borderline personality disorder
May is Borderline Personality Disorder Awareness Month. The condition, which is also known as emotionally unstable personality disorder, is often misunderstood and, unlike many other mental health diagnoses, carries a stigma.
To mark the month we have brought together a series of related articles from Mental Health Practice and other RCNi journals. We hope that they will raise awareness of the challenges faced by people living with the feelings and behaviours associated with the condition and support your practice.
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Borderline personality disorder: updates and advice for mental health nurses
This controversial diagnosis can develop from early trauma and can be mistaken for PTSD
Working effectively with people who have received a diagnosis of personality disorder
A critique of this diagnosis and interventions, care and approaches that may be beneficial
Borderline personality disorder: community-based crisis intervention
How a mental health trust undertook a ‘managing distress pathway’ pilot project
Living with… borderline personality disorder
Hollie Berrigan discusses the sometimes devastating effects of a BPD diagnosis
Personality disorder: changing attitudes to people with complex emotional difficulties
People perceived as having ‘complex needs’ often face exclusion from effective treatment
Differentiating between borderline personality disorder and autism spectrum disorder
Complexities involved in diagnosing and managing people with co-morbid BPD and ASD
Advanced nurse practitioner in personality disorder
Jodie Alder explains why she chose to work in secure services for men
Hospital opens door to fresh start for patients with personality disorder
A hospital’s ‘open door’ helps people with emotionally unstable personality disorder to cope
Reaching a crisis point: how carers having your back can matter most
Marsha McAdam describes how appropriate support helped her to cope in a crisis
A practice-based evaluation of a dialectical behavioural therapy skills group...
Background Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT) is an empirically supported intervention...
Evaluation of a pilot dialectical behaviour therapy skills training group, in a child...
Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), a cognitive behavioural treatment, was developed...
‘My nurse helped me believe I could recover - and that I deserved to’
Hannah is looking forward to qualifying as a nurse, and says her future looks bright thanks...
Mental health nurse helps me feel empowered and independent
Nursing students’ attitudes towards patients with borderline personality disorder
Use and efficacy of a borderline personality disorder tool
I am so grateful to Nadine for taking a risk to do things differently
Jo Mullen says her community mental heath nurse Nadine MacArthur has made her feel empowered...