Research
This page provides useful links to sources of research information regarding personality disorder services, treatment and support.
- British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder
The British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder was formed in 2000 to provide a forum for a focus for academic activity and professional networking in the field of personality disorder. - Clinical Knowledge Summaries
A practical source of clinical knowledge for the NHS to assist professionals in the care of patients. - Clinical Trials Toolkit
Provides practical help to meet the requirements of the UK Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004. These regulations implement the EU Clinical Trials Directive in the UK. - Community Care: statistics on referrals, assessments, and packages of care
Provisional information about referrals, assessments and packages of care for adults in England - Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD) programme
A joint initiative between the Department of Health, Ministry of Justice and Prison Service with the aim to develop, pilot and evaluate new mental health services for those people who are dangerous as a result of a severe personality disorder. - Department of Health Forensic Mental Health
The national programme on forensic mental health R&D was established in April 1999. The programme supports the provision of services for mentally disordered offenders by commissioning research and developing research capacity. - Emergence
Emergence is a service user-led organisation with the overarching aim of supporting all people affected by personality disorder including service users, carers, family & friends and professionals. - Forensic Mental Health Science Department, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
The department’s research programme encompasses two principal themes, major mental disorders and antisocial behaviour; and personality disorders and antisocial behaviour and two minor themes that focus on people with learning disabilities and those with b - Forensic Psychiatry, Oxford University
Forensic psychiatry research in Oxford includes a number of projects in prison health, epidemiology of mental illness and violent crime, forensic services, older criminals, and suicide in offenders. - Forensic Research Centre, University of Leicester
The Forensic Research Centre is a multidisciplinary research centre based at the University of Leicester. The Centre aims to promote and develop research in the forensic area from a multidisciplinary perspective. - Home Office research development and statistics
Manages research and collects statistics in a number of areas including crime, policing, immigration and drugs. - King's Fund
The King’s Fund seeks to understand how the health system in England can be improved. Using that insight, we work with individuals and organisations to shape policy, transform services and bring about behaviour change. - Mental Health Research Network
The NIHR Mental Health Research Network is funded by the National Institute for Health Research and forms part of the UK Clinical Research Network. The Networks support and deliver high quality clinical and social care research. - Mental Health: statistics on admissions to hospital
Data on admissions to hospital of people with mental health problems. - National Forensic Mental Health Research and Development Programme
Website is currently being developed. - National Personality Disorder Institute
Affiliated to the Nottingham Institute of Mental Health, the multi-disciplinary and multi-faculty PDi brings a major contribution to the research of Personality Disorder. - National Research Ethics Service (NRES)
The National Research Ethics Service aims to protect the rights, safety, dignity and well-being of research participants; and to facilitate and promote ethical research that is of potential benefit to participants, science and society. - Offender Health Research Network
The Offender Health Research Network is funded by Offender Health at the Department of Health, and is a collaboration between several universities, based at the University of Manchester. - Social Care Online
Offers a range of information on all aspects of social care, fostering and mental health. - Survey of patients' experiences
Annual survey to help understand what patients think about the care and treatment they receive.