Personality disorder
This section contains information, guidance and key resources on personality disorder.
 | Title: Personality Disorder Capacity Plans Published: September 2006 Summary: Mental health commissioners and partners were asked to develop capacity plans for personality disorder services. This report summarises the plans and follow-up action required. |
 | Title: Personality Disorders Capabilities Framework Published: November 2003 Summary: This framework supplements ther NIMHE policy guidance on Personality Disorder. It sets out a broad framework of staff capabilities to support the development of new training programmes for staff in a wide range of specialist and non specialist agencies. |
 | Title: Guidance on Services for people with Personality Disorder Published: January 2003 Summary: Guidance on the identification, assessment and treatment of PD within general mental health and forensic services. Aims to ensure that people with PD, who experience significant distress or difficulty as a result of their disorder are seen as being part of the legitimate business of mental health services. |
 | Title: The Thoughts of Service Users Published: 2002 Summary: Document on the views of service users and their importance to the development of the strategy for services for people with PD. |
 | Title: Effective Management of Personality Disorder Summary: Document on the effective management and treatment of PD, Anthony Bateman and Peter Tyrer. |
 | Title: The Epidemiology of PD Summary: Definition of the term PD and summary of the research dealing with the prevalence and burden associated with PD's. The reearch evidence is based on ICD and DSM concepts of PD. |