Structural stigma and its impact on healthcare for borderline personality disorder: a scoping review

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and their carers/families continue to experience structural stigma when accessing health services. Structural stigma involves societal-level conditions, cultural norms, and organizational policies that inhibit the opportunities, resources, and wellbeing of people living with attributes that are the object of stigma. BPD is a serious mental illness characterized by pervasive psychosocial dysfunction including, problems regulating emotions and suicidality. This scoping review aimed to identify, map, and explore the international literature on structural stigma associated with BPD and its impact on healthcare for consumers with BPD, their carers/families, and health practitioners.

Methods

A comprehensive search of

SUBMITTER: Klein P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9520817 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature