors that likely result in distrust and broken relationships, according to an NIMH-funded study published online in the August 8, 2008 issue of Science.”

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Here is a list of books about Borderline Personality Disorder:

Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder by Rachel Reiland (Sep 1, 2004)

Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder by Richard A. Moskovitz (Mar 1, 2001)

The Essential Family Guide to Borderline Personality Disorder: New Tools and Techniques to Stop Walking on Eggshells by Randi Kreger (Sep 15, 2008)

Stop Walking on Eggshells: Taking Your Life Back When Someone You Care About Has Borderline Personality Disorder by Paul T. Mason and Randi Kreger (Jan 2, 2010)

The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide by Alex Chapman and Kim Gratz (Nov 2007)

Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus (Apr 14, 2006)

Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD by Robert O. Friedel, Perry D. Hoffman, Dixianne Penney and Patricia Woodward (Aug 4, 2004)

Borderline Personality Disorder For Dummies by Charles H. Elliott PhD and Laura L. Smith PhD (Jul 27, 2009)

I Hate You–Don’t Leave Me: Understanding the Borderline Personality by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus (Dec 7, 2010)

Overcoming Borderline Personality Disorder: A Family Guide for Healing and Change by Valerie Porr (Aug 12, 2010)

Surviving a Borderline Parent: How to Heal Your Childhood Wounds & Build Trust, Boundaries, and Self-Esteem by Kimberlee Roth, Freda B. Friedman and Randi Kreger (Nov 2003)

How to Spot a Borderline Personality by Joe Navarro (Aug 7, 2010) – Kindle eBook

Understanding the Borderline Mother: Helping Her Children Transcend the Intense, Unpredictable, and Volatile Relationship by Christine Ann Lawson (Jul 1, 2002)

Breaking Free from Boomerang Love: Getting Unhooked from Borderline Personality Disorder Relationships by Lynn Melville (Sep 1, 2004)

Girl in Need of a Tourniquet: Memoir of a Borderline Personality by Merri Lisa Johnson (Jun 8, 2010)

Loving Someone with Borderline Personality Disorder: How to Keep Out-of-Control Emotions from Destroying Your Relationship by Shari Y. Manning PhD and Marsha M. Linehan Phd ABPP (Aug 15, 2011)

Borderline Traits: Her Life with Borderline Personality Disorder by Arlene Roberson (Jul 12, 2010)

How to Talk to a Borderline by Joan Lachkar (Nov 18, 2010)

Splitting: Protecting Yourself While Divorcing Someone With Borderline or Narcissistic Personality Disorder by Bill Eddy and Randi Kreger (Jul 1, 2011)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook: Practical DBT Exercises for Learning Mindfulness, Interpersonal Effectiveness, Emotion Regulation, & Distress Tolerance (New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook) by Matthew McKay, Jeffrey C. Wood and Jeffrey Brantley (Jul 2007)

Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder by Marsha Linehan (May 14, 1993)

Angry Heart by Joseph Santoro and Ronald Jay Cohen (Oct 1997)

New Hope for People with Borderline Personality Disorder: Your Friendly, Authoritative Guide to the Latest in Traditional and Complementary Solutions by Neil R. Bockian, Nora Elizabeth Villagran and Valerie Porr (Jun 25, 2002)

Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents: A Complete Guide to Understanding and Coping When Your Adolescent Has BPD by Blaise A. Aguirre (Nov 1, 2007)

Borderline Personality Disorder: New Reasons for Hope (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book) by Francis Mark Mondimore and Patrick Kelly (Oct 28, 2011)

Borderline Mom by Georgiana Wright (Dec 21, 2009) – Kindle eBook

Borderline Conditions and Pathological Narcissism (The Master Work Series) by Otto F. Kernberg (May 1, 2000)

One Way Ticket To Kansas: Caring About Someone With Borderline Personality Disorder And Finding A Healthy You by Ozzie Tinman (Apr 6, 2005)

Mentalization-based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide by Anthony Bateman and Peter Fonagy (Nov 2, 2006)

A Primer of Transference Focused Psychotherapy for the Borderline Patient by Frank E. Yeomans (Jul 31, 2002)

The Integrative Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: Effective, Symptom-Focused Techniques, Simplified for Private Practice by John Preston (Apr 2006)

Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality: Focusing on Object Relations by John F. Clarkin (Jan 15, 2006)

Borderline Personality Disorder: The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies by Melanie A. Dean (Feb 1, 2006)

Schema Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder by Arnoud Arntz, Hannie van Genderen and Jolijn Drost (May 26, 2009)

Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Professionals and Families by Perry D. Hoffman, John G. Gunderson and Johng Gunderson (Feb 2005)

Understanding your Borderline Personality Disorder: A Workbook (The Wiley Series in Psychoeducation?) by Chris Healy (Dec 23, 2008)

Borderline Personality Disorder (Facts) by Roy Krawitz and Wendy Jackson (Apr 7, 2008)

On Knife’s Edge: A Young Girl’s Journey Through Borderline Personality Disorder by Michelle Karpus (Jul 28, 2010)

Borderline and Beyond, Workbook and Personal Journal, Revised by Laura Paxton (Nov 21, 2001)

Borderline Personality Disorder: A Patient’s Guide to Taking Control by Arthur Freeman and Gina M. Fusco (Nov 1, 2003)

Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide to Evidence-Based Practice by Joel Paris (Mar 25, 2010)

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National Institute of Mental Health webpage on Borderline Personality Disorder

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