Personality disorder programme No longer a diagnosis of exclusion

Re-offending in troubled and aggressive young people can be significantly cut using a pioneering new mental health approach known as Multisystemic Therapy, a UK conference was told recently. Reporting on the initial findings of the first UK evaluation pilot, researchers found in families with multiple problems that the use of Multisystemic Therapy or MST reduced [...]

The Guardian ran the following article on July 9 a couple of days after the conference: ‘Complex Families: Multisystemic Solutions’. A scheme to keep challenging young people out of care or prison through intensive family support won the backing of government ministers yesterday who said it might offer a cost-effective way to deal with antisocial behaviour.