Citation

Cremin D, Lemmer B, Davison S. J. Psychiatr. Ment. Health Nurs. 1995; 2(4): 237-246.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1365-2850.1995.tb00063.x

PMID

7655932

Abstract

This paper describes the study of a new intervention, which was intended to increase therapeutic engagement with patients and to decrease self-harm behaviour. As a result of nursing observations in a unit that specialized in severe personality disorders, a psychodynamic perspective to treatment was introduced in the form of a nursing challenge. The intervention was evaluated in a new service for young adults at a psychiatric hospital in the south of England, as part of a clinical research apprenticeship. The care and treatment of persons with severe personality disorders present a major challenge to coherent and cohesive teamwork. A test and retrospective comparison study is described and its findings reported. Data from the study point to the need for more than a single challenge, to achieve a sustained reduction in self-harm, along with staff training to ensure working knowledge of a particular framework.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Female; Humans; Nursing Evaluation Research; Patient Care Planning; Personality Disorders; Psychiatric Nursing; Retrospective Studies; Self-Injurious Behavior