Introduction
1. Mood Disorders and Personality Disorders: Simplicity and Complexity
Joel Paris
Defining Territories: Diagnostic Confusion and Comorbidity
2. Depressive Disorders in Borderline Personality Disorder: Phenomenology and Biological Markers
Marianne Goodman, Salwa Chowdhury, Antonia S. New, and Larry J. Siever
3. Borderline Personality Disorder, Atypical Depression, and Cyclothymia: Diagnostic Distinctions Crossing Mood and Personality Disorders Borders
Lois W. Choi-Kain and Ana M. Rodriguez-Villa
4. Is Borderline Personality Disorder Underdiagnosed, and Bipolar Disorder Overdiagnosed?
Theresa A. Morgan and Mark Zimmerman
5. Affective Instability: Bipolar Disorder vs. Borderline Personality Disorder
D. Bradford Reich
6. Bipolar Illness versus Borderline Personality: Red Skies versus Red Apples
S. Nassir Ghaemi and Sergio Barroilhet
Modeling Mood and Personality: Dimensional and Categorical Formulation
7. Hyperbolic Temperament as a Distinguishing Feature between Borderline Personality Disorder and Mood Dysregulation
Matthew M. Yalch, Christopher J. Hopwood and Mary C. Zanarini
8. The Integration of Mood, Behavior and Temperament in Mood Spectrum Disorders
Diogo R. Lara, Gustavo L. Ottoni, Luisa W. Bisol and Hudson W. de Carvalho
Developmental Features and Longitudinal Course
9. Borderline Personality and Mood Disorders: Risk Factors, Precursors and Early Signs in Childhood and Youth
Andrew M. Chanen and Katherine Thompson
10. Borderline Personality Disorder and Mood Disorders: Longitudinal Course and Interactions
Andrew E. Skodol
Treatment
11. Pharmacology
Kenneth R. Silk
12. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy-Based Interventions for Borderline Personality Disorder and Mood Disorders
Karen L. Jacob and Ana M. Rodriguez-Villa
13. Psychodynamic Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder and Mood Disorders: A Mentalizing Perspective
Patrick Luyten and Peter Fonagy
Discussion
14. Conclusion: Integration and Synthesis
Lois W. Choi-Kain and John G. Gunderson
About the Author: Lois W. Choi-Kain, MD, MEd
Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Director, Gunderson Residence of McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA, USA
John Gunderson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Director, Personality And Psychosocial Research, Belmont, MA, USA