What do people in forensic secure and community settings think of their personality disorder diagnosis? A qualitative study

Georgia Black; Graham Thornicroft; Joanna Murray

doi:10.1007/s00127-012-0616-4

What do people in forensic secure and community settings think of their personality disorder diagnosis? A qualitative study

Georgia Black^*, Graham Thornicroft, Joanna Murray

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UCL University College London

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Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore the experience of having a personality disorder diagnosis within the context of forensic secure and community services.

We used an interpretative phenomenological analysis to analyse interviews with 10 service users purposively recruited from services in South London.

Participants described two facets of their lived experience: (1) the way they see themselves now, in light of their offending and social background and (2) the pejorative nature of the personality disorder label, its relationship to mental illness and their need to distance themselves from it.

Having a forensic identity affects participants' perceptions of their diagnosis and its treatment as well as their views about themselves.

Original language	English
Article number	N/A
Pages (from-to)	1161-1168
Number of pages	8
Journal	Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Volume	48
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-012-0616-4
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

Keywords

Personality disorder
Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA)
Mental health and illness
Prisoners
Stigma
SERVICE USER
PERSPECTIVES
INTERVIEW
ADULTS

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