Rex Haigh alongside DH, NOMS and Emergence colleagues look to the future of the National PD programme On March 25, 2011, a team of five individuals involved with Department of Health National Personality Disorder Programme were tasked with delivering a plenary session at the Annual Conference of the British and Irish Group for the study [...]
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 Paths to personalisation guide has been produced by the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) to help all those involved understand how things will need to be done differently to make personalisation a reality for people with mental health needs.
Watch a video in which Professor Louis Appleby talks about New Horizons, the comprehensive programme of action for improving the mental well-being of the population and the services that care for people with poor mental health by 2020.
This short new film examines how new policy and guidelines are helping to improve treatment and management of people with personality disorder.
A recent roundtable of experts, convened by Society Guardian in association with the National Mental Health Development Unit, discussed the New Horizons programme for mental health.
Work, recovery and inclusion sets out a high level vision and series of commitments to support people in contact with secondary mental health services into work.
To coincide with the launch of New Horizons, the National Mental Health Development Unit have published a special briefing about the comprehensive programme of action to reform mental health care up to 2020.
Following successful consultation last year, a cross government programme of action has been launched to improve the mental well-being of people in England and drive up the quality of mental health care.
Over 250 people came together at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, today to celebrate developments in the personality disorder field at the 1st National Personality Disorder Congress. Download presentations from day one.