Structured clinical management (SCM) for personality disorder : an implementation guide / edited by Stuart Mitchell, Mark Sampson, Anthony Bateman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART 1: THEORY, RESEARCH, AND MODEL
1. Introduction and Rationale of Structured Clinical Management
2. Diagnosis, Formulation, and Assessment in SCM
3. The Clinical Stance and Individual SCM Sessions
4. Crisis Work and Safety Planning
5. Group SCM Sessions
PART 2: IMPLEMENTATION MODELS
6. Models of SCM Implementation—.United Kingdom
7. Models of SCM Implementation: Europe
8. Teamworking, System, and Service Interfaces in SCM
9. Prescribing in SCM: United Kingdom and Europe
10. SCM and In-.patient Care
PART 3: SPECIAL ADAPTATIONS
11. Managing Transitions and Endings
12. Working with Families and Carers
13. Adapting Structured Clinical Management for People with Intellectual Disabilities
14. Adaptations of SCM: A SCM Case Management Service and Personality Disorder Linkworker Role
15. Adapting SCM for Complex Trauma and Dissociation
PART 4: SYNTHESIS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
16. Service User Experiences of SCM
17. Practitioners’ Experiences of SCM
18. SCM Supervision in the United Kingdom
19. Reflections, Synthesis, and Future Directions
Index

Structured clinical management (SCM) is a unified approach to the treatment of people with personality disorder, which is within reach of general mental health professionals without extensive additional training. However, implementation can be fraught with difficulties, and clinical leads, managers, and practitioners can struggle to implement SCM across complex mental health systems.This book provides an easy to read, practical, and detailed guide on how mental health services can implement SCM in their current clinical pathways and how clinicians can transform their general techniques into a coherent interventional approach for people with personality disorder. Containing insights from clinical experts, researchers, service users, and practitioners of SCM from across the UK and Europe, each chapter outlines a core aspect of the SCM model and its delivery in clinicalservices. Detailed case studies demonstrate real-world applications of the SCM model, and details are provided about the involvement of carers and families, along with tips on enhancing clinical outcomes and increasing service user engagement.This book will be a valuable resource for qualified and in-training mental health professionals, including psychologists, nurses, occupational therapists, social workers, and psychiatrists. It is particularly relevant to those involved in delivering first-line treatments to people diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder and other personality difficulties.