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Treatment in hospitals might be complicated by mental health crises or self\u2010injury, and barriers to NHS care may increase the risk of developing further illness with serious consequences.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Literature on \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d and the general hospital has to date primarily focused on emergency departments. Research on how general hospital inpatient wards respond to people diagnosed with a \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d has been long overdue. Thirteen clinicians working in mental health liaison in the general hospital were interviewed as part of a sequence of research studies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<\/jats:list>\n<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>What this paper adds to existing knowledge<\/jats:title><jats:p>\n<jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>This study identified unjust and avoidable differences in the care and treatment received by people diagnosed with a \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d in general hospitals. People with a \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d diagnosis were discriminated against and over\u2010 and under\u2010medicated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Mental health liaison clinicians reported limited understanding and skills among general hospital clinicians. People working in general hospitals were fearful of the \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d diagnosis. Poor care was accepted because general hospital clinicians did not consider themselves to be \u201cmental health trained.\u201d<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<\/jats:list>\n<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>What are the implications for practice?<\/jats:title><jats:p>\n<jats:list list-type=\"bullet\">\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Clinicians working in mental health liaison need credible knowledge of mental and physical health and medicines.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>Capability, influence, and high\u2010level interpersonal skills are needed to successfully work across mental health services and the general hospital.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n\n<jats:list-item><jats:p>More advanced and consultant\u2010level nursing roles in more mental health liaison teams are needed to strengthen this specialist workforce.<\/jats:p><\/jats:list-item>\n<\/jats:list>\n<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract<\/jats:title><jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction<\/jats:title><jats:p>Literature on \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d and the general hospital has to date primarily focused on emergency departments. Research on how general hospital inpatient wards respond to people diagnosed with a \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d has been long overdue.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>Qualitative telephone interviews were undertaken to explore the views and perspectives of clinicians working in mental health liaison in this final strand of a mixed methods explanatory sequential study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Participants were recruited via social media and professional networks by snowball sampling. Data were analysed using a framework approach.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Four themes were identified: knowledge, understanding, skills, and discriminatory practice; alliances, diplomacy, care, and treatment of people diagnosed with a \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d; achieving parity of esteem in a disparate healthcare system; and organizational stress, mismatched expectations, and service led decision\u2010making.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were unjust and avoidable differences in the care and treatment received by people diagnosed with a \u201cpersonality disorder\u201d in the general hospital. 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