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History of the National Education Alliance
for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD)
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Our Mission |
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The mission of the
National Education Alliance for Borderline
Personality Disorder is to raise public
awareness, provide education, promote research
on borderline personality disorder, and enhance
the quality of life of those affected by this
serious mental illness. |
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Milestones |
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Annual Conferences |
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2002 |
From Research to
Community:
Family
Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder
New York City |
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2003 |
Family Perspectives on
Borderline Personality Disorder:
BPD and
Co-occurring Disorders
White Plains, New York |
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2004 |
Family Perspectives on
Borderline Personality Disorder:
Current
Issues in Borderline Personality Disorder
Los Angeles, California |
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2005 |
Family Perspectives on
Borderline Personality Disorder:
Past, Present
and Future
Boston, Massachusetts |
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2006 |
New Findings in the
Neurobiology and Treatment of Borderline Personality
Disorder
Charleston, South Carolina |
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2007 |
Insights into Borderline
Personality Disorder:
Neurobiological
Research and Clinical Interventions
New York, NY |
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Regional Conferences |
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June 2004 |
Borderline
Personality Disorder:
What
is It, How to Treat It, Hope for Families
The Mount Sinai School of Medicine
and NAMI-NYC Metro, New York City |
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October
2004 |
Borderline
Personality Disorder:
Origins, Treatments, Recovery
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton,
Ontario, Canada |
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November 2004 |
Borderline Personality
Disorder:
Professional, Family,
and Consumer Perspectives
The Menninger Clinic, NAMI-Houston and the Baylor
College of Medicine,
Houston, Texas |
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BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Origins, Treatments, and Family Perspectives
New Haven, Connecticut |
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June 2005 |
BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER:
New
Directions, Research and Treatments
Mt. Sinai Medical Center
New York City, NY |
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September 2005 |
Borderline Personality Disorder:
Provider, Family, and
Consumer Perspectives
Seattle, Washington |
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December 2005 |
BORDERLINE
PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Clinical
& Family Perspectives
Minneapolis, MN |
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March 2006 |
Recent Scientific & Treatment Advances
in Borderline Personality Disorder:
A Symposium for Consumers,
Families and Professionals
Houston, Texas
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April 2006 |
Borderline Personality Disorder:
International
Perspectives on Engaging Families and Delivering Services
University College London, London, UK
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| April 2006 |
Borderline Personality Disorder:
Professionals,
Families and Consumers Working Together
West Akron, Ohio
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May 2006 |
Borderline Personality Disorder: Current Research
and Treatments;
Consumer and Family Support Options
New Haven, Connecticut |
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June 2006 |
Borderline Personality
Disorder:
Current Knowledge and
Future Directions, Professional and Family Perspectives
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA |
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September 2006 |
Borderline Personality
Disorder:
Advances in Science
and Treatment
Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY |
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November 2006 |
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Clinical & Family
Perspectives
Minneapolis, MN |
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December 2006 |
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Mental Health
Professionals, Community Organizations and Families Working
Together
Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
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March 2007 |
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
DISORDER:
Course, Outcomes,
Interventions
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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May 2007 |
HIGH RISK ADOLESCENTS AND
THEIR FAMILIES
Understanding and
Treating Borderline Personality Disorder
New Haven, Connecticut |
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June 2007 |
Borderline Personality
Disorder Demystified
A One-Day Event
featuring Robert O. Friedel, M.D.,
author of Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified
Bethesda, Maryland |
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October 2007 |
Borderline Personality Disorder
From Research to
Treatment: Advancing the Agenda
Fort Worth, Texas |
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November 2007 |
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
DISORDER:
Clinical
Interventions, Recovery, and Hope |
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March 2008 |
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY
DISORDER:
New Clinical
Approaches
Houston, Texas |
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May 2008 |
Borderline Personality Disorder,
Trauma & Resiliency
New Haven, Connecticut |
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Papers and presentations from these conferences are available in our
Archives section. |
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Family Programs |
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© Family CONNECTIONS
Series: 12-week program for family members with a relative who has
borderline personality disorder (BPD). The course provides: |
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education
on BPD |
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research on BPD |
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skills
training based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in the context of
a supportive group environment. |
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Publications |
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2003 |
Hoffman, PD,
Buteau, E, Hooley, JM, Fruzzetti, AE, Bruce, ML: Family
Members' Knowledge
about Borderline Personality Disorder: Correspondence
with their Levels of Depression, Burden,
Distress and Expressed Emotion. Family Process,
Winter Issue: 469-478. |
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2005 |
"Understanding
and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder: A Guide for Professionals and
Families," edited by John G. Gunderson, M.D. and Perry D. Hoffman, Ph.D.
American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. January 2005. (Royalties to NEA-BPD). |
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2005 |
Hoffman,
PD, Fruzzetti, AE, Buteau, E. Neiditch, E; Penney, D.,
Bruce, M., Hellman, F, Struening, E. Family Connections: A Program for Relatives of
Persons with Borderline
Personality Disorder Family Process.
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2005 |
Hoffman,
PD, Fruzzetti, AE. "Psychoeducation" in The American Psychiatric Publishing
Textbook of Personality Disorders. Eds) Oldham, J.
Skodol, A, Bender, D. American Psychiatric
Press Inc.
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2005
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Fruzzetti,
AE, Hoffman, PD. "Family Interventions" in Borderline Personality Disorder (Ed)
Zanarini, Mary, Marcel Deckker, Inc., in press.
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2005
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Fruzzetti,
AE; Santistiban, D, Hoffman, PD.: "Family DBT" in Dialectical Behavior
Therapy
Adaptations. (Eds) Dimeff, L, Linehan, MM.
Guilford Press, in press. |
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| Family and Professional Panels |
| July 2002 |
"Learning from Families." A multiple-family focus
group.
White Plains, New York |
| January 2003 |
"Addressing the BPD Crisis" Invited panel to identify
research concerns.
New York City |
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| Workshops |
| February
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"FAMILY CONNECTIONS: Building Validating Family Environments"
Alan E.
Fruzzetti, Ph.D.
White Plains, NY |
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May 2003 |
"Diagnosing
Borderline Personality Disorder: What on earth is that?"
Richmond, Virginia |
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