The 'G' in 'GPM' doesn't stand for 'good' or 'general', but for 'genius'. To distill the effective component of thousands of hours of clinical work with borderline patients into a single, readily implemented, evidence-based protocol takes genius. This book is written by two of the most respected psychiatrists in the field, whose combined wisdom will guide clinicians in their work with some of the most challenging patients. The book is not dogmatic, yet provides the most coherent and most empowering set of suggestions for the clinical treatment of BPD today.

This book shows how practitioners can apply evidence-based principles to the management of patients with BPD without having to refer patients to more specialized but less accessible clinics. It is a practical guide to real-world therapy. Joel Paris, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University The handbook is a basic training manual in case management of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and how to become confident in dealing with these patients. The premise of the book is to have all psychiatrists become 'good enough' to treat these patients first-hand. The authors have done an amazing job of packing together rich information regarding how to handle everyday challenges and solve dilemmas by making solid decisions. The handbook is a clear advantage beyond all other teaching material prepared so far of how to manage borderline patients. It represents a treasure trove of readily usable knowledge and it offers the reader immediately useful therapeutic tools for decisions. It is a handbook full of insight by two frontier researchers and clinicians in borderline personality disorders. Their wealth of clinical wisdom will empower the reader and case manager. I recommend this book to all psychiatric residents, the psychiatric staff in psychiatric departments, psychiatrist in private practice and to general practitioners, whose aim is to handle these patients in a professional way and to feel comfortable doing so. Erik Simonsen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Roskilde University & Institute of Personality Theory and Psychopathology; Director, Unit of Psychiatric Research, Region Zealand, Denmark Overall, I find this Handbook to be extremely important and to fill an important gap in the literature on BPD. It provides a fairly straightforward guideline for treating BPD that is available to the typical mental health professional. That is a huge contribution. The evidence-based treatments can at times be intimidatingly prescriptive and require expensive, intensive training. This leaves the bulk of clinicians who do not have the time and money to get that training and yet have to take care of people with BPD (as it is so common) with a sense of uncertainty and inadequacy. The present Handbook helps clinicians build on their basic skill set to become empowered to treat this sometimes difficult group of patients. I therefore find it to be a major contribution that we need desperately in our field. Antonia S. New, M.D., Prof, Psych & Dir, Med Student Educ, Dept of Psych, Icahn Scl of Med at Mount Sinai; Co-Dir, Clin & Translational Research, Mntl Illness Research & Educ Ctr, James J Peters VAMC