Personality disorder programme No longer a diagnosis of exclusion

The Department of Heath, Ministry of Justice and the Care Services Improvement Partnership have commissioned a partnership led by the Personality Disorder Institute at Nottingham University to develop Knowledge and Understanding Frameworks for working with people with personality disorder in the forensic and non forensic sectors.

Health and social services need to do more to help the police to deal with people who have mental health problems, says a briefing published today by Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.