Table 1.

Summary of service characteristics

Dedicated personality disorder services	Generic services
Personality disorder inclusion	No diagnostic inclusion/exclusion criteria
Variable service availability	Ubiquitous
Personality disorder-specific interventions	Offer range of biopsychosocial interventions
Specialist team	Mainstream multidisciplinary team
Local, regional and national catchment	Local catchment
Variable tiers (T1 to T6)	Locally focused tiers (T2 to T3)
Target complexity	Range of complexity
Treatment, consultation and training	Treatment orientation
Variable framework (includes CPA)	Operate under CPA framework

CPA, care programme approach.