NEABPD 2006 Annual Conference

New Findings in the Neurobiology and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

October 14 - 15, 2006      ▪        Charleston, South Carolina

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Conference Description:

The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder holds an annual scientific and educational conference supported by NIMH grant R-13MH068456-04*. The October 2006 program has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essentials and Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through joint sponsorship of Medical University of South Carolina and NEA-BPD. The Medical University of South Carolina is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Conference Goals:

This conference is conducted in accordance with the published Mission of NEA-BPD: To raise public awareness, provide education, promote research on borderline personality disorder, and enhance the quality of life of those affected by this serious mental illness, and to meet the specific goals of leading family education programs, promoting workshops, and sponsoring regional meetings.

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a severe and generally chronic disorder that presents patients and their families and researchers with multiple challenges. These complex challenges will be addressed in order to inform mental health professionals, families, and consumers of the most current diagnostic and treatment options available, research, and other issues of current interest.

1. At the end of the conference, participants will be able to:

2. Describe the symptomatology of BPD

3. Summarize the current understanding of emotion dysregulation

4. Outline the complexities of the diagnostic issues surrounding BPD

5. Identify issues of concern to consumers and family members

6. Describe the research design elements and outcomes of a family program

7. Understand the problems of medication programs for people with BPD, specify BPD medication options

8. Identify the features of three specific treatment modalities

9. Describe and specify medical issues related to BPD.