A qualitative study to identify acceptable and unacceptable aspects of psychological interventions for people with a diagnosis of personality disorder

Background/Objectives: What aspects of psychological interventions are acceptable and not acceptable to people with a diagnosis of personality disorder? There is little information to guide us, as few studies of service user perspectives of psychological therapy have been carried out. We designed a qualitative study to explore this issue, with service user advice at every stage of the project. Methods: The qualitative study was embedded within a larger pragmatic phase II randomised controlled study (RCT); the Sheffield Personality Disorder Trial, that investigated the effectiveness of community mental health ser…