We’re doing some training this week for a trust that wants to reduce the amount of Out of Area Placements they use for people with a diagnosis of personality disorder. As part of the training we want to put together a reading list of papers and reports that talk about the concerns people have about this model of care. Just for clarity, while an out of area placement can mean a night in a local trust, we are interested in the planned treatment of people outside of their geographical area which claim to be specialist.
A report from the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder - Out of Area Placements
A BBC File on Four documentary including examples of poor care and staff at a specialist unit saying they had no specialist training The Forgotten Patients
This is a recent piece by Keir in the Lancet Psychiatry: The outsourcing of risk: out-of-area placements for individuals diagnosed with personality disorder in the UK
A story that might effect you is this written by Hollie and Keir. Product Placement
A report by Rethink and the RCPsych – In Sight In Mind
A report by the National Development Team for Inclusion Close To Home
Concerns about rehab placements - Out of Sight, Out of Mind
An examination of the reality of Locked Rehab Locked rehabilitation’: a need for clarification
This piece on what happens out of area was a huge influence on me – The Virtual Asylum
As was this piece on over provision for one area An assessment of need for mental health rehabilitation amongst in-patients in a Welsh region
This is a bit more “personality disorder specific - Psychodynamic programmes for personality disorders: residential versus community treatment
I’m sure there’s other important papers I’ve missed so do let me know.