Was looking at a book review for Borderline personality disorder: a clinical guide, by John G. Gunderson, Paul S. Links. Gunderson is out of Harvard (see: Gunderson Bio) and wrote The Diagnostic Interview for Borderline Patients (DIB-R) , perhaps the best-known "test" (a lengthy structured interview) for diagnosing BPD. Saw this very interesting review on his book.
After reading, take the poll... Feel free to post a comment.
Subject, in a book review wrote:Having met John Gunderson in person, I would describe his tactics as those of a sadist or misogynist rather than those of a doctor of psychology. The man seems to enjoy nothing more than distressing his patients, almost for sport. I've seen him smile maniacally over a patient whose confidence he has shaken to the core using a barrage of unsettling and prying tactics designed to accuse, belittle, and shame the patient--often to the point of tears. Once the patient, usually female, is manipulated to the height of a tearful outburst, he then remarks with smug satisfaction that he has evoked a 'typical response of BPD.'
What he has in fact done is verbally abuse a human being, but he seems to have no qualms with that. This man is irresponsible and reprehensible. He has merely repackaged 'hysteria' in his book, whose pages he has written on the pains of hundreds of patients for whom he has probably caused more harm than good. He has no sympathy for the human condition, and he is in my opinion a blight on the profession. This man is no expert. He is a malevolent buffoon.
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