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Recommended Reading: Books About BPD

By Kristalyn Salters-Pedneault, PhD, About.com

Updated: August 10, 2008

About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by Steven Gans, MD

A number of books on BPD have been published, some by experts in the field and some by people with the disorder. When you set out to learn more about the disorder, you may be overwhelmed by the choices. Here are a few helpful books to start with.

  • "Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified: An Essential Guide for Understanding and Living with BPD" by Robert O. Friedel. Marlowe and Company, 2001.

  • "Skills Training Manual for Treating Borderline Personality Disorder" by Marsha M. Linehan. Guilford Press, 1993.

  • "The Borderline Personality Disorder Survival Guide" by Alex Chapman and Kim Gratz. New Harbinger Publications, 2007.

  • "Lost in the Mirror: An Inside Look at Borderline Personality Disorder" by Richard Moskovitz. Taylor Trade Publishing, 2nd edition, 2001.

  • "Get Me Out of Here: My Recovery from Borderline Personality Disorder" by Rachel Reiland. Hazelden, 2004.

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