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Voices beyond the border
- Editors:
- ROBINSON Lucy, COX Vicky (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Chipmunkapublishing
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 194p.
- Place of publication:
- Brentwood
In the UK today approximately 1.6 million people awoke to the same problem (that's if they'd managed to sleep) - how to survive another day alongside the torrid and turbulent emotions associated with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Although you'd struggle to find a room big enough to house them all at once, it's not a 'popular' mental health problem and has received little publicity. The fact that you've heard of it at all probably means you have it or somebody close at hand does. In the immense isolating pain and confusion that BPD can bring with it, this book is here to remind you that you are not alone - there are at least 1,599,999 others who feel their own personal version of your suffering. This unique anthology brings you some of their voices. The included poetry and prose features not only pieces by people with BPD, but also the viewpoint of carers and treatment providers. This book won't teach you the facts and figures about BPD or the latest theories as to what causes or treats it, but it will provide the aspect of BPD that is almost always missed - how it feels.
Mental illness and personality disorder in convicted male sex offenders
- Author:
- KESTEVEN Sue
- Publisher:
- NACRO
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Sex offending is an important issue because of the serious harm and damage caused to the victims of sex offenders and because of the fears it raises among the public. This report looks at research conducted in Sweden into the prevalence of mental disorder in convicted male sex offenders. Based on the research findings, the report sets out the implications for the planning and provision of services in England and Wales, particularly that there needs to be a routine assessment of their mental health included in their treatment.
Antisocial Personality Disorder: an epidemiological perspective
- Author:
- MORAN Paul
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 141p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Provides a comprehensive review of antisocial personality disorder from an epidemiological point of view. Opens with a discussion of the central problems associated with assessing and classifying abnormal personality and then focuses more specifically on antisocial personality disorder with chapters on: distribution; natural history; early risk factors; associated conditions; burdens; and needs assessment.
Dismissed on the basis of my diagnosis: policy implications of research on community support for people with complex emotional needs
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 14
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing draws together evidence from six published studies on community services for complex emotional needs. People living with 'complex emotional needs' or who are diagnosed with 'personality disorder' have for a long time found themselves excluded, marginalised and subject to discrimination in all aspects of life, including from health and care services. The paper highlights clear evidence that people with complex emotional needs experience stigmatising treatment, fragmented services and a lack of support. Many mental health practitioners demonstrate negative views of people with complex emotional needs. And as a result, people too often either receive poor quality treatment or are turned away from services. The briefing calls for the Government and NHS to review current services and to set out plans for improving community-based support for people with complex emotional needs, and ensure non-stigmatising, holistic, intersectional and sustained help is on offer in all areas. It also calls for improved training across the board for all professionals responsible for supporting people with complex emotional needs, and for gaps in the evidence base to be a top priority for research funders to address. (Edited publisher abstract)
Sexual offending and mental health: multidisciplinary management in the community
- Editors:
- HOUSTON Julia, GALLOWAY Sarah, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 288p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The contributors describe current influential models of sexual offending and the developmental, psychological and social factors involved. They discuss the prevalence of personality and mental disorders in known sex offenders and the impact these disorders have on their treatment and management. They describe clinical work with individuals, their partners and families, and also consider the impact of this work on professionals. The book includes an outline of current approaches to risk assessment, an overview of the recent changes in legislation in England and Wales, and suggestions for multi-disciplinary management in the community.
Information for higher education institutions on helping students with personality disorder or personality difficulties
- Author:
- YOUNGMINDS
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 9p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper is intended for heads of student support services, student counselling service managers, mental health co-ordinators, disability support teams, hall managers, wardens, heads of academic departments and academics. It has been written in order to help Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) deal appropriately and helpfully with students who can be described as having significant personality difficulties or who have a diagnosis of personality disorder. The information in this paper has been geared towards this wide audience because of the nature of the problems that personality difficulties can give rise to. Wardens, academics and student support service staff can all be affected by the problems (and sometimes uproar) that can result when people with these difficulties are struggling to cope with everyday situations and relationships with others; and it is hoped that this paper will provide some insight into managing and helping students with these problems. Although this paper employs a psychiatric model, it does not set out to medicalise or pathologise people’s behaviour; rather, the model is merely being used in order to describe particular behaviours and experiences. There is considerable debate within the mental health community as to whether the concept of personality disorder adequately captures the experience of people identified as personality-disordered, and some question what relevance the term has in non-medical settings, such as Higher Education; some people have reservations about using the term at all.
Like colour to the blind: soul searching and soul finding
- Author:
- WILLIAMS Donna
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 239p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Like Colour to the Blind continues with autistic author Donna Williams’ autobiographical journey. Donna, who never knew what it was like to feel her hand and her leg at the same time, let alone experience tell the difference between real communication and automatic ‘talking doll’ responses, tells the fascinating story of her relationship with Ian, an asexual man with ‘multiple personalities’, who is somewhere on the Autistic Spectrum. Together they set out to find out what is real and what is not. They develop an NLP-like strategy called ‘checking’ which appeals only to the feeling part of the brain and gets around stored learned responses. This ‘checking’ essentially triggers the thoughts, feelings and choices of the ‘real self’ buried under society. They pledge to follow through at all costs with what they find are their real wants and likes. Intertwined with Donna and Ian’s story is the story of their friendship with Alex, a non-verbal teenager who knows all about being autistic and unable to control one’s own appearance, utterances and actions. Alex has just managed to communicate for the first time in his life. Along the way Donna, Ian and Alex all journey into the world of Scotopic Sensitivity Syndrome.
Get me out of here: my recovery from borderline personality disorder
- Author:
- REILAND Rachel
- Publisher:
- Hazelden
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 447p.
- Place of publication:
- Center City, MN
Borderline Personality Disorder. "What the hell was that?" raged Rachel Reiland when she read the diagnosis written in her medical chart. As the 29-year old accountant, wife, and mother of young children would soon discover, it was the diagnosis that finally explained her explosive anger, manipulative behaviors, and self-destructive episodes- including bouts of anorexia, substance abuse, and sexual promiscuity. With astonishing honesty, Reiland's memoir reveals what mental illness feels like and looks like from the inside, and how healing from such a devastating disease is possible through intensive therapy and the support of loved ones.
DC-LD: diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders for use with adults with learning disabilities/mental retardation
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publishers:
- Gaskell, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2001
- Pagination:
- 134p.
- Place of publication:
- London
DC-LD is a new classification system providing diagnostic criteria for psychiatric disorders, intended for use with adults with moderate to profound learning disabilities. It is designed for use by professionals trained in psychiatric diagnosis. Covers techniques of diagnosis, severity and causes of learning disorders, developmental disorders, psychiatric illness, personality disorders and problem behaviours.
Personality disorders: diagnosis, management and course
- Editor:
- TYRER Peter
- Publisher:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 221p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Oxford
- Edition:
- 2nd
Contains chapters on: the history of the concept of personality disorder; classification of personality disorder; personality assessment schedule; the epidemiology of personality disorder; comorbidity of personality and mental state disorder; psychosocial treatment in personality disorder; drug treatment of personality disorders; outcomes; and challenges for the future.