Personality Disorder and Serious Offending

Hospital treatment models
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-340-76385-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 398 Seiten, Format (B × H): 189 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 1064 g

People with personality disorder who offend tend to be neglected by health services in most countries. In the UK, there has been renewed interest in the field since government initiatives in the end of the 1990s. Government proposals themselves are controversial, but there is growing recognition that it is unsafe, both for the general public and for the primary sufferer alike, if the neglect continues.

Years of experience have combined to provide a highly practical reference work covering:

·Models of understanding of personality development and disorder

·Methods of assessment and treatment and how they can be applied and modified

·Special issues - drug misuse, long-stay induced secondary disorders, issues pertinent to women only, 'intractable' patients

·A path for care - from initial assessment to the logistics of discharge

·Management issues - choosing staff, supervision and support of staff

Evidence-based and entirely comprehensive in its approach, practitioners will find Personality Disorder and Serious Offending both a practical and insightful adjunct that will assist them in their work.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Newrith, Christopher

Meux, Clive

Taylor, Pamela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Theoretical Framework Describing personality and its abnormal deviations Presenting characteristics of PD Assessment of individuals with PD Diagnostic arguments

Cost to society of untreated disorder (including cost to patient)

Part 2 Origins and Grounds for Intervention and Prevention

Early intervention and prevention and the extent of failure in this group

Attachment theory

Providing stability and continuity

Chemically mediated impulsivity (including serotonin agonists)

Other organic contributions and drug support

Attention deficit disorders and stimulants

Maladaptive learning and cognitive behavioural work

Psychosis and personality disorder

Chronic post traumatic stress disorder

Dynamic approaches including the narcissism debate

Theory of mind

Authority and peer group

The therapeutic community

The advantages of an eclectic and often multimodal approach.

Part 3 The clinical setting

The advantages and disadvantages of a secure hospital setting and/or compulsory detention

Woodstock Ward: The model for one defined patient group

A service for women

A service for patients with co-morbidity for alcohol

illegal drug addictions

A service for sex offenders

Learning disability

Translation of described models to other level of security

Part 4 Separation and Facilitating Departure

Consultation, liaison and transfer to other services

Separation from the treatment centre

Liaison and planning matters

The law and individual rights

Confidentiality

Research tools

Research, including long term follow-up and early clinical indicators

Audit

Developing for the future.

Über Autor(innen)

Chris Newrith MB ChB, MSc, MRCPsych, Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy, Birmingham Personality Disorder Service, Birmingham, UK

Clive Meux MB BS, MRCPsych, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, Oxford Clinic Medium Secure Unit, Littlemore, UK

Pamela J Taylor MB BS, MRCP, FRCPsych, FMedSci, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK