@article{ref1,
title="An Evaluation of New Services for Personality-Disordered Offenders: Staff and Service User Perspectives",
journal="International journal of social psychiatry",
year="2010",
author="Fortune, Z. and Rose, D. and Crawford, M. and Slade, M. and Spence, R. and Mudd, D. and Barrett, B. and Coid, Jeremy W. and Tyrer, P. and Moran, P.",
volume="56",
number="2",
pages="186-195",
abstract="Background: Little is known about effective treatment for personality-disordered (PD) offenders. We aimed to obtain the perspective of service users and staff on: (a) the experience of receiving treatment; and (b) the experience of delivering treatment, within new forensic services for PD offenders. Material: Thematic analysis was applied to qualitative interviews with 30 service users and 22 staff. Discussion: Service users perceived that they were making positive changes in the areas of anger management, communication, self-harm, self-esteem and insight into their difficulties. Undertaking the clinical work was extremely stressful for staff. Conclusions: Forensic PD services may be having an important impact on the quality of service users’ lives. Whether treatment is successful in reducing long-term risk to others remains to be seen, and the cost-effectiveness of these services needs to be examined.<p />",
language="",
issn="0020-7640",
doi="10.1177/0020764009105281",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764009105281"
}