Attitudes to personality disorder of staff working in high and medium secure hospitals

Beryl, Rachel; V�llm, Birgit

Abstract

The discourse surrounding personality disorder is largely negative, and the diagnosis is considered to be associated with a degree of stigma. This study aimed to investigate current staff attitudes to personality disorder in a high and a medium secure forensic-psychiatric hospital in the UK. Staff attitudes were assessed using the Attitude to Personality Disorder Questionnaire (Bowers & Allan, 2006). The questionnaire was completed electronically by 132 staff. Attitudes to personality disorder in the current study were significantly less positive than in comparable studies in similar settings. Having completed staff training surrounding personality disorder, and being from a non-nursing professional background, were the best predictors of positive attitudes to personality disorder. The findings of this study offer support to the pursuit of improving access to training in personality disorder in forensic settings.

Citation

Beryl, R., & Völlm, B. (in press). Attitudes to personality disorder of staff working in high and medium secure hospitals. Personality and Mental Health, 12(1), https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1396

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 2, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Oct 11, 2017
• Deposit Date: Aug 9, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 12, 2018
• Journal: Personality and Mental Health
• Print ISSN: 1932-8621
• Electronic ISSN: 1932-863X
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pmh.1396
• Keywords: Personality disorder, attitudes, forensic, staff, psychiatric
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/887058
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmh.1396/full
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Beryl, R., and Völlm, B. (2017) Attitudes to personality disorder of staff working in high-security and medium-security hospitals. Personality and Mental Health, doi: 10.1002/pmh.1396.; which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pmh.1396/full This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving
• Contract Date: Aug 9, 2017