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Table 1 Study Sample Characteristics

From: Service user perspectives of community mental health services for people with complex emotional needs: a co-produced qualitative interview study

Primary sampling criteria

Category

N

Current diagnosesa

Personality disorder

29

 

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder

1

Service use

Specialist

16

 

Non-specialist

10

 

Unclear if specialist or non-specialist

4

Age

18–24

3

 

25–34

8

 

35–44

8

 

45–54

4

 

55–64

5

 

65–74

1

 

Information not available

1

Sex

Female

24

 

Male

6

Sexuality

Heterosexual

12

 

Bisexual / Gay / Lesbian

6

 

Information not available

12

Ethnicity

Black British /Caribbean

2

 

British Asian / Indian

3

 

Chinese

4

 

Mixed Race

2

 

White British / English / Other

19

Region of England (ONS classifications)

North West

2

 

North East

1

 

Yorkshire / Humber

2

 

West Midlands

2

 

East Midlands

3

 

South West

2

 

London

17

 

South East

1

  1. a Diagnoses included: anxious avoidant personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, emotionally unstable personality disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, obsessive compulsive personality disorder, paranoid personality disorder and schizotypal personality disorder. Some participants also received earlier/concurrent diagnoses such as adjustment disorder, autism, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, eating disorder, or been mis-diagnosed with bipolar, depression or schizophrenia. Some had their type of ‘personality disorder’ diagnosis changed or replaced by complex post-traumatic stress disorder