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T1 - ‘It's working together with what you've got’
T2 - Healthcare professionals' experiences of working with people with combined intellectual disability and personality disorder diagnoses
AU - Zarotti, Nicolò
AU - Hudson, Clive
AU - Human, Hannah‐Rose
AU - Muratori, Greco
AU - Fisher, Paul
PY - 2022/11/30
Y1 - 2022/11/30
N2 - BackgroundPeople with intellectual disability often receive diagnoses which may complicate their clinical care. Among these, personality disorder diagnoses are still considered contentious. Little is also known on the perspectives of staff caring for people with intellectual disability who have received a personality disorder diagnosis.MethodsThree focus groups were carried out to explore 15 healthcare professionals' subjective experiences of working with people with intellectual disability who also have a recorded additional diagnosis of personality disorder. Data were analysed through thematic analysis.FindingsFour overarching themes were identified: (a) diagnostic issues and the need for person-centred approaches; (b) challenges and adjustments to working with combined intellectual disability and PD diagnoses; (c) the importance of multidisciplinary team training, support, and cohesion; (d) provision issues and barriers to service access.ConclusionsThe themes are outlined in depth and a number of implications for clinical management and service improvement are discussed.
AB - BackgroundPeople with intellectual disability often receive diagnoses which may complicate their clinical care. Among these, personality disorder diagnoses are still considered contentious. Little is also known on the perspectives of staff caring for people with intellectual disability who have received a personality disorder diagnosis.MethodsThree focus groups were carried out to explore 15 healthcare professionals' subjective experiences of working with people with intellectual disability who also have a recorded additional diagnosis of personality disorder. Data were analysed through thematic analysis.FindingsFour overarching themes were identified: (a) diagnostic issues and the need for person-centred approaches; (b) challenges and adjustments to working with combined intellectual disability and PD diagnoses; (c) the importance of multidisciplinary team training, support, and cohesion; (d) provision issues and barriers to service access.ConclusionsThe themes are outlined in depth and a number of implications for clinical management and service improvement are discussed.
KW - diagnosis
KW - healthcare professionals
KW - intellectual disability
KW - personality disorder
KW - qualitative
U2 - 10.1111/jar.13020
DO - 10.1111/jar.13020
M3 - Journal article
VL - 35
SP - 1317
EP - 1326
JO - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
JF - Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities
SN - 1360-2322
IS - 6
ER -