Borderline Personality Disorder: A Case Study of the Movie FATAL ATTRACTION, Second Edition

This companion guide for the Paramount Pictures movie, Fatal Attraction, serves as both an educational tool for mental health professionals and a learning opportunity for laypeople. It uses the film to bring Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) to vivid life, offering scene-by-scene insights. For clinicians, it's an engaging refresher with CEU credits available. For others, it emphasizes recognizing BPD, understanding its impact, and exploring treatment options for a safer, productive life. The guide also addresses the "Hollywood effect" on BPD portrayal.

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About the Author: Francine R Goldberg
Francine R. Goldberg received her Ph.D. from the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at New York University (NYU), following her doctoral research, Academic Achievement Bias among Community Mental Health Workers. She has more than 30 years of experience in the field of mental health and psychiatric rehabilitation, including counseling, supervision, administration, staff development, clinical risk management, graduate and undergraduate teaching on the adjunct faculties at NYU and the City University of New York, Lehman College, and multiple national and international publications, as well as presentations that address topics in mental health, psychiatric rehabilitation and the use of multimedia in the delivery of mental health services. She holds a CRC, NCC, DCC, LMHC, LPC and LRC.
This guide is designed to be used as a companion to the Paramount Pictures movie, Fatal Attraction. It presents a unique and entertaining learning opportunity for both mental health professionals and those who are not trained in mental health. It brings the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) to life with its scene-by-scene information about the movie. For mental health professionals it serves as an entertaining up-to-date refresher course with a chance to earn continuing education credits. For non-mental health professionals it allows the movie to be an entertaining vehicle that educates readers to recognize and understand BPD; to know the potential risks to individuals, their families, friends, co-workers and fellow students if the illness is untreated; and to know about options for a safe and productive life for individuals with the illness. This e-book discusses diagnostic symptoms; various forms of treatment that have proven to produce successful outcomes; and disability management for the social, vocational and educational impairments that result from the illness. The movie portrays a textbook example of the illness and is valuable for learning. It should be emphasized that the "Hollywood effect" may tend to over/under exaggerate the symptoms and behaviors experienced by many individuals with this disorder.
CEU's available for MH Professionals.

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