2004 Family Perspectives Conference: Current Issues in Borderline Personality Disorder – October 16-17, 2004

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
and
Lifespan Learning Institute

 Conference Program

Welcome

Perry D. Hoffman, PhD
President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

Opening Remarks

Stephen W. Mayberg, PhD
Director, California Department of Mental Health,
Sacramento, California

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

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

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

Family and Consumer Panel

Barbara Kavanagh, MA
Board of Directors,
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder,
Rye, New York
Marta Zipin
Family Connections Co-leader,
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder,
Long Island, New York
Leah Sullivan
Family-to-Family Coordinator, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
San Gabriel Valley, California

Family and Consumer Panel:

Question & Answer

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

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

Advocacy Issues and Perspectives

James Hall
Family-to-Family Leader, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill,
Houston, Texas
Valerie Porr, MA
President, Treatment and Research Advancements National Association for Personality Disorder,
New York, New York
Susan R. Bergeson, MBA
Vice President, Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance,
Chicago, Illinois

Advocacy Issues and Perspectives: Question & Answer

BPD Research: Past, Present, and Future

Wayne S. Fenton, MD
Associate Director for Clinical Affairs, National Institute of Mental Health,
Bethesda, Maryland

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

What Are We Medicating?

S. Charles Schulz, MD
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry,
University of Minnesota Medical School,
Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

Presentation of Young Investigator Award Paper

Christian Schmahl, PhD

Family Research and Programs

Jill M. Hooley, DPhil
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University
Senior Attending Psychologist, McLean Hospital,
Belmont, Massachusetts
Perry D. Hoffman, PhD
President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
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

Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)

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

Psychotherapy for BPD: Mentalization-Based Treatment

Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA
Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Director, University College London
Chief Executive, The Anna Freud Center,
London, England

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

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
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