Current Research and Treatments Consumer and Family Support Options – Friday, May 5, 2006

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: Current Research and Treatments
Consumer and Family Support Options

Friday, May 5, 2006
The Mary S. Harkness Auditorium, New Haven, CT

Sponsored by:	The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder in partnership with NARSAD,
In cooperation with:	Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry This conference is partially funded by NIMH grant R13MH068456-03
Conference Objectives:	Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) presents patients, their families, clinicians, and researchers with multiple challenges. This conference will address the following objectives: Educate about Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), including current diagnostic methods, recommended treatment practice, and current research such as course and comorbidity. Describe common challenges experienced by the families of individuals with BPD, as well as an evidence-based program for helping families cope with these challenges (Family Connections). Illustrate common challenges experienced by individuals with BPD through case presentation and first-person accounts, as well as options for individuals with BPD to develop peer support for these challenges. Present, compare, and contrast leading evidence-based BPD treatments, including psychopharmacology, dialectical behavior therapy, transference-focused psychotherapy, and Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPSTM).
Course Description:	This one-day meeting will provide a forum for professionals, family members, and consumers to better understand this complex disorder from various perspectives. This conference will provide information about the disorder and related topics: overview co-morbidity consumer perspectives family perspectives family research psychopharmacology treatments

Conference Program

Moderator for the day: Seth R. Axelrod, PhD

Welcome	Perry D. Hoffman, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor The Mount Sinai School of Medicine President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality DisorderSeth R. Axelrod, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine IOP DBT/DBT-S Team Leader Yale-New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
Opening Remarks	Benjamin S. Bunney, MD Charles B.G. Murphy Professor and Chairman of Psychiatry Professor of Pharmacology Yale University School of Medicine
BPD: A Brief Overview	Stanley G. Possick, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Education Coordinator, Long Term Psychotherapy Program Yale University School of Medicine
Co-morbidity and Borderline Personality	Charles A. Sanislow, PhD Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine
Consumer Support and Perspectives	*Consumer Panel* Kiera Van Gelder, MFA President, Middle Path
Family Support and Perspectives	Family Panel Perry D. Hoffman, PhD Dixianne Penney, DrPH Executive Vice-President National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder
Case Presentation	Lisa M. Maccarelli, PhD Associate Research Scientist Department of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine
Psychopharmacology of BPD	Thomas H. McGlashan, MD Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine
Systems Training for Emotional Predictability and Problem Solving (STEPPS’)	Nancee S. Blum, LISW Special Work Specialist and Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy (TFP)	Pamela A. Foelsch, PhD Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Dialectical Behavior Therapy	George H. Davis, PhD Clinical Director Center for Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine
Schema-Focused Therapy	Samuel A. Ball, PhD Associate Professor of Psychiatry Director of Training, NIDA Clinical Trials Network (New England Node) Director of Residential Services, APT Foundation Yale University School of Medicine Veterans Administration Connecticut Healthcare
Treatment Panel: Question and Answer Time	Weill Medical College of Cornell University Director of Training Program Personality Disorders Institute Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) George H. Davis, PhD Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Yale University School of Medicine Clinical Director, Center for Dialectical and Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, LLC Treatment Panel Discussion and Questions