Making others miserable

Reviews the book "Sometimes I Act Crazy: Living With Borderline Personality Disorder" by Jerold J. Kreisman and Hal Straus (see record 2004-00204-000) which is offered as a source of hope, advice, and guidance for people with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and those who love them. This book provides an optimistic tone about treatment success and eventual prognosis, action steps for loved ones to take, and updates on the psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy for BPD. The reviewers conclude that the book is a theoretically integrative and clinically sensitive introduction to the symptoms, struggles, and treatments of BPD for a mass audience. We will readily recommend it to educated patients for that use. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)