Meeting the challenge, making a difference: Working effectively to support people with personality disorder in the community

The purpose of this guide is: To know more and to understand more about personality disorder, and how this impacts on individuals who may attract this diagnosis, and the staff, teams and organisations which may work with them. To invite people to think about their own attitudes to working with people with personality disorder. To provide some information about services that might be available, how to access help for people with personality disorders, and what can be expected from services. To offer guidance on helpful and unhelpful ways of responding to people with personality disorders.