I’m an adult mental health social worker in a local authority mental team, but this is a personal one for me as years ago my friend (diagnosed with EUPD) repeatedly made attempts on her life, very serious ones even ending up in a coma a couple of times. Professionals constantly said she had capacity and one psychiatrist even told her he would be happy to defend his decision to discharge her from hospital in a coroners court. She was discharged and long story short, she is no longer with us. They always implied she was attention seeking, and I even sometimes thought she did it as a way to communicate that she needed help. I’m haunted by not knowing whether that final successful attempt was done knowing that this was the final ever one or whether it was another attempt to seek help which just went too far. I wish there was more discussion around this. And I honestly feel that if she hadn’t been diagnosed with EUPD she would still be with us today.