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Bradbury, Donna (2022) Borderline Personality Disorder: Stigmatisation experiences of accessing and participating with frontline services in England. PhD thesis, University of Gloucestershire. doi:10.46289/8CD6J5F2
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14232 Bradbury, Donna (2022) Borderline personality disorder - stigmatisation experiences of accessing and participating with frontline services in Engla.pdf - Accepted Version Available under License All Rights Reserved. Download (2MB) | Preview |
Abstract
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most stigmatised of all psychiatric diagnoses. Frontline service professionals regard this diagnostic group as challenging, manipulative, time wasters, a drain on services and attention seekers which results in people with the diagnosis being subject to stigmatising and negative attitudes, which is also reflected in people receiving unequal care and support or exclusion. The stigma associated with this diagnosis remains as the catalyst in creating barriers to accessible care, life quality and the continuation of discriminatory practices. The current research presents the experiences of individuals with a BPD diagnosis in accessing and participating with frontline services in England. The current research focuses on investigating stigmatisation in frontline services and provides recommendations for reducing such stigmatisation. This qualitative research was conducted using a social justice constructivist grounded theory approach. Semi structured narrative interviews were carried out with a total of eleven participants in varying locations across England. The data analysis identified five main themes: stigmatisation and awareness, the power of language, service provision, professional control and reclaiming power and identity. The findings evidenced that stigmatisation, negative attitudes and exclusion of people with a BPD diagnosis was experienced throughout physical, mental and public protection services. This study makes a direct contribution to this area of research from the lived experience perspective.
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) | |||||||||
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bipolar disorder; Stigma; Frontline services; Exclusion | |||||||||
| Subjects: | R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry > RC346 Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system > RC435 Psychiatry | |||||||||
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Education and Science | |||||||||
| Depositing User: | Susan Turner | |||||||||
| Date Deposited: | 18 Jul 2024 12:58 | |||||||||
| Last Modified: | 16 Dec 2024 11:27 | |||||||||
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14232 |
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