Back from the Edge (2006)

01/06/2006
Documentary
49m

A Landmark Documentary-Style Short Film

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.

  • Bill LichtensteinDirector
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

Keywords

  • psychology
  • borderline personality disorder
  • mental illness
  • talking head

Top Billed Cast

Marsha Linehan

Herself

John Gunderson

Himself

Wayne Fenton

Himself

Otto Kernberg

Himself

Kiera Van Gelder

Herself

Cindy Knight

Herself

Andrew Jantz

Himself

Christina Knight

Herself

Joan Jantz

Herself

Perry Hoffman

Himself

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