TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - The efficacy of a nursing challenge to patients: testing a new intervention to decrease self-harm behaviour in severe personality disorder
JO  - Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
A1  - Cremin, D.
A1  - Lemmer, B.
A1  - Davison, S.
SP  - 237
EP  - 246
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1351-0126
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2850.1995.tb00063.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -