The effects of the psychiatric label 'borderline personality disorder' on nursing staff's perceptions and causal attributions for challenging behaviours

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 243-256

  Markham, Dominic ^a,c   Trower, Peter ^b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Harry Watton House   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0142031163     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/01446650360703366     Document Type: Article

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