Aguirre, Blaise A

This guide provides information for readers interested in the contemporary practice of, and research behind, mindfulness and meditation. It explores definitions of mindfulness and meditation, offers solutions for successfully incorporating them into our often-chaotic lives, and explains their many practical applications and benefits for practitioners.

"Written by Blaise Aguirre--a prominent psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of borderline personality disorder (BPD)--Mindfulness for Borderline Personality Disorder offers a new, mindfulness-based approach to emotion regulation and the common symptoms associated with BPD. The mindfulness treatments outlined in this book are based on the author's highly successful program at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital, and are drawn from dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), a proven-effective treatment for BPD"--.

"Provides information for readers interested in the contemporary practice of, and research behind, mindfulness and meditation, . . . explores definitions of mindfulness and meditation, offers solutions for successfully incorporating them into [one's] . . . li[fe], and explains their many practical applications and benefits for practitioners"--OCLC.

Defines depression and discusses diagnosis, treatments, complications, and research of the disorder.