Treating personality disorder : creating robust services for people with complex mental health needs / / edited by Naomi Murphy & Des McVey

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910458169803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Hove, East Sussex ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• ISBN: 1-136-89674-0; 1-282-62899-2; 9786612628993; 0-203-84115-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): McVeyDes <1962->; MurphyNaomi <1970->
• Disciplina: 362.196/8581
• Soggetti: Personality disorders - Treatment; Community mental health services; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The difficulties that staff experience in treating individuals with personality disorder; Chapter 3: Assessing personality disorder within a formulation framework; Chapter 4: Delivering integrated treatment to people with personality disorder; Chapter 5: Fundamental treatment strategies for optimising interventions with people with personality disorder; Chapter 6: Organisational challenges to providing services for personality disordered people; Chapter 7: Effective transdisciplinary teamworking; Chapter 8: The role of the nurse in treating people with personality disorderChapter 9: The role of the occupational therapist in treating people with personality disorder; Chapter 10: The role of the prison officer (dangerous and severe personality disorder in the prison system); Chapter 11: The role of the psychiatrist in treating personality disorder; Chapter 12: Beyond therapy - the wider role of the psychologist in treating personality disorder; Chapter 13: Issues and challenges for the clinical professional; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This book considers personality disorders and how they are treated within the institutional context of prisons and hospitals and offers practical guidance on assessment, formulation and integrated treatment planning. Treating Personality Disorder offers contributions from professionals in psychiatry, nursing and psychology as well as prison officers and service managers and areas of discussion include:delivering integrated treatment to people with personality disordersissues and challenges for the clinical professional the role of the psychiatri