The first IACP Research Journal Club will take place online on Wednesday November 16th at 7.30pm-9.00pm and it is open to all IACP Members.

Agenda

Welcome  - IACP Research Committee Chair - Cóilín Ó Braonáin and IACP Research Officer- Ellen Kelly 

Introduction to Research Paper and Topic - Research Committee Members Aisling O’Connor and Caitriona Kinsella

Guest speaker - Clare King,  Assistant Lecturer in Psychology in Carlow College, St Patrick’s will present on her article "Commenting and connecting: A thematic analysis of responses to YouTube vlogs about borderline personality disorder. Internet interventions, 28, 100540" https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2022.100540 .  Clare holds a First-Class BA (Hons) in Arts and Humanities, with a joint major in Psychology and Philosophy. On graduation, Clare was awarded the Carlow County Council Bursary Award for academic excellence- achieving firsts in every subject. Clare also holds an MSc in Psychology from DCU, accredited by the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI). Clare has studied over 30 different psychology modules which has given her a solid understanding of the various branches within psychology and instilled in her a critical and multifaceted perspective. Her research interests include personality disorders, mental health stigma, perceived control, identity, and cyberpsychology. 

Knowledge transfer and learning session with Q&A 

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The research paper that will be discussed at this is event is:

“Is contact with adult mental health services helpful for individuals with a diagnosable BPD? A study of service users views in the UK”  Charlotte Morris, Ian Smith, and Nic Alwin Journal of Mental Health - 2014; 23(5): 251–255 

Aisling O’Connor on this research paper: 

As a therapist in private practice, I have noticed an increase in the number of clients I work with who have been diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and while I have some familiarity with the disorder, its symptoms and diagnostic criteria, along with suggested therapeutic approaches such as Dialectic Behaviour Therapy and Creative Therapies, I was interested in clients felt experience after their diagnosis. The research article I read was based on a small study of 9 service users of the NHS in the UK who had been diagnosed with BPD and was conducted using semi-structured interviews. 

The authors used an inductive thematic analysis to analyse the interview transcripts and 3 themes emerged: 

- how each service user was diagnosed influenced how the service user felt about BPD 
- non-caring care – that the service users felt there was little or no continuity in the care that they received and that services could be experienced as “unhelpful” 
- the relationship – study participants emphasised the importance of staff who wanted to engage with them and treated them “like a person…..rather than a case number” 

The authors of the study concluded that the therapeutic relationship needed to be prioritised when working with this client group but also noted the challenges with maintaining a “truly helpful relationship” especially in the face of crisis. 

This article, when read in concert with other large-scale studies, was incredibly helpful to me as a clinician, supporting me with a broader understanding of the complexities of BPD and its diagnosis and also how clients previous experiences within the services they may have interacted with can impact the therapeutic relationship that I build with them. 

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