title: The Effect of Attending Good Psychiatric Management (GPM) Workshops on Attitudes Toward Patients With Borderline Personality Disorder.
abstract: The effect that attending a 1-day workshop on Good Psychiatric Management (GPM) had on attitudes about borderline personality disorder (BPD) was assessed among 297 clinicians. Change was recorded by comparing before and after scores on a 9-item survey previously developed to assess the effects of workshops on Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS). Participants reported decreased inclination to avoid borderline patients, dislike of borderline patients, and belief that BPD's prognosis is hopeless, as well as increased feeling of competence, belief that borderline patients have low self-esteem, feeling of being able to make a positive difference, and belief that effective psychotherapies exist. Less clinical experience was related to an increased feeling of competence and belief that borderline patients have low self-esteem. These findings were compared to those from the STEPPS workshop. This assessment demonstrates GPM's potential for training clinicians to meet population-wide needs related to borderline personality disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital.|Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital.|Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: Alex S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Keuroghlian
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic.
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital.|Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: Lois W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Choi-Kain
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital.|Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: Christina P C
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Borba
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario.
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Links
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, McLean Hospital.|Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
authors.forename: John G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gunderson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D002170:Canada; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011340:Problem Solving; D011361:Professional Competence; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States