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Personality disorder: no longer a diagnosis of exclusion - policy implementation guidance for the development of services for people with personality disorder

This document provides information for Trusts about the Government's intentions for the delivery of personality disorder services within general mental health and forensic settings. All Trusts delivering mental health services need to consider how to meet the needs of patients with a personality disorder who experience significant distress or difficulty as a result of their disorder. Funding will be available to enable Trusts to develop personality disorder services over the next three- year period from 2003- 2006.

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