Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD)

Related terms

Community Treatment Order (CTO)

A legal order under the Mental Health Act 1983 (England and Wales) requiring a patient discharged from hospital to adhere to specified...

Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)

Marsha Linehan's structured treatment for borderline personality disorder, combining acceptance and change strategies across four skill modules (mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation,...

Mentally Disordered Offender (MDO)

An individual who has committed an offence and who has a diagnosable mental disorder that is aetiologically or functionally linked to that...

Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)

Greg Little and Kenneth Robinson's manualized group programme targeting moral reasoning development through structured workbook exercises. Widely used in US corrections; evidence...

Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST)

Scott Henggeler's community-based intensive family therapy for serious juvenile offenders, targeting all ecological levels (family, peers, school, neighbourhood) simultaneously. Has strong RCT...

NIMHANS

National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore; India's principal academic forensic mental health centre, providing court-ordered assessments and limited forensic treatment...

Schema-Focused Therapy (SFT)

Jeffrey Young's CBT extension for personality disorder, addressing early maladaptive schemas through a combination of cognitive restructuring, experiential techniques, and the therapeutic...

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• Forensic Therapy: CBT, DBT and Mentally Disordered OffendersA UK policy category (not a diagnostic term) for individuals assessed as presenting grave and immediate danger due to personality disorder. DSPD units operated...