BackgroundNegative attitudes towards patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) may affect their treatment. We aimed to identify attitudes toward patients with BPD.MethodsClinicians in four psychiatric hospitals in Israel (n = 710; psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers and nurses) were approached and completed questionnaires on attitudes toward these patients.ResultsNurses and psychiatrists reported encountering a higher number of patients with BPD during the last month, and exhibited more negative attitudes and less empathy toward these patients than the other two professions. The whole sample evaluated the decision to hospitalize such a patient as less justified than the decision to hospitalize a patient with Major Depressive Disorder. Negative attitudes were positively correlated with caring for greater numbers of patients with BPD in the past month and in the past 12 months. Nurses expressed the highest interest in studying short-term methods for treating patients with BPD and a lower percentage of psychiatrists expressed an interest in improving their professional skills in treating these patients.ConclusionsThe findings show that nurses and psychiatrists differ from the other professions in their experience and attitudes toward patients with BPD. We conclude that nurses and psychiatrists may be the target of future studies on their attitudes toward provocative behavioral patterns (e.g., suicide attempts) characterizing these patients. We also recommend implementing workshops for improving staff attitudes toward patients with BPD.
Serum and cerebrospinal fluid levels of calcium and magnesium were measured in acute schizophrenics versus schizophrenic patients in remission. The acute schizophrenics demonstrated statistically significant lower levels of cerebrospinal fluid magnesium. The mechanism that underlies this difference is not clear.
were after suicide attempt (OR¼1.6; 95%CI¼1.3-1.9). The OR in multiple analysis was 1.4 (95%CI¼1.1-1.8). There is higher risk for suicide attempt among females in non-DDP (OR¼.6; 95%CI¼.5-.8), no differences according to gender in DDP (OR¼.7; 95%CI¼.5-1.1). Opiates (OR¼1.6; 95% CI¼1.01-2.5) and Cocaine (OR¼1.9; 95% CI¼1.1-3.2) were found to elevates, but Cannabis were found to lower (OR¼.4; 95% CI¼.3-.6) the risk of suicide attempt.
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