Back from the Edge
Documentary
Overview
A landmark documentary style short film that features compelling and dramatic first-person accounts of people living with, and recovering from, Borderline Personality Disorder. The production also features family members as well as leading clinicians, including Otto F. Kernberg, MD; Marsha Linehan, PhDl John Gunderson, MD; Wayne Fenton, MD; and Perry Hoffman, PhD, who put their stories into a broader social and medical context.
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Marsha Linehan
Marsha Linehan
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Marsha Linehan
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John Gunderson
John Gunderson
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John Gunderson
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Wayne Fenton
Wayne Fenton
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Wayne Fenton
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Otto Kernberg
Otto Kernberg
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Otto Kernberg
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Kiera Van Gelder
Kiera Van Gelder
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Kiera Van Gelder
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Cindy Knight
Cindy Knight
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Cindy Knight
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Andrew Jantz
Andrew Jantz
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Andrew Jantz
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Christina Knight
Christina Knight
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Christina Knight
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Joan Jantz
Joan Jantz
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Joan Jantz
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Perry Hoffman
Perry Hoffman
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Perry Hoffman
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