{"product_id":"not-broken-b-p-thompson-9798190373875","title":"Not Broken: Understanding Borderline Personality Disorder and the Treatments That Actually Work","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNot Broken\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnderstanding Borderline Personality Disorder and the Treatments That Actually Work\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou've probably been told this diagnosis means you're manipulative. Untreatable. That this is simply who you are, and it isn't going to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of that is true - and the evidence has said so for years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNot Broken\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that closes the gap between what the research actually shows about borderline personality disorder and what people with BPD are usually told. Written for readers who've just been diagnosed, who've lived with it for decades, or who love someone who has it, this book walks through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat the nine diagnostic criteria actually feel like from the inside - not just how they look on a checklist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhere BPD really comes from: the biosocial theory, genetics, environment, and an honest look at what the neuroscience does and doesn't tell us\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe four major evidence-based treatments - DBT, MBT, Schema Therapy, and TFP - explained in plain language, including what a typical session involves and how to tell if a program is the real thing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA clear-eyed chapter on medication: what has evidence behind it, and what doesn't\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiving with it: relationships, family, work, crisis planning, and what to do when self-harm has become a coping tool\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe long-term outcome data almost no one shares with newly diagnosed patients - and it's far more hopeful than the stereotypes suggest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery claim is labeled by strength of evidence - Strong, Moderate, Limited, or Contested - so you always know whether you're reading settled science or an open question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a book about managing a hopeless condition. It's a book about a treatable one, written by someone who thinks you deserved the truth about it a long time ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. P. Thompson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798190373875\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"B. P. Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666075160831,"sku":"9798190373875","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/not-broken-b-p-thompson-9798190373875","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}