“It’s working together with what you’ve got”: Healthcare professionals’ experiences of working with people with combined intellectual disability and personality disorder diagnoses

Zarotti, Nicolò, Hudson, Clive, Human, Hannah-Rose, Muratori, Greco and Fisher, Paul (2022) “It’s working together with what you’ve got”: Healthcare professionals’ experiences of working with people with combined intellectual disability and personality disorder diagnoses. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35 (6). pp. 1317-1326. ISSN 1360-2322

Preview

PDF (Zarotti_etal_2022_ResearchIntellectDisabil) - Published Version Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives. Download (1MB) | Preview

Abstract

Background: People 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 also received a personality disorder diagnosis. Methods: Three 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. Findings: Four 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. Conclusions: The themes are outlined in depth and a number of implications for clinical management and service improvement are discussed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	intellectual disability,personality disorder,diagnosis,qualitative,healthcare professional,healthcare professionals,intellectual disability,education,developmental and educational psychology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3304
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
Related URLs:	http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2022 12:30
Last Modified:	24 May 2023 05:13
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/85351
DOI:	10.1111/jar.13020

Downloads

Actions (login required)

View Item