A proposed clinical pathway for the patients with Borderline Personality Disorder presenting to Emergency Departments.
Beatrice WebbJeffrey C L LooiStephen AllisonMichael NanceRohan DhillonTarun Joseph BastiampillaiPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2023)
Our standardised evidence-based short-term acute hospital treatment pathway includes structured ED assessment, structured short-term hospital admission when clinically indicated, and immediate short-term (4-sessions) clinical follow-up. This approach could be adopted nationally to reduce iatrogenic harm, acute service overdependence and negative healthcare system impacts of BPD.