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Training graduate primary care mental health workers to work with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder
- Authors:
- WOODWARD Catherine, JONES Alan, MARTIN Tasim
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health Training Education and Practice, 4(1), March 2009, pp.27-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Training is required for staff working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder (National Institute for Mental Health in England, 2003a). The proposal to train graduate primary care mental health workers (GPCMHWs) to work with the client group met with some scepticism by senior clinicians. However, the experience of providing training and supervision to the GPCMHWs to work with clients with personality disorder in Camden and Islington has proved positive. Several characteristics of the GPCMHWs might contribute to this positive experience: cognitive ability, motivation to learn, age, and attitudes. Initial findings from the evaluation of the training shows that graduate workers respond positively to the training, showing improvements in self-rated knowledge and skills relating to working with the client group. The relevance of this to the personality disorder capabilities framework are described.
Working upstream: preventative approaches to personality disorder
- Authors:
- MARRIOTT Ruth, JONES Alan, MARTIN Tasim
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 12(4), December 2007, pp.40-47.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper examines the work of two community personality disorder pilot projects whose aim is largely preventative. The Icebreak programme in Plymouth has been started as part of a longstanding youth enquiry service, and aims to be the early intervention service for emerging personality disorder in young people. Living and Working in Camden and Islington community PD pilot project has two main components. First, the provision of training, supervision and consultation to a group of primary care mental health workers to support their work in engaging with people with personality disorder; and to offer training on the theme of 'personality disorder in primary care' to GP's, practice nurses and others working in primary care.