A State-Wide Initiative to Improve Health System Responses to People With Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms in Crisis: A Retrospective Audit.

Gold Card SA is a four-session structured psychological intervention offered soon after an acute crisis presentation to people with symptoms characteristic of borderline personality disorder. This study describes individual and system-level outcomes from a large-scale health-care improvement initiative to implement Gold Card SA across South Australia. An uncontrolled pre-post study design was utilized examining service user ( = 332) patient-reported outcome measures and hospital service utilization records (6 months before and after Gold Card SA).

Attitudes of psychiatry trainees towards patients with borderline personality disorder: Does the stigma begin during training?

Research suggests there is a widespread stigma among clinicians towards patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD) and that this contributes to poor treatment outcomes. Given the influence of learning environments in shaping perceptions, this study investigated the attitude of South Australian psychiatry trainees towards patients with BPD. A questionnaire was distributed to 89 South Australian doctors, from both The Adelaide Prevocational Psychiatry Program (TAPPP) and psychiatry trainees of The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (RANZCP).

The positive family contribution of those with serious mental illness.

Fifty-five patients who met criteria for serious mental illness nominated a relative with whom they had lived for at least the previous 6 months to be sent a questionnaire that included a scale for rating patients' contribution to family life in 10 specific areas. Thirty-six relatives returned completed questionnaires. Patients rated their own contributions using the same scale.