Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder:
What on earth is that?

Conference Sponsors:	National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder NEA-BPD Richmond Affiliate Chippenham Medical Center
Audience	A one-day workshop for professionals, family members, and consumers who want to know more about BPD.
Conference Description:	This workshop is designed for professionals, family members, and consumers. The combination of informational components with inbuilt time for questions will help people better understand borderline personality disorder. This workshop will provide information about the disorder and related topics: diagnosis and criteria; behaviors; medications; primary care settings; pediatric settings; impacts on family; impacts on clients; research; course of disorder

Conference Program

Overview on Borderline Personality Disorder	Robert O. Friedel, M.D. Director, Medical College of Virginia Borderline Personality Disorder Program
Medication: A Psychiatrist’s Point of View	James Shield, M.D. Tucker Psychiatric Institute Chief of Psychiatry, Chippenham Johnston-Willis Medical Center Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, VCU
What is Seen in Primary Care Settings	Teresa Hawkins, M.D. Family Practice Associates of Hopewell, Inc.; Assistant Clinical Professor, VCU
What is Seen in Pediatric Settings	Terry Jarrett, M.D. Adult and Pediatric Psychiatry Monette Wood, M.D. Capital Pediatrics
Family Perspectives Panel	Perry D. Hoffman, Ph.D. President, NEA-BPD Eileen Crawford, Ph. D. Washington, D.C. Mrs. Jan Neifeld Patricia Woodward, M.A.T. New England Personality Disorders Association (NEPDA) Dixianne Penney, Dr.P.H Executive Vice President, NEA-BPD Hillary Eaton, M.Ed. ORT/L NEPDA and NEA-BPD Board Member
Longitudinal Studies	Mary Zanarini, Ed.D. Harvard Medical School
Research and New Directions	James Breiling, Ph.D. National Institute of Mental Health