... Kevin Healy kevinhealy@blueyonder.co.uk 30 03 2023 06 03 2025 23 06 2025 18 07 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Education Qualitative research Personality disorder TC practice Inpatient...

.... Ellie Louise Wildbore can be contacted at: elliewildborelxp@gmail.com 30 10 2024 28 03 2025 16 04 2025 © 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Qualitative research Therapeutic communities Personality disorder...

... within mental health nursing degrees. Originality/value This paper supports arguments in favour of adjusting nurse education to include greater emphasis on relational practice. Qualitative research Personality disorder Psychiatric patients Psychoanalytic techniques TC practice Residential...

... in treatment. Therapeutic communities Lived-experience Personality disorder Cassel Hospital Outreach in London is a two-year community-based treatment programme. Chiesa et al. (2009) describe Outreach patients as multi-symptomatic, including: suicidality, risk of harm...

... with a personality disorder make up a large percentage of residents based on a TC. As such, high non-completion rates and high re-conviction rates for non-completers suggest that there are individuals who likely have complex personality traits that remain high risk and untreated. Given that a link between “negative...

... by a member of staff in the trust with lived experience who during the project was promoted to Senior Lived Experience Practitioner (Band 7 in UK terminology). The role of peer member was designed to allow group members contact with someone who self-identified with a diagnosis of personality disorder, who had...

... Publishing Limited 2023 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Personality disorder Psychopathy Northfield Therapeutic community Planned environment therapy Group analysis This paper aims to tell something of the story of what David Wills called the “Hawkspur Experiment...

...Jack Christopher Blake; Celia Taylor Purpose The Millfields unit is one of three medium secure hospital services on the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) pathway, for the assessment and treatment of high-risk offenders who are likely to meet criteria for this diagnosis. This study has designed...

...Vafa Pirjamali; Daniela Ivanova; Andrew John Howe Purpose The intensive 18-month treatment in the personality disorder (PD) therapeutic community (TC) is felt to offer improvement in many aspects of patients’ lives. This study aims to understand if the use of acute services was also affected via...

...Merryn Jones; Andrew John Howe Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has affected psychotherapy practice. A common change is a move to online sessions over video calls. In their therapeutic community (TC) for those with personality disorders, the authors have used video calls but not all clients could...

... disorder Treatment Qualitative research Psychotherapy Support network Personality disorder (PD) is a distressing and prevalent diagnosis, which significantly impacts upon health-care resources. The British National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity found the prevalence of PDs to be 4.4% (Coid...

...Rachel Hopping; Daniela Ivanova; Andrew John Howe Purpose National guidelines in the UK for emotionally unstable personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder (PD) do not recommend treatment with medication, suggesting instead psychotherapy. There is little evidence that medication has...

... and trusting relationship between XBXs and other staff, and between XBXs and clients. The role of XBXs includes the TC principles of: Therapeutic communities Personality disorder Case study Lived experience Expert by experience Service user involvement flattened hierarchy – equality...

...@hmps.gsi.gov.uk Much of the literature about TCs has focussed on evidencing their effectiveness (Newton, 1998 ; Shine and Morris, 2000 ; Shuker and Newton, 2008). Several studies have indicated TCs are an effective intervention for people with a personality disorder. Davies and Campling (2003) found...

... narrative ethnography within two democratic TCs in the UK for clients with a diagnosis of personality disorder (PD) to explore the role of social interactions outside of structured therapy. The findings show that social dynamics could empower clients to recognise their personal agency, particularly when all...

... therapeutic community. The research provides empirical evidence for the quintessence principles in a novel TC setting and suggests recommendations for future research. Intellectual disability Therapeutic communities Personality disorder Forensic Learning disability Secure The diagnosis...

... successful in this avenue of change and he perhaps became overwhelmed by the psychic forces he was attempting to combat. There are many theories of the development of personality and personality disorder. Major viewpoints include the psychodynamic or intrapsychic, the interpersonal or inter...

... of the impact of staff working within TCs for people diagnosable with emotionally unstable personality disorders. Originality/value The research was carried out at one of the longest running TCs for people with emotional instability in the country. It offers a unique opportunity to garner the views of staff...

... Personality disorder Psychoanalytic techniques Residential Prisons Groups In a 1953 report, the World Health Organization had warned that “too many psychiatric institutions give the impression of being an uncomfortable compromise between a hospital and a prison” … and that “the role they ought...

...Olivia Sagan; Antigonos Sochos Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of a social art practice and group attachment in the life of a mental health service user with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder. Design/methodology/approach – Interpretative...