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Conference Program |
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Welcome
Jeffrey Moore, MD
Chairman of Psychiatry & Behavioral
Sciences, Akron General Medical
Center
Perry Hoffman, PhD
Research Clinician, Assistant
Clinical Professor, The Mount Sinai
School of Medicine;
President, National Education
Alliance for Borderline Personality
Disorder |
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Overview of BPD: Criteria and
Diagnosis
Robert Friedel, MD
Dept. of Psychiatry, Medical College
of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth
University |
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Describe
the core behavioral dimensions of
BPD |
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Identify neural systems that are
related to core behavioral
dimensions |
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Discuss pharmacologic and
psychosocial treatment strategies
that target the core clinical issues
in BPD |
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Adolescent Issues and Borderline
Personality Disorder
Blaise Aguirre, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist,
McLean Hospital
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard
Medical School |
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Increase awareness and
acceptance of BPD precursors and
traits in an adolescent population
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Identify proper diagnostic tools to
assess traits in adolescents |
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Discuss treatment issues and
specific modalities targeted towards
adolescent patients |
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Psychological Treatment Perspectives
on Self-injurious Behavior
James Rogers, PhD
Full Professor, Department of
Counseling, University of Akron |
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Understand the current incidence and
prevalence of self-injurious
behaviors in the U.S.
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Identify the two major psychological
treatment approaches for working
with clients exhibiting
self-injurious behaviors |
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Articulate general empirically
informed psychological treatment
interventions for self-injuring
clients |
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Medication Management
Rebecca Cirino, DO
Medical Coordinator, Center for
Behavioral Medicine & Wellness - DBT
Program, Akron General Medical
Center
Maher Mansour, MD,
Medical Director, Center for
Behavioral Medicine & Wellness,
Akron General Medical Center |
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Understand the use of medications
for managing BPD
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Review types of medications targeted
for specific symptoms in patients |
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Discuss limitations of medications
in controlling symptoms of BPD |
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Art Therapy: Expressive
Communication
Heidi Larew, LPCC, ATR
Expressive Arts Therapist, Akron
General Medical Center
Nancy Nierman-Baker, PC, ATR
Licensed Professional Counselor and
Registered Art Therapist, Akron
General Medical Center
Adjunct Faculty, Ursuline College |
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Explain four basic principles of
communication
(verbal and non-verbal) and active,
empathetic listening
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Outline four barriers and bridges to
communication through art expression |
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Identify three communication skills,
that encourage client involvement
and a positive therapeutic
environment |
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The ABC's of DBT Skill Groups
Claudia Cihlar, PhD, APRN, BC,
Advance Practice Psychiatric Nurse,
Akron General Medical Center;
Adjunct Instructor, Kent State
University
Larry Pinto, MEd, LPC, LICDC
Group Psychotherapist, Group Leader/
Instructor, Akron General Medical
Center, Northeastern Ohio
Universities College of Medicine |
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Identify the basic theories and
principles of DBT
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Describe the dialectical nature of
DBT treatment
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Discuss the structure, goals, and
clinical outpatient model for a DBT
skills group |
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DBT Telephone Coaching and
Borderline Personality Disorder:
Skillful Management of Intersession
Telephone Contacts
Denise Ben-Porath, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychology,
John Carroll University |
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Participants will be introduced to
rationale and principles of DBT
telephone coaching |
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Participants will become familiar
with the DBT target hierarchy for
telephone coaching |
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Participants will be introduced to a
decision-tree model, which employs
DBT techniques and principles
designed to assist in managing calls
with patients diagnosed with
borderline personality disorder |
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Family and Consumer Panel
Local Family Members, Patients and
National Alliance for Mental Illness
(NAMI) of Summit County |
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Family Research and Family
Connections
Perry Hoffman, PhD
Research Clinician, Assistant
Clinical Professor, The Mount Sinai
School of Medicine;
President, National Education
Alliance for Borderline Personality
Disorder |
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To identify the impact of borderline
personality disorder on family
members
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To outline Family Connections, a
course for family members |
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To provide some skills that benefit
family members |
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Looking Ahead
Patricia Woodward, MAT
Secretary NEA-BPD
Christopher McGowan, MPS, ATR
Director, Partial
Hospitalization/Psychiatric Services
Center for Behavioral Medicine &
Wellness, Akron General Medical
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