Academic Journal
Uncovering the mask of borderline personality disorder: Knowledge to empower primary care providers
| Title: | Uncovering the mask of borderline personality disorder: Knowledge to empower primary care providers |
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| Authors: | Wehbe‐alamah, Hiba, Wolgamott, Susan |
| Source: | Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 26:292-300 |
| Publisher Information: | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2014. |
| Publication Year: | 2014 |
| Subject Terms: | Content Analysis, Male, Borderline Personality, Primary Health Care, Research, Disparities, Nursing, Health Services Accessibility, 3. Good health, 03 medical and health sciences, Mental Health, 0302 clinical medicine, Borderline Personality Disorder, Health Sciences, Internet Blogs, Quality of Life, Humans, Female |
| Description: | This manuscript will provide a review of the literature and a report on the findings of a qualitative study that explored the lived experiences of people with borderline personality disorder (BPD). It also offers resources designed to empower healthcare professionals to provide timely and accurate referrals, diagnosis, or collaborative management of BPD in primary care.Review of the literature examining background, epidemiology, pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and available resources regarding BPD. Content analysis conducted on data obtained from 1109 postings on three different public online forums/blogs specifically for BPD.BPD is characterized by unstable moods, behaviors, and relationships. While navigating a healthcare system fraught with health disparities, BPD sufferers may have their feelings of abandonment and hopelessness reinforced. Four core themes emerged (a) a reliance on online blogging to cope; (b) a quality of life that is impacted by debilitating effects of condition; (c) coping mechanisms that encompass healthy and destructive measures; and (d) social injustices that include stigmatization, prejudice, delayed diagnosis, misdiagnosis, limited healthcare access, and lack of cure.Knowledgeable, nonjudgmental primary healthcare providers can play a key role in providing BPD sufferers and their loved ones with accurate and timely diagnosis, referral, treatment, resources, and support. Internet blogging may have important implications in care. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 2327-6924 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/2327-6924.12131 |
| DOI: | 10.1192/bjp.bp.109.070177 |
| Access URL: | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/107546/1/jaan12131.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24842667 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2327-6924.12131 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/2327-6924.12131 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24842667/ https://core.ac.uk/display/73939438 https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/107546 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24842667 |
| Rights: | Wiley TDM |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9f500c8510f9517fb11a19d945ee711c |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 23276924 |
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| DOI: | 10.1002/2327-6924.12131 |