BIGSPD Conference Virtual Special Issue

Virtual special issue on ‘personality disorder’ in support of BIGSPD Annual Conference 2026

The following recent content from Emerald Publishing journals on mental health and forensic psychology has been selected around the themes of the BIGSPD Annual Conference 2026.

Implementing a nationwide training initiative on borderline personality disorder for health practitioners

Rita Brown, Parvaneh Heidari, Michael Bhagwandas, Jillian H. Broadbear, Julie Middleton, Sathya Rao

Clinicians’ perceptions of a symptom driven assessment for women on the OPD pathway

Jason McBurnie, Iduna Shah-Beckley

Evaluating the impact of staff training on “personality disorder” on attitudes, knowledge and confidence over time
Hege Myklebust, Hannah Gaffney, Sarah Parkinson

When patients become the treatment: experiences of community-based treatment for complex trauma and personality disorders at Cassel Hospital

M. Ruttley, S. Hasan, W. Mahamed, C. Murphy, Q. Nosheen, N. Williams

Adapting complex emotional needs treatments for clients with co-occurring autism spectrum condition: two case studies of structured clinical management

Ethan Barr, Andrew White

Perceived changes in the self following an MBCT protocol: a qualitative study to inform further theory development

Philippine Chachignon, Emmanuelle Le Barbenchon, Carine Finiels, Marion Martinelli, Lionel Dany, Sylvia Martin

Ethnic variation in personality disorder: an evaluation of diagnostic rates of ethnic minority groups compared to the white British majority within Birmingham and Solihull

Jack Farr, Nikki Grewal

A systematic exploration of informal mechanisms of change on the Offender Personality Disorder Pathway across prisons and probation

Lucy Willmott, Jake Shaw

Also, browse some of our earlier (Pre‑2025) articles on this topic:

Concerns over the prescription of clozapine for people diagnosed with “borderline personality disorder” in private locked psychiatric units
Keir Harding, Dan Warrender, Hollie Berrigan

A qualitative study of the label of personality disorder from the perspectives of people with lived experience and occupational experience
Gary Lamph, Jake Dorothy, Tamar Jeynes, Alison Coak, Raeesa Jassat, Alison Elliott, Mick McKeown, Tim Thornton

Evaluating co-production in an interactive webinar series concerning borderline personality disorder: a discourse and content analysis
Ioanna Xenophontes, Neil Springham 

Comorbid autism spectrum disorder and borderline personality disorder: case conceptualization and treatment implications
Madeleine Allman, Sophie Kerr, Carmelo Ismael Roldan, Geri Maria Harris, Gerald E. Harris

An exploration of mock juror experience during the deliberations of a defendant diagnosed with a personality disorder
Sophie Wootton, Sophia Tkazky, Henriette Bergstrøm 

Dialectical behaviour therapy outcomes for adolescents with autism spectrum conditions compared to those without: findings from a seven-year service evaluation
Matthew David Phillips, Rhian Parham, Katrina Hunt, Jake Camp 

Exploring ethnicity and personality disorder in a UK context: a scoping review of the literature
Gary Lamph, Peggy Mulongo, Paul Boland, Tamar Jeynes, Colin King, Rachel-Rose Burrell, Catherine Harris, Sarah Shorrock

Impact on staff attitudes of brief personality disorder training for acute psychiatric wards
Claire McDonald, Fiona Seaman-Thornton, Che Ling Michelle Mok, Hanne Jakobsen, Simon Riches

For more information on these journals in Emerald’s Health and Social Care Collection please visit: Our subjects: Health & social care | Emerald Publishing (emeraldgrouppublishing.com)