Views of the Borderline Personality Disorder
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Service Users’ and Professionals’ Views of the Borderline Personality Disorder Diagnosis: A Q Study
IRAS ID
174250
Contact name
PHILIPPA SMITH
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
STAFFORDSHIRE UNIVERSITY
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 6 months, 1 days
Research summary
The study is about identifying and exploring the different perceptions of the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) diagnosis (also known as Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD)). This shall be achieved by gathering the views of both professionals working in North Staffordshire Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) and service users with this diagnosis. It may increase professionals’ understanding of service users’ views of their diagnosis and therefore go some way in reducing the stigma involved in working with clients presenting with BPD. The study will use Q methodology, which is designed to systematically study subjective opinion. In total, the study requires twenty participants. Ten participants are required for focus groups (five service users and five professionals) and a further ten for the Q sorts (ten additional service users and ten additional professionals).
REC name
West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/WM/0120
Date of REC Opinion
18 May 2015
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion