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Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD)

A UK policy category (not a diagnostic term) for individuals assessed as presenting grave and immediate danger due to personality disorder. DSPD units operated at Broadmoor, Rampton, and Frankland from 2004 to 2011; a 2010 evaluation found no significant reconviction reduction.

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Community Treatment Order (CTO)Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)Mentally disordered offender (MDO)Moral reconation therapy (MRT)Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST)NIMHANSSchema-focused therapy (SFT)

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