Editorial: Whither research on ‘high‐harm’ offenders with personality disorders?

Howard, Rick; McMurran, Mary

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“…It is a government initiative to improve the provision of treatment and other psychologically informed interventions to male and female offenders who present in a way that is consistent with a personality disorder (PD) diagnosis and for whom there is a belief that this presentation is directly linked to their risk of harm and recidivism (e.g. Howard and McMurran, 2012). Efforts have been made to address the needs of this group previously (e.g.…”

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Working in partnership: making it happen for high risk personality disordered offenders

Logan

Ramsden

2015

Journal of Forensic Practice

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Purpose – The implementation of the Offender Personality Disorder (OPD) strategy requires partnership between NHS providers and custodial and community-based practitioners in the National Offender Management Service (NOMS). What this partnership looks like is dependent on the nature and resources of involved services. However, what it is meant to achieve – reduced reoffending, a more knowledgeable workforce, and a more engaged client group – is clearer. It is fundamental to the OPD strategy that these outcomes are delivered through partnership so as to minimise harmful transitions between services, and to effectively share the expertise required for the holistic case management of personality disordered (PD) offenders. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The implementation of the OPD strategy is ongoing, and data will be forthcoming in due course that will allow for the empirical test of the hypothesis that working together is better than working separately. However, with the emphasis on public protection and workforce development, some of the crucial partnership issues may remain less well understood or explored. This paper overviews the services in which the authors are involved, describing their initiation and operation. Findings – The paper articulates how NHS/NOMS partnerships have been developed and experienced. Practical implications – The paper concludes with a discussion of a number of principles for partnership work in relation to the OPD strategy. Originality/value – This paper is intended to assist developing services to make the most of collaborative working across the PD pathway in England and Wales.

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Working in partnership: making it happen for high risk personality disordered offenders

Logan

Ramsden

2015

Journal of Forensic Practice

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“…Various labels are used in the psychological literature to describe abnormal personality. These include pathological (e.g., Wright et al, ), abnormal (e.g., Tromp & Koot, ), deviant (e.g., Howard & McMurran, ), and aberrant (e.g., Edmundson, Lynam, Miller, Gore, & Widiger ). However, rather than assessing personality disorder, we are interested in studying traits that predispose individuals to personality disorder among normal working populations.…”

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Maladaptive Personality at Work: Exploring the Darkness

Guenole

2014

Ind. organ. psychol.

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Important changes in how personality is conceptualized and measured are occurring in clinical psychology. We focus on 1 aspect of this work that industrial psychologists have been slow to embrace, namely, a new trait model that can be viewed as a maladaptive counterpart to the Big 5. There is a conspicuous absence of work psychology research emerging on this trait model despite important implications for how we understand personality at work. We discuss objections to the trait model in a work context and offer rejoinders that might make researchers and practitioners consider applying this model in their work. We hope to stimulate discussion of this topic to avoid an unnecessary bifurcation in the conceptualization of maladaptive personality between industrial and clinical settings.

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“…It is suggested in the new guidance that the shift from a ‘functional link’ to a ‘clinically justifiable link’ will improve the process. Indeed it could, but only if there is a clinically meaningful analysis of the link as an integral part of the formulation (Howard & McMurran, ). Duggan and Howard () discuss the ‘functional link’ in more detail elsewhere.…”

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The lessons and legacy of the programme for dangerous and severe personality disorders

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Duggan

Cooper

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Personality & Mental Health

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Editorial: Whither research on ‘high‐harm’ offenders with personality disorders?

Cited by 6 publications

References 29 publications

Working in partnership: making it happen for high risk personality disordered offenders

Working in partnership: making it happen for high risk personality disordered offenders

Maladaptive Personality at Work: Exploring the Darkness

The lessons and legacy of the programme for dangerous and severe personality disorders

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