People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation?

Citation

Connell C, McKay EA, Furtado V & Singh SP (2019) People with severe problematic personality traits and offending histories: What influences occupational participation?. European Psychiatry, 60, pp. 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2019.05.002

Abstract
Occupational participation is important for personality disordered offenders (PDOs) because it is integral to health and desistance from offending. What influences occupational participation is unknown for PDOs in the community, limiting effective intervention to affect change. In England and Wales, the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway aims to improve outcomes for people considered highly likely to have a severe personality disorder and who present a high risk of reoffending, who are determined to be PDOs on the basis of a structured assessment. This study identified the influencers of occupational participation for the population who receive this service.

Keywords
personality disorders; forensic psychiatry; quality of life

Journal
European Psychiatry: Volume 60

People

Dr Catriona Connell

Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences