BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Borderline Personality Disorder, National Education Alliance for
 

Borderline Personality Disorder:
Historical and Future Perspectives


October 15-16, 2005
The Boston Burlington Marriott


Sponsored by:
The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD)
and
McLean Hospital
Conference Objectives Global:
The objectives of this program are to improve patient care and advance the understanding of professionals, families, and consumers about the complexities of the disorder.
  Specific:
At the conclusion of the conference, attendees will be able to better identify, specify, and describe:
diagnostic criteria and issues
risk factors for self-injury and suicide
medical and lifestyle issues
medication options
family and consumer perspectives and the role of family relationships
research-based family education and support
past, current, and future research findings and direction
treatment issues and options
   
Course Description Borderline Personality Disorder: Historical and Future Perspectives is specifically designed to offer those persons whose lives are impacted by the disorder - professionals, relatives, and consumers - a forum to better understand the complexities and issues of the disorder from various perspectives.

Internationally-recognized faculty will be joined by family members, consumers, and advocates to present up-to-date information pertaining to many aspects of the disorder. Day 1 will focus on topics such as criteria, diagnostic issues, inherent risks, medical issues, lifestyle issues, and medication, while Day 2 will offer information on the latest research findings and directions, family and consumer perspectives, and treatments.
   
   




Conference Program
   
Welcome and Opening Remarks  Christopher M. Palmer, M.D.
Medical Director, Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital
Instructor in Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
  Perry D. Hoffman, Ph.D.
President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Assistant Clinical Professor, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Criteria and Diagnosis John G. Gunderson, M.D.
Director, Center for Treatment and Research on Borderline Personality Disorder, McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Managing Suicidality in BPD Joel Paris, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University
BPD: Medical Illness, Life-Style Choices, and Health Care Utilization  Frances R. Frankenburg, M.D.
Chief of Inpatient Psychiatry
Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bedford, MA
Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
Adolescents and BPD  Alec L. Miller, Psy.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychology
Director, Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program
Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Trauma and the Development of Borderline Personality Disorder Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School
Medical Director, Trauma Center at HRI Hospital in Brookline, MA
Family Research and A Family Program  Perry D. Hoffman, Ph.D.
President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Assistant Clinical Professor, The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
  Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program
University of Nevada
  Ellie Buteau, Ph.D.
President, Social Research Solutions
Part-time Faculty, Urban and Environmental Planning
and Policy Department, Tufts University
  Dixianne Penney, Dr.P.H.
Executive Vice President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Administrative Director, Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health,
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY
Research in the Private Sector Sara A. Corya, M.D.
Associate Medical Director, Eli Lilly and Company
What Are We Medicating? S. Charles Schulz, M.D.
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry
University of Minnesota Medical School
10-year Course of Borderline Personality Disorder   Mary C. Zanarini, Ed.D.
Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital
Associate Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Family and Consumer Perspectives 
Dixianne Penney, Dr.P.H.
Executive Vice President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Administrative Director, Center for the Study of Issues in Public Mental Health,
Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY
  Kiera Van Gelder
Artist and Director of MiddlePath
Board Member, New England Personality Disorder Association
  Debra Coates
Executive Director, WiseMind
  Hillary Eaton, M.A.
Board Member, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Board Member, New England Personality Disorder Association
  Kim Kay Hutchinson
Co-President, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
Greater Boston, Consumer Advocacy/Affiliate Network
NIMH and Research Directions  Wayne S. Fenton, M.D.
Deputy Director for Clinical Affairs
Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS
Director, Division of Adult Translational Research and Treatment Development
National Institute of Mental Health
Bethesda, MD
The History of What Led to Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)  Otto F. Kernberg, M.D., F.A.P.A
Professor of Psychiatry
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director, Personality Disorders Institute
New York Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Recent Research and Developments 
Thomas R. Lynch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Director, Duke Cognitive Behavioral Research and Treatment Program
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Department of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
Duke University Medical Center and Duke University
Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS™) Approach to Treatment of BPD Nancee Blum, M.S.W., L.I.S.W.
Social Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry,
Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, The University of Iowa
Adjunct Faculty, College of Medicine, College of Nursing, and School of Social Work
How to Help Borderline Patients Recognize Feelings in Themselves and Others Anthony W. Bateman, M.D., FRCPsych
Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist
St. Ann’s Hospital, London
Visiting Professor, University College, London
Interactive Treatment Panel 
Moderator: John G. Gunderson, M.D.
Director, Center for Treatment and Research on Borderline Personality Disorder,
McLean Hospital
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Closing Remarks  
Patricia Woodward, M.A.T.
Secretary, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Board Member, New England Personality Disorder Association


 
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