Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder and Co-occurring Disorders

NEA-BPD Second Annual Conference Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder and Co-occurring Disorders October 18 and 19, 2003 White Plains, New York
Conference Sponsors:	This CME program is jointly sponsored by Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder.
Audience:	The conference is for mental health professionals (physicians, psychologists, social workers, registered nurses), family members, and consumers.
Statement of Need:	Borderline Personality disorder (BPD) is a severe and generally chronic disorder that presents patients and their families with multiple challenges. These complex challenges will be addressed in order to inform mental health professionals, families and consumer of the most current diagnostic and treatment options available.
Objectives:	The objective of this CME program is to improve patient care. At the conclusion attendees will be better able to: 1) Describe medical issues pertaining to BPD 2) Specify co-occurring disorders such as bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, eating disorders, and substance abuse 3) Delineate treatment options for BPD and co-occurring disorders 4) Identify risk factors for suicidal behavior 5) Specify BPD medication options 6) Better understand family and consumer perspectives
Program Description:	The conference is designed to provide a forum for mental health professionals, family members, and consumers to better understand the complexities of borderline personality disorder and co-occurring disorders. An internationally recognized faculty will present current information and research pertaining to the many aspects of the disorder. A panel of family members and consumers will share perspectives, viewpoints, and experiences of coping with BPD. Interactive breakout sessions and seminars will cover topics such as treatment options, adolescents, diagnostic issues, commonly asked questions, treatment refusal, advocacy, and support.


Conference Program
Moderator: Kenneth R. Silk MD Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Medical School
Opening Remarks	Herbert Pardes, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY Perry D. Hoffman, PhD President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Rye, NY Dixianne Penney, DrPH Executive Vice President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, South Salem, NY
BPD Overview	John M. Oldham, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina; Executive Director, Institute of Psychiatry, Charleston, SC
Remission and the Future	Mary C. Zanarini, EdD Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
Family and Consumer Panel	Hillary K. Eaton, MEd Education Liaison, NEA-BPD; Board member, New England Personality Disorder Association, Brewster, MA Teresa M. Hawkins, MD Family Practice Associates of Hopewell, Inc.; Assistant Clinical Professor, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA Christina Kallas, Esq. New York, NY Jan C. Neifeld Chester, VA Xenophon A. Theophall, MA New York, NY

Awards for Lifelong Contributions to: John G. Gunderson, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University; Director, Psychosocial Personality Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA and Otto F. Kernberg, MD FAPA Clinical Director, Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division, New York, NY
Introduction by Jack D. Barchas, MD Barklie McKee Henry Professor; Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY

Breakout Sessions
A. Advocacy and Support	Moderator: Larry J. Siever, MD Professor of Psychiatry and Vice-Chair for VA Affairs, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Teresa M. Hawkins, MD Family Practice Associates of Hopewell, Inc. Assistant Clinical Professor, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA Patricia A. Lawrence Vice President, New England Personality Disorder Association, Lynn, MA Hillary K. Eaton, MEd Education Liaison, NEA-BPD; Board member, New England Personality Disorder Association, Brewster, MA Cynthia J. Sanderson, PhD Director of Training, Behavior Technology Transfer Group, Seattle, WA
B. Ask the MD	Rebecca A. Dulit, MD Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY
C. BPD and Adolescents	Alec L. Miller, PsyD Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Bronx, NY
D. Breaking the Diagnostic News: A Dilemma	Richard G. Hersh, MD Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
	Elizabeth LeQuesne, MD Chief Resident in Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
E. Doctor to Doctor	Robert O. Friedel, MD Distinguished Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VA
F. Ending the Stigma: Improving the Care	Laura Lee Hall, PhD Senior Research Director, NAMI, Arlington, VA Eileen White NAMI Consumer Executive Committee, Sturgis, SD
G. Parent to Parent	Missy Cunningham-Lynch Vice President, NEA-BPD; Board member, New England Personality Disorder Association, Woodstock, VT Maureen Josel Garden City South, NY Marta Zipin Fresh Meadows, NY
H. Past Research, Current Findings, and Future Directions in BPD	Kenneth N. Levy, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY
I. When Someone Refuses Treatment	Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder	John G. Gunderson, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University; Director, Psychosocial Personality Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
BPD and Medical Issues	Frances R. Frankenburg, MD Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine; Associate Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital; Director, Inpatient Psychiatry, Bedford VA Hospital, Bedford MA


SUNDAY October 19, 2003 Moderator: Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

Moving Ahead	Patricia Woodward, MAT Secretary, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; Secretary, New England Personality Disorder Association, Montgomery Center, VT Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
Risk Factors for Suicidal Behavior	Paul H. Soloff, MD Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, Pittsburgh, PA
Treatment Options: Dialectical Behavior Therapy	Christine E. Foertsch, PhD Behavioral technology transfer group, Private practice, New York City, NY
Treatment Options: Transference Focused Therapy	Frank E. Yeomans, MD, PhD Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Senior Consultant, Personality Disorders Institute, White Plains, NY
Treatment Options: Supportive Therapy	Ann H. Appelbaum, MD Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY
Treatment Options: STEPPS	Nancee Blum, MSW Social Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Lunch and Seminars (See Saturday for lists and leaders) Moderator: Dixianne Penney, DrPH Executive Vice President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, South Salem, NY

BPD and Addictions	Harris Straytner, PhD CASAC Director, Addiction Recovery Services; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY
The Profile of BPD in Eating Disorders	Katherine A. Halmi, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY
What Are We Medicating?	S. Charles Schulz, MD Professor and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Closing Remarks	Dixianne Penney, DrPH Executive Vice President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, South Salem, NY

NEA-BPD Second Annual Conference

Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder and Co-occurring Disorders

October 18 and 19, 2003 White Plains, New York

Family Perspectives on Borderline
Personality Disorder and Co-occurring Disorders

October 18 and 19, 2003
White Plains, New York