Mental Health Review Journal: Volume 15 Issue 4

Editorial

Rex Haigh, Michael Brookes

Personality disorder: taking a person‐centred approach

Adebowale

Personality disorders manifest themselves in a variety of ways and there is also debate about the extent to which these conditions can be treated. The author debates the…

The development of an offender personality disorder strategy

Nick Joseph, Nick Benefield

This article explores the development of an offender personality disorder strategy for the Department of Health (DH) and National Offender Management Service (NOMS). The strategy…

Where do we belong? Keynote talk at the First National Personality Disorder Congress

Andy Brooker

The author provides a personal perspective on personality disorder, based on his involvement with Borderline UK and Personality Plus. This is based on a presentation originally…

On The Borderline

Kayla Kavanagh

The author provides a personal perspective on personality disorder, based on the release of her single, On The Borderline, at the First National Personality Disorder Congress.

Personal reflection: the importance of staff training and the value of the arts in assisting those with personality disorder

Kath Lovell

The author provides a personal reflection on personality disorder, based on her involvement with the First National Personality Disorder Congress.

Resurgence Theatre Company: the presentation of Differentia at the First National Personality Disorder Congress

Susan Franklyn, Fiona Thompson, James Lamb

The authors provide three personal perspectives on personality disorder, based on their involvement in writing, directing and acting in a Resurgence Theatre Company production…

Doing research together: bringing down barriers through the ‘coproduction’ of personality disorder research

Steve Gillard, Kati Turner, Marion Neffgen, Ian Griggs, Alexia Demetriou

Background: historical assumptions and knowledge about personality disorders (PDs) have inhibited efforts to improve PD services. Public and patient involvement in research has…

Struggling with personality disorder

Mark Easton

This article is based on the text of a BBC blog dated 26 November 2009, by Mark Easton. The piece reflects on The First National Personality Disorder Congress.

Supporting uniformed officers delivering therapy within a prison therapeutic community for sexual offenders

Michael Brookes

HMP Grendon operates as a series of therapeutic communities (TCs), one of which is for sex offenders who have committed very serious sexual offences, many against children and…

From design to reality: the challenges of developing and delivering treatment and intervention services for offenders with personality disorders

Karen Miller, Vikki Baker, Sandra Oluonye

This paper describes two different services within the UK, both of which aim to better address the needs of offenders with personality disorder. Both services have been developed…

The Journey day service: an occupational group work programme for people with personality disorder

Alan Hirons, Rachel Rose, Kate Burke

This article, based on a presentation given at the First National Personality Disorder Congress, provides a brief descriptive overview of the occupation‐based intervention group…

The Oxford Friends and Family Empowerment (OFAFE) service: support and education for those affected by friends or family with personality disorder

Sara Sanders, Steve Pearce

The Oxford Friends and Family Empowerment (OFAFE) service is a carer support service that originated in a collaboration between the Oxfordshire Complex Needs Service and the…

Personality disorder in later life: no longer a diagnosis of exclusion

Lisle Scott, Elizabeth Kemp

Adults over the age of 65 who are diagnosable with personality disorder face numerous problems within current mental health service provision. These include a lack of diagnostic…