Aylesbury isn’t known for much, but had a few minutes of fame in April 1964 when the great train robbers were tried at Aylesbury Crown Court. It was the largest value robbery ever in the UK, and was so because it was just after a bank holiday weekend in Scotland – meaning the second carriage [...]
Every year for the last 11, a few dozen researchers, clinicians and various others have gathered for two or three days of serious talking (and some less serious talking too, as well as the other things people do at academic conferences). It was first held as a one day event, a brainchild of the most [...]
The Government’s National Personality Disorder Programme – past, present and future – is the subject of a plenary session at this year’s BIGSPD (British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder) on Friday March 25 at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Speaking are Nick Benefield, Rex Haigh, Nick Joseph, Kath Lovell and Lisa Wilson. [...]
Are you keeping up to date with the Clinical Review of the 11 PD Innovative Centres being undertaken by consultant psychiatrist Rex Haigh, and a number of colleagues? This week he was in Leeds and Nottingham. Follow the activity in March so far. Nottingham station always struck me as quite a gracious architectural statement of [...]
Consultant psychiatrist Rex Haigh, with a number of colleagues, has this week begun a clinical review of the 11 PD Innovative Centres (used to be called Pilots). Throughout his blog, for the next few weeks, he will be sharing his findings. The link to his blog has been posted on www.personalitydisorder.org.uk/blog He can also be [...]
The new community personality disorder project in Slough has no room at the Inn. Wexham Park Hospital is now so crowded, no new space can be found for the psychotherapy group in the new intensive treatment programme. But undeterred, the group has bought the largest Yurt on the market, which arrived from Granada, Spain in [...]
This Personality Disorder pathways “tube map” by Rex Haigh is designed to help you understand the different tiers of mental health services and the pathways through care for people with personality disorder.