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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Introduction--2. The difficulties that staff experience in treating individuals with personality disorder --3. Assessing personality disorder within a formulation framework -- 4. Delivering integrated treatment to people with personality disorder -- 5. Fundamental treatment strategies for optimising interventions with people with personality disorder -- 6. Organisational challenges to providing services for personality disordered people -- 7. Effective transdisciplinary teamworking -- 8. The role of the nurse in treating people with personality disorder -- 9. The role of the occupational therapist in treating people with personality disorder -- 10. The role of the prison officer : (dangerous and severe personality disorder in the prison system) -- 11. The role of the psychiatrist in treating personality disorder -- 12. Beyond therapy : the wider role of the psychologist in treating personality disorder -- 13. Issues and challenges for the clinical professional.

This text 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.