Detention of people with severe personality disorders Assess danger, not diagnosis
Home secretary Jack Straw has angered civil liberty campaigners with his insistence on preventive detention for people with a severe anti- social personality disorder, while leaving those involved in delivering mental health services bemused by his lack of detail (news focus, 25 February).
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