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Lessons from an Australian community dialectical behaviour therapy programme for borderline personality disorder

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Catherine Thompson
Catherine Thompson*
Affiliation:
Adult Psychiatry, North West Shropshire Community Mental Health Trust, email cathmjthompson@hotmail.com
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Abstract

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In 2003, the National Institute for Mental Health in England (NIMHE) published guidelines for the development of services for people with personality disorders (NIMHE, 2003), prompting community mental health teams (CMHTs) to reassess their service provision for this patient group. The guidelines did not recommend any particular treatment approach, but CMHTs were encouraged to develop specialist programmes. For many CMHTs the focus has been on borderline personality disorder, as it is one of the most prevalent personality disorders seen in adult mental health services and has high costs for both the patient and the service (Moran, 2002). The evidence base for which treatment may be most effective within the community remains small, however, and this has left many CMHTs unclear regarding a suitable programme. Here I will outline a CMHT-based dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) programme operating in Western Australia and reflect on why I feel it is an option that CMHTs in the UK looking to develop their service should consider.

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International Psychiatry , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 15 - 16
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