Perspectives on person-centred care for borderline personality disorder: a critical research agenda

Duff, C., Kokanovic, R., Flore, J., Thomas, S. D., Callard, F. and Blackman, L. (2020) Perspectives on person-centred care for borderline personality disorder: a critical research agenda. Health Sociology Review, 29(1), pp. 1-15. (doi: 10.1080/14461242.2020.1715815) (PMID:33411664)

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Callard, Professor Felicity
Authors: Duff, C., Kokanovic, R., Flore, J., Thomas, S. D., Callard, F., and Blackman, L.
College/School:College of Science and Engineering > School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
Journal Name:Health Sociology Review
Publisher:Taylor and Francis
ISSN:1446-1242
ISSN (Online):1446-1242
Published Online:19 January 2020
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
First Published:First published in Health Sociology Review 29(1):1-15
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

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