2004 Family Perspectives Conference:
Current Issues in Borderline Personality Disorder
October 16-17, 2004
Ackerman Student Union Grand Ballroom, University of California at Los Angeles
Sponsored by:
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
in partnership with NARSAD and supported by NIMH grant R13MH068456-02
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Lifespan Learning Institute
Conference Program
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Welcome |
Perry D. Hoffman, PhD President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder |
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Opening Remarks |
Stephen W. Mayberg, PhD Director, California Department of Mental Health, Sacramento, California |
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Diagnosis and Criteria for Borderline Personality Disorder |
John G. Gunderson, MD Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School Director, Center for Treatment and Research on BPD, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts |
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Borderline Personality Disorder: Medical Illness, Life Style Choices, and Health Care Utilization |
Frances R. Frankenburg, MD Chief, Inpatient Psychiatry, Bedford Medical Center, Bedford, Massachusetts Associate Director, Adult Development Laboratory, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts |
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Historical Perspectives on Family Involvement: Three Decades |
Harriet P. Lefley, PhD Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida |
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Family and Consumer Panel |
Barbara Kavanagh, MA Board of Directors, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Rye, New York |
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Marta Zipin Family Connections Co-leader, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Long Island, New York |
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Leah Sullivan Family-to-Family Coordinator, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, San Gabriel Valley, California |
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Family and Consumer Panel:Question & Answer |
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Understanding Suicidal Behavior and Self-Injury |
Barbara Stanley, PhD Research Scientist, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons Professor, Department of Psychology, City University of New York-John Jay College, New York, New York |
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Axis I Co-morbidity of Borderline Personality Disorder and Its Relationship to Remissions from Borderline Personality Disorder |
Mary C. Zanarini, EdD Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts |
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Advocacy Issues and Perspectives |
James Hall Family-to-Family Leader, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Houston, Texas |
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Valerie Porr, MA President, Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorder, New York, New York |
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Susan R. Bergeson, MBA Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, Chicago, Illinois |
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Advocacy Issues and Perspectives: Question & Answer |
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BPD Research: Past, Present, and Future |
Wayne S. Fenton, MD Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland |
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Opening Remarks |
Peter C. Whybrow, MD Director, Neuropsychiatric Institute Judson Braun Professor and Executive Chair, Department of Psychiatry, and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California |
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What Are We Medicating? |
S. Charles Schulz, MD Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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Young Investigator Award Introduction |
Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program and Research Program, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada |
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Presentation of Young Investigator Award Paper |
Christian Schmahl, PhD |
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Family Research and Programs |
Jill M. Hooley, DPhil Professor of Psychology, Harvard University Senior Attending Psychologist, McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts |
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Perry D. Hoffman, PhD President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder |
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Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program and Research Program, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada |
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Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)
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Otto F. Kernberg, MD, FAPA Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Director, Personality Disorders Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, New York |
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Psychotherapy for BPD: Mentalization-Based Treatment
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Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director, University College London Chief Executive, The Anna Freud Center, London, England |
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) |
Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP Professor and Director, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington |
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Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS) Approach to Treatment of BPD |
Nancee Blum, MSW, LISW Social Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa |