GPs' views and experiences of managing patients with personality disorder: a qualitative interview study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore GPs' views and experiences of managing patients with personality disorder (PD), and their views on the role of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme as a support service.

Design

In-depth interviews, analysed thematically.

Participants

Fifteen GPs (7 women and 8 men) of varying age and clinical experience, working in practices that differed in terms of the socio-demographic characteristics of their patient populations.

Setting

Twelve general practices based in the West of England, UK.

Results

GPs described patients with PD as being challenging to work with and that this work required dedicated time and care. They described experiencing particular difficulty with monitoring their pat

SUBMITTER: French L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6398667 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature