scholarly journals Qualitative Analysis of Resources and Barriers Related to Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder in the United States

2017 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew C. Lohman ◽  
Karen L. Whiteman ◽  
Frank E. Yeomans ◽  
Sheila A. Cherico ◽  
Winifred R. Christ
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Borderline Personality

Borderline Personality Disorder and Advocacy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Tusiani-Eng ◽  
Bea Tusiani
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Nonprofit Organizations ◽  
Professional Associations ◽  
The United States ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Advocacy ◽  
Agents Of Change ◽  
The Individual

Self-advocacy, the belief that individuals with mental illness could act on their own behalf and have agency over their treatment, has become a universally accepted principle. This idea has been supported by new nonprofit organizations, mental health professional associations, and government agencies that support reforms in the treatment of mental illness. Advocacy for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), however, is a relatively new concept in the United States. Efforts to empower and mobilize individuals with BPD are still in their infancy, but trends on social media and by BPD organizations demonstrate hopeful new directions for future growth. By reframing their stigmatized narratives and adopting a more empowering framework, individuals with BPD and their family members will continue to evolve as agents of change, affecting a myriad of initiatives at the individual, organizational, clinical, and policy levels of society.

Attitudes Toward Borderline Personality Disorder: A Survey of 706 Mental Health Clinicians

CNS Spectrums ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 67-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald W. Black ◽  
Bruce Pfohl ◽  
Nancee Blum ◽  
Brett McCormick ◽  
Jeff Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
The United States ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Staff Nurses ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Mental Health Clinicians ◽  
Care Providers

AbstractObjectiveWe sought to determine attitudes toward patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) among mental health clinicians at nine academic centers in the United States.MethodsA self-report questionnaire was distributed to 706 mental health clinicians, including psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, social workers, nurses, and psychologists.ResultsThe study showed that most clinicians consider BPD a valid diagnosis, although nearly half reported that they preferred to avoid these patients. The clinician's occupational subgroup was significantly related to attitude. Staff nurses had the lowest self-ratings on overall caring attitudes, while social workers had the highest. Social workers and psychiatrists had the highest ratings on treatment optimism. Social workers and psychologists were most optimistic about psychotherapy effectiveness, while psychiatrists were most optimistic about medication effectiveness. Staff nurses had the lowest self-ratings on empathy toward patients with BPD and treatment optimism.DiscussionNegative attitudes persist among clinicians toward BPD, but differ among occupational subgroups. Overall, caring attitudes, empathy, and treatment optimism were all higher among care providers who had cared for a greater number of BPD patients in the past 12 months.ConclusionThese findings hold important implications for clinician education and coordination of care for patients with BPD.

Emotion-Oriented Coping Style Predicts Self-Harm in Response to Acute Psychiatric Hospitalization

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jacqueline M. Frei ◽  
Vladimir Sazhin ◽  
Melissa Fick ◽  
Keong Yap
Keyword(s):  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitalization ◽  
Coping Styles ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Self Harm

Abstract. Psychiatric hospitalization can cause significant distress for patients. Research has shown that to cope with the stress, patients sometimes resort to self-harm. Given the paucity of research on self-harm among psychiatric inpatients, a better understanding of transdiagnostic processes as predictors of self-harm during psychiatric hospitalization is needed. The current study examined whether coping styles predicted self-harm after controlling for commonly associated factors, such as age, gender, and borderline personality disorder. Participants were 72 patients (mean age = 39.32 years, SD = 12.29, 64% male) admitted for inpatient treatment at a public psychiatric hospital in Sydney, Australia. Participants completed self-report measures of coping styles and ward-specific coping behaviors, including self-harm, in relation to coping with the stress of acute hospitalization. Results showed that younger age, diagnosis of borderline personality disorder, and higher emotion-oriented coping were associated with self-harm. After controlling for age and borderline personality disorder, higher levels of emotion-oriented coping were found to be a significant predictor of self-harm. Findings were partially consistent with hypotheses; emotion-oriented but not avoidance-oriented coping significantly predicted self-harm. This finding may help to identify and provide psychiatric inpatients who are at risk of self-harm with appropriate therapeutic interventions.

Comparison of Three Questionnaires to Screen for Borderline Personality Disorder in Adolescents and Young Adults

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-128 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne van Alebeek ◽  
Paul T. van der Heijden ◽  
Christel Hessels ◽  
Melissa S.Y. Thong ◽  
Marcel van Aken
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Borderline Personality Disorder ◽  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Borderline Personality ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Patient Questionnaire ◽  
Statistical Manual ◽  
Axis Ii ◽  
Diagnostic And Statistical Manual ◽  
Dsm Iv

Abstract. One of the most common personality disorders among adolescents and young adults is the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). The objective of current study was to assess three questionnaires that can reliably screen for BPD in adolescents and young adults (N = 53): the McLean Screening Instrument for BPD (MSI-BPD; Zanarini et al., 2003 ), the Personality Diagnostic Questionnaire 4th edition – BPD scale (PDQ-4 BPD; Hyler, 1994 ), and the SCID-II Patient Questionnaire – BPD scale (SCID-II-PQ BPD). The nine criteria of BPD according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (DSM-IV; APA, 1994 ) were measured with the Structural Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis II disorders – BPD scale (SCID-II; First, Spitzer, Gibbon, Williams, & Benjamin, 1995 ). Correlations between the questionnaires and the SCID-II were calculated. In addition, the sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaires were tested. All instruments predicted the BPD diagnosis equally well.

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