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Borderline personality disorder: clinicians' accounts of good practice
Author(s) -
BOWEN M.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2012.01943.x
Subject(s) - mirroring , mental health , borderline personality disorder , psychology , context (archaeology) , personality , social work , empathy , applied psychology , nursing , psychotherapist , medicine , social psychology , paleontology , economics , biology , economic growth
Accessible summary• There is little research into experiences of good practice by clinicians working with people with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorders. • Clinicians report compassionate and ‘realistic’ attitude towards the service users. • Clinic approach is consistent with a recovery‐focused model.Abstract People with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder are relatively high users of inpatient and community services. There is concern, however, that mental health nurses feel negative about working with this group of people, are often socially distancing and feel under‐skilled. The purpose of this research was to explore the experiences of good practice among mental health professionals working in a service that provided specialist treatment for this group of service users. The research was undertaken through semi‐structured interviews and identified four key themes: shared decision making, social roles, peer support and open communication. These themes are discussed in the context of research in this field, the need for recovery‐focused services, and through drawing on the Winnicotian notions of disillusionment and mirroring as key developmental processes.