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

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: Current Research and Treatments
Consumer and Family Support Options

Friday, May 5, 2006
The Mary S. Harkness Auditorium, New Haven, CT


 
  Sponsored by:
The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
in partnership with NARSAD,
 
  In cooperation with:  Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital,
Yale University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry
This conference is partially funded by NIMH grant R13MH068456-03
 
  Conference Objectives: Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) presents patients, their families, clinicians, and researchers with multiple challenges. This conference will address the following objectives:  
   
  Educate about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), including current diagnostic methods, recommended treatment practice, and current research such as course and comorbidity.
  Describe common challenges experienced by the families of individuals with BPD, as well as an evidence-based program for helping families cope with these challenges (©Family Connections).
  Illustrate common challenges experienced by individuals with BPD through case presentation and first-person accounts, as well as options for individuals with BPD to develop peer support for these challenges.
  Present, compare, and contrast leading evidence-based BPD treatments, including psychopharmacology, dialectical behavior therapy, transference-focused psychotherapy, and Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPSTM).
 
  Course Description: This one-day meeting will provide a forum for professionals, family members, and consumers to better understand this complex disorder from various perspectives.
 
This conference will provide information about the disorder and related topics:
overview
co-morbidity
consumer perspectives
family perspectives
family research
psychopharmacology
treatments
 
       


     
  Conference Program  
  Moderator for the day: Seth R. Axelrod, PhD  
     
  Welcome Perry D. Hoffman, PhD
Assistant Clinical Professor
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
 
Seth R. Axelrod, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
IOP DBT/DBT-S Team Leader
Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
 
Opening Remarks
Benjamin S. Bunney, MD
Charles B.G. Murphy Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry
Professor of Pharmacology
Yale University School of Medicine
  BPD: A Brief Overview 
Stanley G. Possick, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Education Coordinator, Long Term Psychotherapy Program
Yale University School of Medicine
 
  Co-morbidity and Borderline Personality
Charles A. Sanislow, PhD  
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
 
  Consumer Support and Perspectives Consumer Panel 
Kiera Van Gelder, MFA
President, Middle Path
 
  Family Support and Perspectives
Family Panel
Perry D. Hoffman, PhD

Dixianne Penney, DrPH
Executive Vice-President
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
 
  Case Presentation
Lisa M. Maccarelli, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Department of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
 
  Psychopharmacology of BPD
Thomas H. McGlashan, MD   
Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
 
  Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS™)   Nancee S. Blum, LISW
Special Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty,
Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine,
University of Iowa
 
  Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP) Pamela A. Foelsch, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
 
  Dialectical Behavior Therapy George H. Davis, PhD
Clinical Director
Center for Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
 
  Schema-Focused Therapy Samuel A. Ball, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry 
Director of Training, NIDA Clinical Trials Network (New England Node)
Director of Residential Services, APT Foundation
Yale University School of Medicine
Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare
 
  Treatment Panel: Question and Answer Time


Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Director of Training Program
Personality Disorders Institute
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)   George H. Davis, PhD  Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Yale University School of Medicine
Clinical Director,
Center for Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, LLC
Treatment Panel Discussion and Questions 
 


 
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