Millfields‘ staff and patients have recently published two action packed newsletters - Millfields-Staff-Newsletter and the Millfields Chronicle. This medium secure in-patient personality disorder unit is on the site of the John Howard Centre (the medium secure unit for North East London, based in Hackney). This service offers treatment and care for adult men with a diagnosis of severe [...]
Personality Disorder (PD) until recently has often been seen as a diagnosis for exclusion within mental health services and in the wider multi-agency system. Gary Lamph*, Advanced Practitioner in Personality Disorder, Wigan Multi-Agency PD Strategy, 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, sets out below the strategy that has been developed in Wigan to ensure strong, [...]
There is still time to apply for the fourth cohort of the KUF Extending Expertise, Expanding Practice MSc programme which will be based in Leeds for the first time. 23 fully funded places are available and the deadline for applications is 12 June 2012. The course will be delivered by the Institute of Mental Health [...]
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 [...]