The effects of the psychiatric label ‘borderline personality disorder’ on nursing staff's perceptions and causal attributions for challenging behaviours

Markham, Dominic; Trower, Peter

doi:10.1348/01446650360703366

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The effects of the psychiatric label ‘borderline personality disorder’ on nursing staff's perceptions and causal attributions for challenging behaviours

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Authors:

Dominic Markham

Peter Trower

Abstract

Objectives:The aim of the study was to investigate how the psychiatric label ‘borderline personality disorder’ (BPD) affected staff's perceptions and causal attributions about patients' behaviour. Methods and design:The study utilized a within‐participants questionnaire methodology and participants ...

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