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Borderline Personality Disorder
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MAY 3, 2010 |
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The National Education Alliance for
Borderline Personality Disorder
(NEA-BPD) announces their 2010
©Family Connections Leader Training
Weekend, September 10th through
September 12th, in Los Angeles.
©Family Connections is a free,
12-week manualized course designed
for families, partners, and friends
who have a loved one struggling with
Borderline Personality Disorder
(BPD) symptoms. The course is taught
by two family members, or a family
member and a mental health
professional.
The next leader training weekend
will take place on the campus of
UCLA. The training will be led by
the developers of the ©Family
Connections program, Dr. Alan E.
Fruzzetti and Dr. Perry D. Hoffman.
There is no charge for the training,
however participants are responsible
for their transportation, food and
lodging costs. A nearby hotel has
given a reduced rate, with
breakfasts and parking included.
The training begins Friday evening
September 10th with a 6 pm dinner on
the UCLA campus. The training will
continue Saturday and Sunday from 8
am until 6 pm. Breakfasts, snacks,
and lunches will be served.
Participants pay $150.00 to cover
the cost of the meals and course
materials.
NEA-BPD provides leaders with
updated class materials as well as
the on-going support needed to begin
and maintain the ©Family Connections
program in their area.
For future ©Family Connections
leaders:
If you have a loved one with this
disorder, have taken the ©Family
Connections course, or NAMI’s Family
to Family course or are interested
in participating in ©TeleConnections
which is the course via telephone
for 12 weeks to be then eligible to
be a ©Family Connections leader and
are interested in teaching this
class please send an email to Perry
Hoffman at
phdhoffman@aol.com, She will
contact you to arrange a phone
interview.
For more information on the
conference and logistics in Los
Angeles email
info@bpdla.com.
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| April 15, 2008 |
U.S. House of Representatives
Supports May as Borderline
Personality Disorder Awareness Month
An Important Step in Raising
Awareness |
NEW YORK, NY –
The National Education Alliance for
Borderline Personality Disorder
(NEA-BPD) and the National Alliance
on Mental Illness (NAMI) commended
the U.S. House of Representatives
for its recent Resolution supporting
May as Borderline Personality
Disorder Awareness Month.
On April 1, 2008, the House of
Representatives overwhelmingly
approved the bipartisan House
Resolution (H. Res. 1005) sponsored
by Representatives Thomas Davis
(R-VA) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
to support the goals and ideals of a
Borderline Personality Disorder
Awareness Month. Representative
Davis stated that “Raising awareness
of this disease is an important
first step toward getting the
recognition and research dollars
that, hopefully, can help future
victims and their families avoid the
enormous suffering this disease
causes.”
Borderline Personality Disorder
(BPD) afflicts 4 million adults and
adolescents. BPD is a leading cause
of suicide, with a suicide rate 400
times the rate of the general
public. BPD has a combination of
symptoms, including intense fears of
abandonment, episodes of rage,
self-injury, substance abuse and
impulsive behavior. Many with BPD
are unable to work. Others may be
high functioning in certain
settings, though their private lives
and relationships are often in
turmoil.
Relatively new as an official
diagnosis, BPD is decades behind in
research, treatment, awareness and
family education. Although BPD is as
common as bipolar disorder and
schizophrenia, it is far less known.
According to Perry D. Hoffman,
Ph.D., President of NEA-BPD, “BPD is
the most misunderstood mental
illness, and consequently is often
under-recognized and misdiagnosed.
Despite the many myths, research
shows that there is much HOPE for
recovery.”
Michael Fitzpatrick, Executive
Director of NAMI, praised Congress,
stating that “The designation of May
as Borderline Personality Disorder
Awareness Month is an important
opportunity to highlight the
seriousness and magnitude of this
debilitating condition, as well as
to draw public, professional and
media attention to this mental
illness.”
For more information, contact NAMI’s
help line, (800) 950-NAMI, or
website at www.nami.org, or visit
the NEA-BPD website at
www.neabpd.org (includes a tool kit
for raising community awareness).
About the National Education
Alliance for Borderline Personality
Disorder (NEA-BPD) - NEA-BPD is a
not-for-profit organization started
in 2001 by a group of persons with
BPD, persons with a relative with
BPD, and a mental health
professional. NEA-BPD holds annual
conferences to disseminate the
latest scientific research on causes
and treatment of BPD to researchers,
clinicians, persons with BPD and
family members. See www.neabpd.org.
About the National Alliance on
Mental Illness (NAMI) – NAMI is the
nation’s largest grassroots
organization for people with mental
illness and their families. Founded
in 1979, NAMI has affiliates in
every state and in more than 1,100
local communities across the
country. See
www.nami.org.
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| August 20, 2007 |
| NEA-BPD Announces Online
Scientific Research Forum |
The National Education Alliance
for Borderline Personality (NEA-BPD)
is pleased to announce the
launching of the Borderline
Personality Disorder Scientific Forum
at www.bpdforum.com. The mission
of the site is to host an
international online research
community for scientists to advance
scientific knowledge on borderline
personality disorder (BPD). The site
will: i) provide a forum that
fosters dialogue, networking, and
the sharing of the current findings
on BPD and ii) host the streaming of
the annual research-based
conferences of NEA-BPD.
A web program has been designed
specifically for the site with
functions that allow for discourse
among its scientific members. The
site offers the opportunity to have
running dialogue/commentaries on
conference proceedings, recent
publications and relevant scientific
issues that impact BPD and
co-occurring disorders, on articles
in draft on which feedback is
invited, on potential
collaborations, as well as other
salient items and issues that impact
BPD. Members need to register prior
to receiving site privileges.
Co-Chairs of the Scientific Forum Advisory Board
are
John G. Gunderson, MD,
Harvard Medical School, and
John M. Oldham, MD,
The Menninger Clinic. Scientific
Editor of the site is
Kenneth R. Silk, MD,
University of Michigan. |
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