Working Effectively with 'Personality Disorder' by Jo Ramsden

Working Effectively with 'Personality Disorder' by Jo Ramsden

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Presents a compelling case for re-thinking clinical services in more positive and holistic ways for people diagnosed with 'personality disorders' - individuals whose high levels of emotional distress can cause them to display behaviours that may be perceived as complex, challenging and detrimental to the therapeutic relationship.

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Working Effectively with 'Personality Disorder' by Jo Ramsden

The history of 'personality disorder' services is problematic to say the least. The very concept of 'personality disorder' is under heavy fire, services are often expensive and ineffective, and many service users report feeling that they have been lied to, stigmatised and excluded. Yet while there are inevitably challenges involved in working with a population that can be complex, demanding and destructive, creative networks of learning do exist - people who are striving to provide progressive, compassionate services for and with this client group. Working Effectively with 'Personality Disorder' shares this knowledge, articulating an alternative way of working that acknowledges the contemporary debate around diagnosis, reveals flawed assumptions underlying current approaches, and argues for services that work more positively, more holistically and with a wider, more socially focused agenda.
JO RAMSDEN is Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead for Yorkshire Humberside Personality Disorder Partnership. Jo was a contributor to the Power Threat Meaning Framework, a resource published in 2018 that drew on psychological, biological and sociological knowledge to outline a conceptual alternative to traditional diagnosis-based models of mental health and distress. SHARON PRINCE is Head of Psychology and Psychological Therapies for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and Clinical Lead for Leeds Personality Disorder Services. JULIA BLAZDELL is Service User Consultant at West London Mental Health Trust Managed Clinical Network, and Education and Training Consultant at the Institute of Mental Health.
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ISBN 13 9781912755974
ISBN 10 1912755971
Title Working Effectively with 'Personality Disorder'
Author Jo Ramsden
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd
Year published 2020-05-29
Number of pages 320
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