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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 offending. MDOs may be diverted from prison to hospital at various points in the criminal justice process.

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Community Treatment Order (CTO)Dangerous Severe Personality Disorder (DSPD)Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)Moral reconation therapy (MRT)Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST)NIMHANSSchema-focused therapy (SFT)

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