As part of the overhaul of the national Personality Disorder website, the Women’s services section within the Criminal Justice area has had a facelift. Well, not strickly speaking – we have updated the copy and in the second phase will be uploading new imagery. Whilst we work to improve the whole site, we would love [...]
Renee Harvey, consultant clinical psychologist and lead for PD service development and training at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, sets out the Trust’s STEPPS project and explains its role as a skills training programme for people affected by Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). STEPPS is an acronym for Systems Training for Emotional Predictability & Problem Solving. [...]
A new Approved Premises (AP) for women opened on April 2, providing specialist structured accommodation to help break the cycle of re-offending. Edith Rigby House¹ in Preston is one of six Approved Premises for women in the country. The facility provides an opportunity for some of Lancashire’s most vulnerable women – many of whom are [...]
Steve Pearce was elected as new president of The British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder (BIGSPD) at the organisation’s 12th Annual Conference held in March 2012. A consultant psychiatrist and clinical lead for the Oxford Complex Needs Service, Steve said: “I’m looking forward to my term as president and would like [...]
After many years as an excellent source of information, the national Personality Disorder website is being redeveloped to better reflect the work being carried out by the three main work streams within PD – Emerging, Community and Offender. The work will also ensure all visitors to the site will find the relevant information quickly. When [...]
www.mentalhealthy.co.uk alongside Emergence and national charities SANE, The Mental Health Foundation and The Centre for Mental Health, have recognised the fantastic achievements of some of the country’s finest heroes, who selflessly and tirelessly look to improve the lives of others, by shortlisting them for the 2012 Mental Health Hero Awards. These awards celebrate the incredible [...]
Exclusion Link, the Association of Therapeutic Communities and The Institute of Mental Health have come together to run a residential training course in May 2012. This is a course of intensive group work, to help staff develop reflective practice skills. It is set up as a highly structured programme of activities where participants explore the [...]
As the days get lighter, Personality-Disorder-North-Essex-News reflects on the progress they have made with The Haven Beat the Winter Blues Campaign (see page 2). The article provides all sorts of inspiration to approach the darker months in a different way. On page 3 there is news about a potentially exciting development in Care Farming, on [...]
‘Therapeutic Living with Other People’s Children: An oral history of residential therapeutic child care’ is ready to go on the road (March 1-15), and is looking for venues. With the funding and support of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust Archive and Study Centre and the Heritage Lottery Fund the ‘Therapeutic Living with Other People’s Children’ [...]
The North Staffs Personality Disorder Service User Network’s Newsletter is now available. Written and produced by service users, the newsletter’s aim is to be useful and inspiring for service users, carers and those who work with people with PD. The lead story opens the debate on the PD label – does it help, provide hope [...]