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UNDERSTANDING
PERSONALITY
DISORDER
Behind the label of personality disorder
there is a personality Behind which is a person
Diagnosis is characterised by confusion
and lack of agreement.
Where understanding is required,
fear has emerged. Heather Castillo 2003
Dr John D McGinley: Psychology Director
The State Hospitals Board For Scotland
BPS Representative Forensic Network Board
Professional Governance Panel of BPS
www.bps.com
MH (Care and Treatment) (S) Act 2003
1. Mental disorder
mental illness
personality disorder
learning disability
2. Medical treatment
prevent worsening
alleviate symptoms
available
3. Significant risk to person or safety of others
Compulsion necessary
5. Impairment of ability to make decisions about
treatment (civil application only)
Personality Disorder Assessment
Clarify diagnosis and comorbidity
Identify treatment needs and care planning
Formulation of person’s profile
Functional links with extremes of behaviour:
dangerousness and criminality
Justification for pathways – criminal
justice and mental health disposals
Professional governance: ethical: audited:
accredited: training: supervision: research
Person Care &Treatment in Forensic Settings
Wellbeing, Recovery and Rehabilitation
Mental health
Physical health
Intellectual development
Emotional and Spiritual development
Citizenship: Rights, responsibilities and risks
FORENSIC MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
MANAGED CARE NETWORK
Care Standard 2
Organisations will have in place an infrastructure
that delivers a range of generic and specialist
treatments, and interventions that supports
persons’ recovery, meets appropriate and social
care needs of persons and fulfils the
multidisciplinary treatment plans.
Understanding Personality Disorder
British Psychological Society
Recommendation 1.
People with personality disorders
are treated as part of core services
in mental health and forensic settings
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 2.
Service developments require the skills
of clinical and forensic psychologists
as clinical leaders
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 3
Staff in health and social care, education,
criminal justice and voluntary sector
require some level of training ranging
from basic awareness to specialist training.
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 4
Structured assessments are essential to
Treatment based on client’s needs
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 5
People with personality disorders need a
multi - disciplinary and multi - agency
service
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 6
People with personality disorders
are treated as part of core services
in mental health and forensic settings
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 7
Personality disorder is a problem that
affects individuals across the lifecycle:
to identify problems early, good
communication between agencies is
essential.
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 8
Clinical supervision is essential to maintain
the emotional health of staff.
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 9
Urgent need for good quality research to
inform service development.
Understanding Personality Disorder
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Recommendation 10
The views of service users should inform
service developments.
“no longer a diagnosis of exclusion”
Person distressed by a personality disorder,
whether primary or co-morbid condition,
deserves consideration under mental health
legislation for care and treatment
When assessing the impact of a mental disorder,
in all circumstances, all persons being assessed
should be screened for personality disorder
Meeting person’s needs:
Psychotherapeutic
eclecticism
Poor integration of concept of self or others: Psychodynamic Therapy
Attachment and emotional developments:
Psychodynamic Therapy
Reformulation in collaboration:
Cognitive Analytic Therapy
Skills training:
Cognitive Beh. Therapy
Therapeutic alliance and validation:
Dialectical Beh. Therapy
Motivational engagement:
Cognitive Beh. Therapy
Maladaptive and inflexible thinking:
Schema Focused Therapy
Challenge assumptions
Higher attrition rates
Poorer outcome
More clever psychopath!
Service “abusers” rather than “users”
Untreatable
Alienation: disliked patients
Split the team!
Hope and developments
Service users stories of hope
New century re-birth of hope and raising expectations
Hearing voices networks
See me
Proud of our experience
Improving alliance with service users
Improved assessment procedures
Developing effective treatment paradigms
Collaborative relationships – practitioner (the expert by training)
and service user (the expert by experience)
Person Focus
Needs led – idiopathic
Holistic - context (family)
Readiness - capacity – motivation
Contract – engagement
Complexity – formulation
Feedback – understanding
Wellbeing recovery - maintenance
Care pathways via National Networks
Maintenance of treatment outcomes: national forensic network
Integrate care pathways: national forensic network
Standardised treatments through levels of security: national
forensic network
Standardise training and competencies: national forensic school
Accreditation of treatments: national forensic network
Personality Disorders: Clinical Governance Guidelines
Royal College of Psychiatrists Council Report CR 71, February 1999
It is the responsibility of psychiatrists to offer treatment where ever
possible
Improve teaching of psychiatry trainees
Prioritise limited capacity of psychiatric services
Develop preventive interventions in child and adolescent services
Develop clearer definition of treatment goals
Ensure multidisciplinary cooperation
UNDERSTANDING
PERSONALITY
DISORDER
Behind the label of personality disorder
there is a personality Behind which is a person
Diagnosis is characterised by confusion
and lack of agreement.
Where understanding is required,
fear has emerged. Heather Castillo 2003
Dr John D McGinley: Psychology Director
The State Hospitals Board For Scotland
BPS Representative Forensic Network Board
Professional Governance Panel of BPS
www.bps.com