Borderline Personality Disorder: The NICE Guideline on Treatment and Management: The NICE Guideline on Clinical Management and Service Guidance (NICE Guidelines) - Softcover

National Collaborating Centre For Mental

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854334778 ISBN 13: 9781854334770

Publisher: British Psychological Society & RCPsych Publications, 2009

Synopsis

Personality disorder now accounts for a substantial portion of the workload of most community mental health teams in the UK and borderline personality disorder is associated with significant functional impairments for the individual. The NICE guideline takes the first comprehensive view of the disorder and is an important resource for healthcare professionals to improve people's long-term outcomes. Recent years have seen an exponential rise in available treatments for personality disorder and the guideline on borderline personality disorder covers the available evidence on all of those interventions. It also includes management of crises, configuration and organisation of services and experience of care. The primary focus is on adults, but the guideline looks at emerging characteristics of borderline personality disorder in younger people. The guideline also considers the needs of those with learning disabilities and contains a useful overview of borderline personality disorder.

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The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) wasestablished in 2001 by the UK-based National Institute for Health and ClinicalExcellence (NICE) to develop guidance on the appropriate treatment and care ofpeople with mental health problems and then write the clinical guidelines. TheNCCMH is a partnership between the Royal College of Psychiatrists and theBritish Psychological Society.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Psychological Society & RCPsych Publications
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1854334778
• ISBN 13: 9781854334770
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 430