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Understanding borderline personality disorder
- Author:
- FLORY Louise
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 16p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Borderline personality disorder is a controversial diagnosis distinct from schizophrenia. The borderline aspect is sen to express being on the border of psychosis.. Three quarters of those given this diagnosis are women. Symptoms include self harm, frantic efforts to avoid being alone, relationship problems, an uncertain self image, anger that is inappropriate, depression and periods of paranoia or feeling unreal when under stress. Because of the controversy surrounding its diagnosis services are not readily available. The book suggests sources of help for those diagnosed with this problem.
'He's' not my carer- he's my husband': personal and policy constructions of care in mental health
- Author:
- HENDERSON Jeanette
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work Practice, 15(2), November 2001, pp.149-159.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The construction of 'care' in the professional and UK legislative and policy arenas has been the focus of much interest in recent years. A growing awareness of the needs of 'carers' in their own rights and a recognition of the conflicting needs of 'carers and users of services informs practice in health and social care where discourses of care focus on 'care' as duty, burden and responsibility. This article seeks to locate individual experiences of 'care' in mental health alongside the construction of 'care' in mental health policy and legislation with in the UK. It draws both on preliminary research with couples, and an analysis of the development of 'care' in policy and law. This dual analysis indicates that, while practitioners in health and social care recognise the needs of people who consider themselves to be 'carers', not all people subscribe to the identity of 'carer' or 'cared for' in their relationship.