The policy paper (Under the Radar – Women with Borderline Personality Disorder in Prison), published recently by the Centre for Mental Health, calls for better diversion from custodial sentences for women with a personality disorder and increased training for prison staff. Written by Matt Fossey and Georgia Black, it is available free to download from [...]
The British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder (BIGSPD) is holding its 11th Annual Conference from March 23-25, 2011 at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University. Registration is now open. Formed in 2000, BIGSPD is a focus for academic and professional networking in the field of personality disorder. The two-day conference is already [...]
‘Creative Personalities’ – Yorkshire and Humber, a joint project between personality disorder (PD) service-user group Emergence and Leeds-based mental health charity Community Links, has been this week shortlisted for a Society Guardian Public Services Award (customer service category). http://www.guardian.co.uk/publicservicesawards/shortlist-2010 The project brings together people affected by PD in Yorkshire and Humber and enables anyone with [...]
Childhood trauma as a result of abuse is frequently the catalyst for ongoing mental health related problems in adulthood. Statistics about trauma and adult mental health issues make shocking reading. The impacts of trauma are far-reaching, touching every part of survivors’ lives. Social problems such as homelessness, physical manifestations such as self-harm and eating disorders [...]