title: Mental health. Suitable cases for treatment?
abstract: Common misconceptions that people with severe personality disorders are 'undeserving and untreatable' often prevent them getting specialist treatment. A stay of at least six months in a specialist residential 'therapeutic community' can give significant improvements for 75 per cent of clients. Research has shown that treatment may pay for itself within two years and can result in a significant reduction in use of inpatient psychiatric beds.
authors.affiliation: Francis Dixon Lodge, Leicester, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Campling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health; D017046:Cost Savings; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000191:economics* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012112:Residential Facilities; D013222:State Medicine / Q000191:economics; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D006113:United Kingdom