Art from within is an exhibition of work made by Mental Health Service users from HM Pentonville Prison. It comprises a variety of media from the Creative Therapies programme provided through the Prison’s Day Care Centre. The centre addresses the rehabilitation, recovery and management of mental health problems through the therapeutic value of art. Art [...]
The first version of the ‘PD tube map’ was published in 2009 and its popularly meant that the 2000 printed copies soon disappeared, and it was only available on this website, as a pdf. The national PD programme team has decided that it was worth updating, and the new 2011 version is available here [link]. [...]
A recent blog by Anthony Bateman in The Independent – in case you missed it. http://blogs.independent.co.uk/2011/09/14/personality-disorders-one-of-the-most-controversial-misunderstood-areas-of-mental-health/
Mental health and Justice is a major two year research project funded by the Big Lottery Fund and led by Victim Support. The research is investigating whether people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of crime. It is also exploring the barriers people with mental health problems face to reporting crime [...]
While mental health is the focus of one day in October (10th), Emergence has chosen the remaining 30 to create awareness of personality disorder and raise much needed funds to continue to educate and fight the stigma associated with this poorly understood mental health condition. The Emergence Fundraising Month, called Open the Parachute, will include [...]
The Impact Team Newsletter is now available on the PD website. This edition describes the team’s current thoughts on the Impact Personality Disorder Project model (in Camden & Islington) and they give an update on the evaluation of prison recalls.
The second issue of the North Staffs Personality Disorder Service User’s Newsletter is now available. This Newsletter has been written and produced by service users and is intended to provide information, insight and knowledge for all NHS Staff, service users, carers and other service providers.