Crisis and triage clinicians' attitudes toward working with people with personality disorder.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to investigate the attitudes of Australian psychiatric triage and crisis clinicians toward those with a diagnosis of personality disorder.


METHODS
The design of the study was exploratory descriptive research. The study employed a survey method using Bowers and Allan's (2006) Attitude to Personality Disorder Questionnaire, which was designed to identify global attitudes toward those with a diagnosis of personality disorder.


RESULTS
The findings of this study indicate that psychiatric crisis and triage clinicians hold negative attitudes toward those with a diagnosis of personality disorder.


CONCLUSIONS
Education and clinical supervision is required to address negative clinician attitudes.
Purves
Deborah
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Crisis Assessment Treatment Team, Inner West Area Mental Health, Moonee Ponds, Australia. deborah.purves@mh.org.au
Sands
Natisha
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D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005260:Female; D005639:Frustration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D011287:Prejudice; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000193:education; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014218:Triage