An inclusive approach to personality disorders

Lamph G, Hickey E (2012) An inclusive approach to personality disorders. Nursing Times; 108: 39, 18-20. Personality disorder is one of the most misunderstood of mental health disorders. Historically, people with this diagnosis have experienced exclusion and rejection from mainstream mental health services and wider multi-agency services. This article describes the development of a new strategy to build strong, seamless links across multi-agency services with the aim of providing timely interventions, improving patient experience and reducing the likelihood of transitions to more costly services.

Awareness of personality disorder is limited in both mental health and multi-agency services. A strategy was developed to improve care for people with this condition

In this article…

>Understanding personality disorder

>Developing a multi-agency strategy for a specific client group

>The role of the lead nurse in implementing the strategy