"Family Connections", a DBT-Based Program for Relatives of People with Borderline Personality Disorder during the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Focus Group Study

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the family environment due to the difficulties that have been generated by job losses, deaths, increase rates of family and domestic violence, poor mental health outcomes, and estrangement in personal relationships. "Family Connections" (FC) is an internationally renowned DBT-based program that supports the families and caregivers of people with borderline personality disorder. The study took place at a Specialized Health Centre in Spain. A focus group with seven participants was organized for people who had previously attended an FC group. The participants were asked about their experiences during the confinement periods that was caused by COVID-19 as well as their experiences and opinions on relatives, skills practiced, their need to and the advantages of attending the group, and satisfaction with the FC group. The qualitative research web program Dedoose was used for the thematic analysis of the data. The results showed that the participants experienced various experiences during confinement; validation and radical acceptance were determined to be the most useful skills; the importance of professionals and the content as well as the sincerity of attendees and having a safe space were determined to be the greatest benefits of the programs; and the participants all indicated great satisfaction of the program. This study allowed us to explore the experiences of family members of people with BPD with their loved ones during the confinement period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We evaluated the use of the FC program skills in the family environment during confinement, and we analyzed the acceptability and satisfaction with the FC program.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:19

Enthalten in:

International journal of environmental research and public health - 19(2021), 1 vom: 22. Dez.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fernández-Felipe, Isabel [VerfasserIn]
Díaz-García, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Marco, José Heliodoro [VerfasserIn]
García-Palacios, Azucena [VerfasserIn]
Guillén Botella, Verónica [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Borderline personality disorder
Caregivers
DBT
Family Connections
Intervention
Journal Article
Relatives
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 13.01.2022

Date Revised 14.01.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijerph19010079

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM335454976