Curriculum Vitae – Rex Haigh

DOB 28.02.1957

1 St Marys Road, Mortimer, Berkshire RG7 3UE  UK

+44 7768 546963  rexhaigh@nhs.net

Current Positions

Consultant Psychiatrist in Personality Disorder, Berkshire Healthcare FT:

whole time since 1.11.1994 – 31.3.2014;

0.6wte from 1.5.2014

Honorary Professor of Therapeutic Environments and Relational Health, Nottingham University of Sociology and Social Policy

Chair, Growing Better Lives CIC

Chair, Community Housing and Therapy Ltd

Medical Director, Khiron House

Enabling Environments Lead, Royal College of Psychiatrists

Relevant Recent Posts

Consultant post in NHS has been continuous since 1994.

Other appointments of specific relevance:

2002-2011      Clinical Advisor, National PD Programme (England)

2004-2009      Programme Director, Thames Valley Initiative (Tier 3 PD community pilot)

1994-2002      Whole time clinical work in Reading, developing PD service, training junior doctors etc.

1995-2001      Co-founder & Programme Leader for MSc course in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in Health Service Settings ("Southern Counties Psychotherapy")

1997-2002      Programme director, Oxford Deanery Higher Specialist Training in Psychotherapy

Thence relevant PD-related secondments as follows:

2002-2004      Health Foundation ‘Mid Career Award’ developing day care services research strategy for                         personality disorder services

2003-2004      Care Services Improvement Partnership, National Institute for Mental Health in England,    Southeast Development Centre: PD Development Consultant

2004-2009      Led successful bid and service developments for Thames Valley Initiative PD Pilot

2004-2011      Clinical Advisor to National Personality Disorder Development Programme,

Department of Health

2005-2008      Clinical Lead Nottingham PD Development Network

Relevant Qualifications

Medical Sciences Tripos, Cambridge University                        1976-79          MA (Cantab)

Oxford University Medical School                                              1979-82         BM, BCh (Oxon)

Cornwall VTS in General Practice                                               1984-87         DRCOG, MRCGP

Oxford Rotational Training Scheme in Psychiatry                      1987-90         MRCPsych

West Midlands Regional Higher Training in Psychotherapy      1990-95        CCST (Psychotherapy)

Institute of Group Analysis (London)                                           1991-5         Memb Inst GA and

                    UKCP registration

Selected Publications, Research and Conference Presentations

PAPERS

No Longer a Diagnosis of Exclusion?

Oliver Dale, Rex Haigh, Steve Pearce. Journal of Personality and Mental Health (2017) [submitted]

Milieu approaches then and now.

Steve Pearce and Rex Haigh. Therapeutic Communities (2017) [submitted]

A New Biopsychosocial Programme for Emotional Instability: the Slough Model

Rex Haigh. The Psychotherapist  (2017)  [submitted]

Therapeutic Communities and Group Analysis.

Lees J, Haigh R, Tucker S. Therapeutic Communities (2017) [submitted]

Training for Enabling Environments

Lombardo A, Haigh R. Therapeutic Communities (2017) [in press]

Therapeutic communities and planned environments for personality disordered and drug addicted offenders: current practice and recent advances in English prisons.

Rawlings B, Haigh R.  Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2017) [in press]

Therapeutic communities enter the world of evidence-based practice.

Haigh R.  British Journal of Psychiatry (2017)  [in press]

Personality Disorder Service Provision: A Review of the Recent Literature.

Sacha Evans, Clive Stanton, Faisil Sethi, Oliver Dale, Rosemary Sedgwick, Monica Doran, Lucinda Shoolbred, Steve Goldsack and Rex Haigh. 2017. Mental Health Review Journal [in press]

The 2015 National Personality Disorder Service Survey.

Oliver Dale, Clive Stanton, Sacha Evans, Rosemary Sedgwick, Steve Goldsack, Monica Doran, Lucinda Shoolbred, Chiara Samele, Norman Urquia, Rex Haigh, Faisil Sethi. Psychiatric Bulletin (2017) [details]

Transient therapeutic communities: the Living-Learning Experience trainings

Lees J, Haigh R, Lombardo A, Rawlings B. Therapeutic Communities (2016) 37, 2, 57-68

Industrialisation of therapy and the threat to our ethical integrity

Rex Haigh. Personality and Mental Health (2014) 8, 1, 251-253

What is happening in the world of therapeutic communities?

Rex Haigh. European Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy (2014) 16, 1, 74-76

The quintessence of a therapeutic environment

Rex Haigh. Therapeutic Communities (2013) 34, 1 , 6-16

[winner of Emerald Publishing ‘paper of the year’ award for that journal]

Psychologically informed environments and the Enabling Environments initiative

Rex Haigh, Tom Harrison, Robin Johnson, Sarah Paget, Susan Williams

Housing, Care and Support (2012) 15, 1, 34 - 42

Social psychiatry and social policy for the 21^st century: new concepts for new needs: relational health.

Rex Haigh and Robin Johnson.

Mental Health and Social Inclusion (2011) 15, 2, 57-65

Social psychiatry and social policy for the 21^st century: enabling environments.

Rex Haigh and Robin Johnson.

Mental Health and Social Inclusion (2011) 15, 1, 17-23

Social psychiatry and social policy for the 21^st century: psychologically informed environments.

Rex Haigh and Robin Johnson.

Mental Health and Social Inclusion (2010) 14, 4, 30-35

Grendon’s contribution to therapeutic communities and personality disorder

Rex Haigh.  Howard Journal of Criminal Justice (2010)  49, 5, 503-513

Being Economical with the Evidence

Rex Haigh.  Group Analysis (2010)  45, 1, 70-83

Fusion TCs: Divergent Histories, Converging Challenges 

Rex Haigh and Jan Lees.

Therapeutic Communities (2008) 29, 4, 347-374    

Mini Therapeutic Communities - A New Development in the United Kingdom

Steve Pearce and Rex Haigh. 

Therapeutic Communities  (2008) 29, 1 , 111-124

 “When Human Development is Disrupted” Rex Haigh, Nick Benefield 

Mental Health Review Journal (2007)  12,  4:  2 (Editorial, as guest editors for special “Personality Disorder” issue)

“Service User Involvement in the National Personality Disorder Development Programme” Rex Haigh, Kath Lovell, Fran Lyon, Maria Duggan  Mental Health Review Journal (2007)  12,  4:  13-22

“The 16 Personality Disorder Pilot Projects” Rex Haigh  Mental Health Review Journal (2007)  12,  4:  29-39

“New Kids on the Block: The Government-funded English Personality Disorder Services” Rex Haigh Therapeutic Communities, (2007), 28, 3: 300-310

“The New Day TCs: Five Radical Features” Rex Haigh  Therapeutic Communities, (2007), 28, 2: 111-126

“Der Geist in der Maschine” Rex Haigh. Dyanmische Psychiatrie (2006) 2, 17, 191-221

“Charismatic Ideas: coming or going?”  Rex Haigh.  Therapeutic Communities, (2005), 26, 4:  367-382  Invited lecture for 7^th Annual “Maxwell Jones Lecture”, RIBA, London, 10 September 2004.

“Democratic Development of Standards: A Quality Network of Therapeutic Communities” Rex Haigh, Sarah Tucker.  Psychiatric Quarterly (2004), 75, 263-277.

“Modern Milieux: Therapeutic Community Solutions to Acute Ward Problems” Rex Haigh. Psychiatric Bulletin, (2002),  26, 380-382

“Therapeutic community research: past, present and future”  Rex Haigh. Psychiatric Bulletin, (2002),  25, 65-68

“Therapeutic Communities”  Rex Haigh.  Psychiatry (2002), 1:3, 64-67

“Staff under pressure: bullying within NHS therapeutic communities”  Samuel Stein, Imthiaz Hoosen, Emily Brooks, Rex Haigh, Deborah Christie.  Therapeutic Communities (2002), 23, 149-158

“Staff sensitivity groups”  Rex Haigh  Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, (2000) 6, 312-319

"The public therapeutic community"  Gary Winship, Rex Haigh.  Therapeutic Communities, (1999)  21, 47-53

"Establishing Psychodynamic Psychotherapy within the NHS: The Southern Counties Model" Chris Maloney, Rex Haigh, Jane Knowles, Jean Rees.  British Journal of Psychotherapy (1999) 16, 208-216

“The formation of objects in the group matrix: reflections on creative therapy with clay”  Gary Winship, Rex Haigh  Group Analysis (1998) 31, 71-81

“Attempted suicide amongst Oxford University students 1978-90” Keith Hawton, Rex Haigh, Susan Simkins, Joan Fagg:  Psychological Medicine (1995) 25, 179-88.

“Trident Housing Association: Reparenting in a Therapeutic Community”  David Rawson, Hannah Buddendiek, Rex Haigh   Therapeutic Communities (1994) 15, 193-207.

“Rumour, myth and reality at senior registrar interviews”  Rex Haigh, Mark Weaver   Psychiatric Bulletin (1993) 17, 541-3.

“Where and when to detoxify single homeless drinkers”  Rex Haigh, George Hibbert British Medical Journal (1990) 301, 848-9

“Training for an uncertain future”  Rex Haigh, Alan Wear Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: (1989) 13, 556-557.

BOOKS

“The Theory and Practice of Democratic Therapeutic Community Treatment.” Authors:Steve Pearce and Rex Haigh

London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers (2017)

“Complex Trauma and Its Effects: Perspectives on creating an environment for recovery.” Editors: Robin Johnson and Rex Haigh

Hove: Pavilion Professional (2012)

“Green Care” (contributor: the EU conceptual framework) Editors: Joe Sempik, Rachel Hine and Debbie Wilcox

Brussels: COST (2010)

“Borderline Personality Disorder” (contributor: NICE guideline CG78) Guideline Development Group

London: National Institute of Clinical Excellence (2009)

“Therapeutic Communities: Past, Present and Future”  Editors: Rex Haigh and Penelope Campling.

London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers (1999)

“Essentials of Psychotherapy” Editors: Samuel Stein, Rex Haigh, Jennifer Stein.

Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann (1999)

CHAPTERS

Therapeutic Communities”  David Kennard and Rex Haigh  Chapter 6.3.9 in “The New Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry (2nd edition)” Editor: Michael Gelder  Oxford: Oxford University Press.  142-148 (in press)

The View from the Other Side: How Green Care Could Help in Mental Health ”

Chapter 12 in “1^st European COST Action 866 – Green Care in Agriculture: Health effects, Economics and Policies” Editor: Christos Gallis. Thessaloniki: University Studio Press (2007) pp 167-172

 “People’s Experience of Having a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder” Rex Haigh. 

Chapter 8 in “Personality Disorders and Community Mental Health Teams”  Editors: Mark Sampson, R A McCubbin and Peter Tyrer. Chichester: John Wiley (2006) pp 161-177

“Psychotherapy of Personality Disorders: Cluster A”   Paul Williams, David Fowler, Rex Haigh.   Chapter 21 of  “Oxford Textbook of Psychotherapy” pp 261-268.  Editors: Glen O Gabbard, Judith S Beck, Jeremy Holmes. Oxford: Oxford University Press (2005) pp

“The Quintessence of an Effective Team: some developmental dynamics for staff groups.”   Rex Haigh.  Chapter 12 of  “From Toxic Institutions to Therapeutic Environments”  Editors:  Penelope Campling and Graeme Farquarharson. London: Gaskell (2004)  pp119-130.

“The Therapeutic Community: theoretical, practical and therapeutic integration”

Kingsley Norton, Rex Haigh:  Chapter 10 of  “Integration in Psychotherapy”  Editors: Anthony Bateman, Jeremy Holmes.  London: Routledge (2001) pp 159-173

“Separation from the Treatment Centre: a psychodynamic understanding”  Rex Haigh. Chapter 26 in “Personality Disorder and Serious Offending: Hospital Treatment Models” Editors: Pamela Taylor, Clive Meux, Chris Newrith.  London: Hodder Arnold (2006) pp 284-288

 “The Quintessence of a Therapeutic Environment”: Rex Haigh   Chap 20 of “Therapeutic Communities: Past, Present and Future”   Editors: Rex Haigh and Penelope Campling. London: Jesssica Kingsley (1999) pp246-257

“Group Psychotherapy”: Rex Haigh   Chap 13 of “Essentials of Psychotherapy” Editors: Samuel Stein, Rex Haigh, Jennifer Stein. Oxford: BH (1999) pp253-273

 “The Ghost in the Machine: group analytic principles in therapeutic environments”: Rex Haigh   Chapter 21 of “Contemporary psychology in Europe” Gottingen: Hogrefe & Huber (1996) pp288-302.   Invited paper at IV European Congress of Psychology, Athens, 4 July 1995.

LETTERS

“Partnership with patients” British Medical Journal (2000) 320:117

“Psychosocial treatment programmes for personality disorders: service developments and research” British Journal of Psychiatry (2000) 177:281

“Psychotherapy for severe personality disorder” British Medical Journal (1999) 319:709

“Cost of personality disorder treatment ” Health Services Journal (1999) 

“Care Programme Approach Problems” Psychiatric Bulletin (1998) 22:188 (with Jane Knowles)

“Economics of attachment disorders” British Journal of Psychiatry (1998) 172:448-449

“What will become of 'community care'? ” Psychiatric Bulletin (1998) 

“Inpatient psychotherapy”  British Journal of Psychiatry (1996) 169:524

“Medical education is brutalising”  British Medical Journal (1995) 310:527

“Whose journal is it anyway?” Psychiatric Bulletin (1995)

“Promoting emotional health in medical students”  Kings Fund Newsletter (1992)

“The prince and the psychiatrists” British Medical Journal (1991)