A treatment guideline for people with antisocial personality disorder: Overcoming attitudinal barriers and evidential limitations
Duggan, Conor
Duggan, Conor
Abstract
Mental health professionals have always been ambivalent in their response to treating and managing those with personality disorder, and this especially applies to those with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD). The decision by the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health to develop a guideline to cover the prevention, treatment and management of the disorder is a courageous step. The guideline provides a positive and optimistic approach, as this is not only becoming increasingly prevalent in the offending literature, but would also act as an antidote to much of the negativity that many with ASPD have habitually experienced. When this guideline comes to be revised in the future, professional attitudes towards those with ASPD will not only have altered, but this will be accompanied by a more engaged response from those who suffer from the condition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
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2009
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Duggan, C. (2009). A treatment guideline for people with antisocial personality disorder: Overcoming attitudinal barriers and evidential limitations. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 19 (4), pp.219-223.