“They referred to one of the consumers as a BPD c**t”: uncomfortable narratives of borderline personality disorder

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Keir Harding looks at an Australian qualitative study that reveals difficult and harmful narratives around people given a diagnosis of ‘borderline personality disorder’.

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How do people experience avoidable harm in mental health social care?

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Andie Ashdown summarises a scoping review on service users’ experiences of social and psychological avoidable harm in mental health social care in England.

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