Useful information about personality disorder

Useful Information

Useful information about personality disorder

Some practical advice for carers and your relationships with your GP

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) announced early May 2013 that of the seven million unpaid carers in the UK about 40% are at risk of suffering from stress and/or depression as a result of the demands of their caring role. Indeed this may be an under
estimate.

Last year a survey for Carers Week of 3,400 carers found that 83% of carers stated that their caring role had a negative impact on their physical health: 87% said it had a negative impact on their mental health and 39% said they had put off their own medical treatment because of their caring role.

Often when wews like this is announced the focus falls on those that care for older people or those with physical disabilities but it is equally relevant to those that support people with mental health issues. Indeed a survey by the The Princess Royal Trust for carers in 2007 found they make up 25% of carers.

Some useful websites for carers

We have highlighted below a some useful sites, as a carer, you might find helpful and supportive - do let us know if there are other you think we should list below.

Bullying and Borderline Personality Disorder

A recent report in the Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry reported on a study of 6050 UK children and the affect that bullying by their peers had on their wellbeing.

The study was carried out by the University of Warwick and found that children that were bullied by their peers in primary school had an increased risk for developing Borderline Personality Disorder during childhood. The children were studied at the ages of eight and 10 and assessed by a psychologist at 11.

For more information please go to the Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry.

Number of unpaid carers is rising

Figures from the Office of National Statistics Census of 2011 showed the number of unpaid carers in England and Wales has risen by 500,000 to 5.8 million and more then 2 million of these provide more then 20 hours care a week.

At the same time research carried out by the Carers Trust shows that there continues to be a lack of transparency and accountability from Primary Care Trusts as to how they are spending the money allocated to them by the Government [ £400 million over four years between 2011 and 2015 ] to provide carers with a break which can be essential to helping them maintain their physical and mental health.

More information can be found at Carers Trust

Carers get a mention in the NICE Guidelines on self-harm

In November 2011 The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issued some guidelines about how professionals should deal with those that self-harm and the friends and family that help care for them. Ruth summarises below what the guidelines say and tells us why they matter for carers.

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Some practical advice for carers and your relationships with your GP

Some useful websites for carers

Bullying and Borderline Personality Disorder

Number of unpaid carers is rising

Carers get a mention in the NICE Guidelines on self-harm

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