Video: Stepped Care in Personality Disorder Treatment – Study Findings

Brin Grenyer, MSc, PhD, MAPS, MAICD, Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders – Visiting Scholar Series

People with personality disorders are prevalent in emergency and inpatient mental health services. Grenyer reviews a recent cluster randomized controlled trial that examined whether implementing a stepped care model of psychological therapy reduces demand on hospital units by people with personality disorder.

Presentation highlights include:

• Review of how stepped care models fit within a whole of service approach
• Description of how a brief intervention can play a role between acute and long term therapy
• Discussion of cost benefits of a whole of service approach