2004 Family Perspectives Conference:

Current Issues in Borderline Personality Disorder

October 16-17, 2004
Ackerman Student Union Grand Ballroom, University of California at Los Angeles

Sponsored by:
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
in partnership with NARSAD and supported by NIMH grant R13MH068456-02
and
Lifespan Learning Institute

Conference Program

	Welcome	Perry D. Hoffman, PhD President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
	Opening Remarks	Stephen W. Mayberg, PhD Director, California Department of Mental Health, Sacramento, California
	Diagnosis and Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder	John G. Gunderson, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Treatment and Research on BPD, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
	Borderline Personality Disorder: Medical Illness, Life Style Choices, and Health Care Utilization	Frances R. Frankenburg, MD Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Bedford Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts Associate Director, Adult Development Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
	Historical Perspectives on Family Involvement: Three Decades	Harriet P. Lefley, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
	Family and Consumer Panel	Barbara Kavanagh, MA Board of Directors, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Rye, New York
		Marta Zipin Family Connections Co-leader, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Long Island, New York
		Leah Sullivan Family-to-Family Coordinator, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, San Gabriel Valley, California
	Family and Consumer Panel: Question & Answer
	Understanding Suicidal Behavior and Self-Injury	Barbara Stanley, PhD Research Scientist, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Professor, Department of Psychology, City University of New York-John Jay College, New York, New York
	Axis I Co-morbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Relationship to Remissions from Borderline Personality Disorder	Mary C. Zanarini, EdD Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
	Advocacy Issues and Perspectives	James Hall Family-to-Family Leader, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Houston, Texas
		Valerie Porr, MA President, Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorder, New York, New York
		Susan R. Bergeson, MBA Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Chicago, Illinois
	Advocacy Issues and Perspectives: Question & Answer
	BPD Research: Past, Present, and Future	Wayne S. Fenton, MD Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland
	Opening Remarks	Peter C. Whybrow, MD Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute Judson Braun Professor and Executive Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California
	What Are We Medicating?	S. Charles Schulz, MD Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota
	Young Investigator Award Introduction	Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program and Research Program, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
	Presentation of Young Investigator Award Paper	Christian Schmahl, PhD
	Family Research and Programs	Jill M. Hooley, DPhil Professor of Psychology, Harvard University Senior Attending Psychologist, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts
		Perry D. Hoffman, PhD President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
		Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program and Research Program, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada
	Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)	Otto F. Kernberg, MD, FAPA Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Director, Personality Disorders Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, New York
	Psychotherapy for BPD: Mentalization-Based Treatment	Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director, University College London Chief Executive, The Anna Freud Center, London, England
	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)	Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP Professor and Director, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
	Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS™) Approach to Treatment of BPD	Nancee Blum, MSW, LISW Social Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

2004 Family Perspectives Conference:

Current Issues in Borderline Personality Disorder

October 16-17, 2004 Ackerman Student Union Grand Ballroom, University of California at Los Angeles

October 16-17, 2004
Ackerman Student Union Grand Ballroom, University of California at Los Angeles