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Personality disorder: the patients psychiatrists dislike

Lewis, Glyn, Appleby, Louis·1988·British Journal of Psychiatry

Abstract

A sample of psychiatrists was asked to read a case vignette and indicate likely management and attitudes to the patient on a number of semantic-differential scales. Patients given a previous diagnosis of personality disorder (PD) were seen as more difficult and less deserving of care compared with control subjects who were not. The PD cases were regarded as manipulative, attention-seeking, annoying, and in control of their suicidal urges and debts. PD therefore appears to be an enduring pejorative judgement rather than a clinical diagnosis. It is proposed that the concept be abandoned.

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  • For over two decades, it has been suggested that mental health clinicians dislike patients with personality disorders.

    “For more than two decades, there has been the suggestion that mental health clinicians do not like patients with per sonality disorders”

    From Personality disorder: a new global perspective (2010) · cites this paper as [20]

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Authors
Lewis, G., & Appleby, L.
Corresponding author
Lewis, Glyn
Venue
British Journal of Psychiatry
Published
1988-07
Volume
153
Issue
1
Pages
44-49
ISSN
  • 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
  • 1472-1465
OpenAlex
W2124831045
Cited by
502
References
27
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
Keywords
personality disorders, psychiatrists' attitudes, stigma, case vignettes, semantic differential, clinical management, debt
MeSH terms
Adjustment Disorders, Attitude of Health Personnel, Depressive Disorder, Humans, Machiavellianism, Personality Disorders, Semantic Differential

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