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Perspectives on person-centred care for borderline personality disorder

A Critical Research Agenda

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ID3645358
AuthorsCameron Duff (0000-0002-9792-0385, RMIT University, corresponding author), Renata Kokanović (0000-0002-4308-3403, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), J Flores (0009-0003-0443-4113), Jacinthe Flore (0000-0002-3136-9236, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Stuart D M Thomas, Stuart Thomas (0000-0001-9471-9726, Social and Global Studies Centre, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia), Felicity Callard (0000-0002-5350-1963, University of London), L Blackman (0000-0002-7703-0588, University of London)
Year2020
Volume29
Issue1
Pages1-15
Publication date2020-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Sociology Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1446-1242 • E-ISSN: 1839-3551
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14461242.2020.1715815
PMID33411664
OpenAlexW3001490523
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited60

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a highly contentious psychiatric diagnosis with ongoing tensions over nomenclature, aetiology and treatment recommendations. This article examines a number of these tensions and assesses how greater attention to the voices of people living with BPD may help inform the delivery of new modes of person-centred care. To this end, we present a critical social science research agenda for investigating the experiences, social contexts and support needs of people living with BPD. We canvass issues pertaining to the diagnosis of BPD (including its name), the strongly gendered dimensions of BPD, and the pressing need to improve support for people living with this condition. Throughout our analysis, we indicate how critical interdisciplinary inquiry may drive new responses to these challenges. Our analysis is illustrated with reference to experiences of BPD recounted in two Australia-wide surveys conducted in 2011 and 2017. We argue that greater progress towards person-centred care requires novel forms of evidence grounded in critical social inquiry into experiences of treatment and support among people living with BPD, and the varied social, cultural and political contexts underpinning these experiences

Borderline personality disorder · Political science · Politics · Psychotherapist · Social care · Sociology · Underpinning · Medicine · Mental Health and Psychiatry · Nursing · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications · Social Psychology

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Unique citing works7
Citations per year2,33
Citation span2023 - 2026 (4)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 7

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