TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - An Evaluation of New Services for Personality-Disordered Offenders: Staff and Service User Perspectives
JO  - International journal of social psychiatry
A1  - Fortune, Z.
A1  - Rose, D.
A1  - Crawford, M.
A1  - Slade, M.
A1  - Spence, R.
A1  - Mudd, D.
A1  - Barrett, B.
A1  - Coid, Jeremy W.
A1  - Tyrer, P.
A1  - Moran, P.
SP  - 186
EP  - 195
VL  - 56
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 0020-7640
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764009105281
ID  - ref1
ER  -