Working Positively with Personality Disorder in Secure Settings: A Practitioner's Perspective

ISBN 10 : 0470683791 ISBN 13 : 9780470683798

Editeur : Wiley, 2010

A propos du livre

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Personality disorder is primarily manifested in interpersonalrelationships; therefore, to effectively treat people withpersonality disorders, it is essential to consider theorganisational dynamics and personalities of therapists and otherstaff. Working Positively with Personality Disorder inSecure Settings presents a practical guide for experiencedpractitioners and students working with personality disorder incriminal justice and mental health settings. It contains chapterswritten by forensic and clinical psychologists, nurses, therapistsand patients based at one of the longest established specialistforensic personality disorder units in the UK, Rampton Hospital.

As well as dealing with therapy and therapeutic relationships,the book offers a whole service approach, addressing issues such assupervision, workforce development, treatment evaluation, teamdynamics and managing boundaries. It also includes a powerful andperceptive account by a former patient who describes his seven–yearjourney through the service; this account provides importantinsights into what it is like to be on the receiving end oftreatment, and also illustrates many of the key principlesdescribed in the book.

Working Positively with Personality Disorder in SecureSettings provides a positive, compassionate and evidence–basedguide to working with this challenging and marginalised group.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Phil Willmot is a Consultant Forensic and ClinicalPsychologist with the Personality Disorder Directorate at RamptonHospital, Nottinghamshire, and a Senior Fellow of the Institute ofMental Health. He has over 20 years experience of workingwith personality disorder in forensic settings in prison andhealthcare environments. He specialises in the assessment and thetreatment of offenders with a diagnosis of personality disorder.

Dr Neil Gordon is a Psychotherapist who works as a seniorclinician and supervisor in a high secure forensic setting. He is aFellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a visiting SeniorLecturer at Sheffield Hallam University. He is currently secondedas a Senior Fellow to the Institute of Mental Health, NottinghamUniversity, where he is the Head of Doctoral Programmes and MastersProgramme Lead for the National Personality Disorder Knowledge andUnderstanding Framework (KUF) recently commissioned by theDepartment of Health and the Ministry of Justice.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wiley
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470683791
• ISBN 13: 9780470683798
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 288