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Severe personality disorder — whose responsibility?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Richard Cawthra  and
Robert Gibb
Richard Cawthra*
Affiliation:
Special Care and Rehabilitation Services, St Nicholas Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne
Robert Gibb
Affiliation:
Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
*
Dr Richard Cawthra, Consultant Psychiatrist, Special Care and Rehabilitation Services, St Nicholas Hospital, Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 3XT
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Should personality disordered individuals receive treatment within today's mental health services? The debate often follows episodes of aggression towards staff or patients by personality disordered individuals receiving treatment in hospital, and more recently where the general public have been affected. The subjects of personality disorder and psychopathy in particular have long evoked strong emotions which make clarity of thought difficult and psychiatry unclear of its position.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue 1 , July 1998 , pp. 8 - 10
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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