Personality Disorder Service Chadwick Lodge, Hope House PROVIDING QUALITY INSPIRING INNOVATION DELIVERING VALUE
Personality Disorder Service, Hope House Set within access to a thriving community, Chadwick Lodge offers a comprehensive specialist personality disorder service supporting women to complete a personalised treatment programme and health plan. The goal is to progress the person back to a life outside the hospital environment or to other care environments as part of the care pathway. At the right time, access to the local community is a vital step for promoting service users long term independence. With access to various activities, shops and community colleges we can ensure that external activities on the programme can be fully tailored to the person s interests. The new locked Personality Disorder Service at Hope House within Chadwick Lodge, provides a three stage, 12 month recovery-focused programme with Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) at its therapeutic centre. The skills taught within the DBT programme promote greater self awareness, and will also teach the individual to build resilience while managing overwhelming situations more effectively. I am confident that I will never be in hospital again and I can live a normal life 1 1 All service user quotes are their own
The dialectical behaviour therapy programme Through the DBT programme, the multidisciplinary team will support service users to: manage life outside of hospital safely engage in voluntary or paid work enjoy healthy relationships explore their own interests move forward to a future they have planned and worked hard for The programme provides the service user with the opportunity to learn and practice key skills in stage one, and through stages two and three, use these to take positive risks for their future: we believe that exposing individuals to new situations during these last few months is imperative to ensuring a successful discharge. Every service user has a minimum of three service user led Care Programme Approach (CPA) meetings during their treatment programme, at three months, nine months and pre discharge. Milestones will be set at the initial CPA to monitor the service user s progress over the 12 months. The final stage of the DBT programme will focus on relapse prevention and the building of life skills in preparation for the community. It is envisaged that during the final stage of the programme, the service user will be considering registering at college and/or looking for voluntary work, based on work completed in the treatment programme and health plans and interests developed during their time on the unit. I have now gone almost six months without any form of self-harm, I feel much more positive about my life
Service user profile Service users may have a history of one or more of the following: primary diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or emotionally unstable personality disorder presenting symptoms that match the criteria for BPD but without a formal diagnosis numerous contacts or admissions with mental health services co-morbidity with other disorders, such as eating disorders, mood disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder and/or substance misuse a history of trauma and/or abuse a high incidence of risk to self, such as self-harm and/or suicide intent step-down from a low secure BPD treatment programme step-up from an acute service or transition from an adolescent unit Outcomes: our service users success We regularly monitor our service users physical and mental healthcare needs to ensure that they receive the very best, nationally-recognised treatment throughout every stage of their care. The graph below evidences a reduction in the total of deliberate self-harm (DSH) episodes for five service users over a period of ten months from admission at one of the Priory Group s hospitals in Roehampton where the same therapeutic treatment model is employed. 2 Number of episodes of self-harm 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 DSH Episodes Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 Month 6 Month 7 Month 8 Month 9 Month 10 2 Outcomes are based on a study at one of the Priory Group s hospitals at Roehampton 2012/13 following the same 12-month recovery-focused programme with Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) at its therapeutic centre.
Rachel s story Rachel* is approaching the end of a year in the DBT programme and is preparing to discharge after more than a decade in hospital. Rachel is a 27 year old female with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD), eating disorder and complex post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She has no known family history of mental health problems but a breakdown in family relationships from a young age meant she endured emotional, sexual and physical abuse. She has never been employed and been in hospital on a Section 3 since December 2001 when she was 15. She was referred to social services in 1996 for difficulties in school and was detained under the Mental Health Act at the age of 15. She regularly self-harmed and took multiple overdoses in summer 2001 and was subsequently admitted to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and then at 18 transferred to in-patient adult services. At the age of 24 her behaviour escalated, becoming disturbed and high risk which led to two transfers to manage her risk. She was admitted to one of the Priory Group s hospitals at Roehampton, in July 2012 aged 26. Rachel had refused therapy throughout her 12 years in hospital but accepted therapy within the Priory. She feared rejection and believed she didn t deserve to get better. However she attended all sessions and completed individual DBT therapy, a DBT skills group, DBT skill coaching group and psychoeducation groups. She engaged in mindfulness therapy every day and extended mindfulness once a week. The therapeutic work aimed to create a life worth living for Rachel by managing her symptoms, building structure, developing skills and to respond to situations through choice. As she prepares for discharge, Rachel is beginning to make links with the community and has established goals for her reintegration. She has developed emotion regulation skills and increased her awareness of unique warning signs. Supportive housing has also been arranged for her. I have found the skills that I have learnt within the programme very helpful and think they will help me to have a much happier life outside of hospital. I am very grateful for these skills. Rachel *Name has been changed to protect identity
About our Group Chadwick Lodge is part of the Priory Group of Companies. From specialist education, to mental healthcare hospitals, care homes and secure services, the Group offers tailored and multidisciplinary programmes of care for individuals. The integrated strength of each service provides a seamless transition for the individual as they progress between higher and lower dependency care and across services. This unique approach ensures that every individual has the opportunity to achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life with the Priory Group. As 85% of our services are publicly funded and delivered in partnership with commissioners, our teams work with commissioning bodies across the country to provide transparent pricing models and evidence-based care programmes. For more information on our services or to discuss placement options contact our Business Development Manager on 07885 880 122 To make a referral or to organise a free assessment call 01908 593 009 send an email to chadwicklodge@priorygroup.com or visit our website at www.priorygroup.com/chadwicklodge Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter Chadwick Lodge, Chadwick Drive, Off Saxon Street, Eaglestone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LS PG04441/Sep13