TY - JOUR
T1 - A proposed clinical pathway for the patients with Borderline Personality Disorder presenting to Emergency Departments
AU - Webb, Beatrice
AU - Looi, Jeffrey C.L.
AU - Allison, Stephen
AU - Nance, Michael
AU - Dhillon, Rohan
AU - Bastiampillai, Tarun
PY - 2023/8
Y1 - 2023/8
N2 - Objective: Emergency Department (ED) care of repeated self-injury, intensive affective lability, and interpersonal dysfunction associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is challenging. We propose an evidence-based acute clinical pathway for people with BPD. Conclusion: Our standardised evidence-based short-term acute hospital treatment pathway includes structured ED assessment, structured short-term hospital admission when clinically indicated, and immediate short-term (4-sessions) clinical follow-up. This approach could be adopted nationally to reduce iatrogenic harm, acute service overdependence and negative healthcare system impacts of BPD.
AB - Objective: Emergency Department (ED) care of repeated self-injury, intensive affective lability, and interpersonal dysfunction associated with borderline personality disorder (BPD) is challenging. We propose an evidence-based acute clinical pathway for people with BPD. Conclusion: Our standardised evidence-based short-term acute hospital treatment pathway includes structured ED assessment, structured short-term hospital admission when clinically indicated, and immediate short-term (4-sessions) clinical follow-up. This approach could be adopted nationally to reduce iatrogenic harm, acute service overdependence and negative healthcare system impacts of BPD.
KW - borderline personality disorder
KW - clinical pathway
KW - emergency department
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85152263640&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/10398562231167976
DO - 10.1177/10398562231167976
M3 - Article
C2 - 37018389
AN - SCOPUS:85152263640
SN - 1039-8562
VL - 31
SP - 458
EP - 462
JO - Australasian Psychiatry
JF - Australasian Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -