Experiences of care by Australians with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder

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dc.contributor.author Lawn, Sharon Joy
dc.contributor.author McMahon, Janne
dc.date.accessioned 2016-04-21T02:15:56Z
dc.date.available 2016-04-21T02:15:56Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.description © 2015 The Authors. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no m en
dc.description.abstract Accessible summary Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a complex and challenging mental health condition for the person and service providers who support them. This paper reports on the results of a survey of 153 people with a diagnosis of BPD about their experiences of attempting to receive support in managing this mental health condition. It provides their perceptions of a range of experiences not reported in the existing literature, including general practitioner roles, urban and rural differences, public and private hospital differences, and comparison of usefulness of support across multiple support types. People with a diagnosis of BPD continue to experience significant discrimination when attempting to get their needs met within both public and private health services. Further education for nurses and other health professionals is indicated to address pervasive negative attitudes towards people with a diagnosis of BPD. Abstract There is limited understanding of the experience of seeking and receiving treatment and care by people with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD), their perceptions of barriers to care and the quality of services they receive. This study aimed to explore these experiences from the perspective of Australians with this diagnosis. An invitation to participate in an online survey was distributed across multiple consumer and carer organizations and mental health services, by the Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia) in 2011. Responses from 153 people with a diagnosis of BPD showed that they experience significant challenges and discrimination when attempting to get their needs met within both public and private health services, including general practice. Seeking help from hospital emergency departments during crises was particularly challenging. Metropolitan and rural differences, and gender differences, were also apparent. Community supports were perceived as inadequate to meet their needs. This study provides data on a range of experiences not reported in existing literature, including general practitioner roles, urban and rural differences, public and private hospital differences, and comparison of usefulness of support across multiple support types. Its findings can help inform better training for health professionals and better care for this population. en
dc.identifier.citation Lawn, S. and McMahon, J. (2015), Experiences of care by Australians with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 22: 510–521. doi: 10.1111/jpm.12226 en
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12226 en
dc.identifier.issn 1351-0126
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2328/36035
dc.language.iso en
dc.oaire.license.condition.license CC-BY-NC-ND
dc.publisher John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. en
dc.rights Copyright © 2015 The Authors. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. en
dc.rights.holder The Authors. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. en
dc.title Experiences of care by Australians with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder en
dc.type Article en
local.contributor.authorOrcidLookup Lawn, Sharon Joy: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-8887 en_US
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