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When does personality disorder become enduring mental illness
- Author:
- SHAD Douglas
- Journal article citation:
- Nursing Times, 19.5.99, 1999, p.52.
- Publisher:
- Nursing Times
At the heart of mental health care practice is the question of what constitutes a severe and enduring mental health problem. In this article, the author maintains that there is confusion about the best use of resources and appropriate targeting of patients. He questions the wisdom of generic services trying to meet the complex and often long-term needs of people with a personality disorder.
“It’s us that have to deal with it seven days a week”: carers and borderline personality disorder
- Authors:
- DUNNE Emma, ROGERS Bertha
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 49(6), 2013, pp.643-648.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Carers provide unpaid support to family or friends with physical or mental health problems. This support may be within the domain of activities of daily living, such as personal care, or providing additional emotional support. While research has explored the carer experience within the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, it has not focused specifically on carers of individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). Eight carers for those with a diagnosis of BPD were invited to take part in two focus groups. The first carers’ focus group, entitled ‘The role of Mental Health services,’ produced four super-ordinate themes. The second carers’ focus, entitled ‘Experiences in the Community,’ produced six super-ordinate themes. It seems carers of those with a diagnosis of BPD are continuing to be overlooked by mental health services, and subsequently require more support to ensure their own well-being. (Publisher abstract)
Medical-social divide hindering homeless people
- Author:
- JOHNSON Robin
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.8.10, 2010, p.28.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The need for homelessness services to develop a greater understanding of the emotional needs of homeless people is highlighted. The author draws on the new guidance 'Meeting the psychological and emotional needs of people who are homeless' issued by the Department for Communities and Local Government and the government's National Mental Health Development Unit.
Mental disordered offenders and prison health care in remand settings
- Authors:
- WILLIAMS Morgyn, LLOYD Karen, HAYRE Carol
- Journal article citation:
- Prison Service Journal, 162, November 2005, pp.24-28.
- Publisher:
- Her Majesty's Prison Service of England and Wales
The confinement of mentally disordered people has been practiced for almost 600 years in England. This article looks at the prevalence of people with mental health problems in remand, their needs, and the health care available to them.
Control or co-operation?
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.8.01, 2001, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Senior practitioner David Godfrey has been trying to improve the living conditioned of an older women with a personality disorder for the past seven years. The author reports on the difficulties of providing help to an unco-operative client while giving them a large amount of independence.
Developing a framework for the identification of criminogenic needs in offenders with intellectual disability and personality disorder: the Treatment Need Matrix
- Author:
- TAYLOR Jon
- Journal article citation:
- Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities, 8(1), 2014, pp.43-50.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Purpose: The criminogenic needs and psychological vulnerabilities of offenders with intellectual disability (ID) has only recently received attention within the academic literature. The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of an approach to identifying such needs in order to inform treatment planning and service delivery. Design/methodology/approach: The paper describes the methods employed to identify relevant psychological variables for this population, provides an overview of the framework and describes the practices employed to establish the relevance of a range of criminogenic needs. Findings: A range of psychological variables derived from a systematic literature review are presented in the context of an assessment framework. Research limitations/implications: The Treatment Need Matrix (TNM) is currently an experimental framework for identifying the needs of offenders with ID (and personality disorder (PD)). Further research is needed to establish the reliability and validity of the tool. Practical implications: The TNM offers clinicians a practical methodology for determining the significance of a range of psychological variables cited in the literature as relevant treatment targets for offenders with IDs. Originality/value: The specific criminogenic needs of offenders with ID (and PD) has received little attention within the academic and research communities. This paper offers a novel approach to the identification. (Publisher abstract)
Characteristics of need and risk among women prisoners referred to inreach mental health services
- Authors:
- LOUGHRAN Michael, SEEWOONARAIN Kishane
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Forensic Practice, 7(3), August 2005, pp.12-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper presents the mental health needs and risk factors identified by a mental health inreach team during the first two years of operation. High levels of need and complexity were identified in women referred to and accepted by the inreach team in HMP & YOI Bullwood Hall during the first two years of operation. They included mental health problems, personality disorder, substance misuse and social factors.
An assessment of the security dependency and treatment needs of all patients in secure services in a UK health region
- Authors:
- SHAW Jenny, DAVIES John, MOREY Helen
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 12(3), December 2001, pp.610-637.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
Previous studies have revealed discrepancies between patients' security needs and security provision. Reports on a study to establish the needs of a UK health regions' patients in secure care in four domains: security, dependency, 'political' and treatment. Psychiatrists were asked to complete on each patients a questionnaire designed for the study. The results showed that 261 patients (79%) were placed at a level of security inappropriate to their needs. Factors associated with inappropriate placement are discussed and possible developments in service provision are outlined.
Is abuse trauma ignored?
- Author:
- NELSON Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 22.11.01, 2001, pp.36-37.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author examines why mental health services are reluctant to help femail adult survivors of sexual abuse come to terms with their childhood ordeal.
Women admitted to secure forensic psychiatry services: II. Identification of categories using cluster analysis
- Authors:
- COID Jeremy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 11(2), September 2000, pp.296-315.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
It has been recommended that there should be new therapeutic regimes for women who need secure inpatient services. Cluster analysis was applied to the diagnoses of 471 women admitted to Special Hospitals and medium secure units over a 7-year period from a geographically representative area of seven health regions in the UK. The aim was to identify categories that may facilitate the development of new specialist services. A seven-cluster solution revealed three subgroups of women with personality disorder as their primary psychopathology, three with major mental illness, and one with organic brain syndrome. Each may require different therapeutic regimes and levels of inpatient security. Further research is necessary to determine whether any single category could be managed in specialist facilities without recourse to high perimeter security.