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Back from the Edge
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.
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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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