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Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder

October 19 and 20, 2002      ·      Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City, NY

Conference Sponsors:

Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry

 

National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

In Association with:
National Institute of Mental health
New York State Office of Mental Health
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York State
National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
Borderline Personality Disorder Research Foundation
Center for the Studies of Issues in Public Mental Health
International Society for the Study of Personality Disorder
New England Personality Disorders Association
Personality Disorders Foundation
Society for Women’s Health Research

Audience A one-day workshop for professionals, family members, and consumers who want to know more about BPD.
Conference Description: This workshop is designed for professionals, family members, and consumers.

The combination of informational components with inbuilt time for questions will help people better understand borderline personality disorder.

This workshop will provide information about the disorder and related topics: diagnosis and criteria; behaviors; medications; primary care settings; pediatric settings; impacts on family; impacts on clients; research; course of disorder
Program Description & Objectives This conference is specifically designed to offer those whose lives are affected by borderline personality disorder (BPD), relatives, consumers, and professionals, a forum to better understand this complex disorder from various perspectives.
Internationally renowned professionals and family members will present up-to-date information on key issues pertaining to many aspects of the disorder, such as diagnosis, treatments, medications, symptoms of the disorder in childhood, consumer and family perspectives, personal and social impact, and current research. At the conclusion of this conference, participants will have current information on BPD.
Accreditation The College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The College of Physicians & Surgeons designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14.25 hours in category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The College of Physicians & Surgeons must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities.
All faculty participating in this activity are required to disclose to the audience any significant and significant financial interest and/or other relationship with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) and or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in his/her presentation and/or the commercial contributor(s) of this activity.
Course Directors Perry D. Hoffman, PhD
President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; Research Associate, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, New York

Dixianne Penney, Dr.PH
Executive Vice President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, South Salem, New York

Andrew E. Skodol, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Columbia University of Physicians & Surgeons; Deputy Director, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, New York
   

Conference Program
Saturday, October 19, 2002
Moderators:
Jack D. Barchas, MD
James Breiling, PhD
 
Opening Remarks Herbert Pardes, MD
Perry D. Hoffman, PhD
Ellen L. Stover, PhD
Diagnosis and Criteria of Borderline Personality Disorder John. G. Gunderson, MD
The Neurobiology of Borderline Personality disorder Larry J. Siever, MD
Treatments: Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP
Treatments: Transference Focused Therapy Otto F. Kernberg, MD
Breakout Discussions:
 
Moderators:
James P. McNulty
Michael J. Silverberg, Esq.
 
Suicide and Self-Injury Barbara Stanley, PhD
Family Perspectives Harriet P. Lefley, PhD
Melissa F. Cunningham
Hillary K. Eaton, Med
Barbara W. Kavanagh, MA
Patricia Woodward, MAT

Sunday, October 20, 2002
Moderators:
John F. Clarkin, PhD
Andrew E. Skodol, MD


National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Research and Borderline Personality Disorder Wayne S. Fenton, MD
The Role of Pharmacotherapy in Treating the Borderline Patient Paul H. Soloff, MD Medication
Algorithm
Personality Assessment in Childhood Pauline F. Kernberg, MD

Family Research and Panel Discussion

Moderators:
David F. Bernstein, PhD
Irene Levine, PhD

Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH
Alan Fruzzetti, PhD
Jill M. Hooley, DPhil
William R. McFarlane, MD
 
Longitudinal Research Mary C. Zanarini, EdD
Andrew E. Skodol, MD
Closing Remarks Dixianne Penney, DrPH
   

Conference Faculty
Chairman
Herbert Pardes, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York
Faculty
Jack D. Barchas, MD
Barklie McKee Henry Professor; Chairman, Department of Psychiatry Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
  Randi Kreger
Author, web site owner, Milwaukee, WI
James Breiling, PhD
Head, Impulse Control and Behavioral Disorders Program, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD
  Harriet P. Lefley, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL
David P. Bernstein, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Fordham University; President, Association for Research on Personality Disorder, Bronx, NY
  Irene S. Levine, PhD
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine; Research Scientist and Liaison to Families, Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, NY
Cathy Cave
Cultural Competence Coordinator, New York State Office of Mental health, Albany, NY
  Randee P. Levitt, MS, RN
Clinical Nurse Specialist, New York Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
John F. Clarkin, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY
  Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, ABPP
Professor and Director, Behavioral Research and Therapy Clinics, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Melissa F. Cunningham
Vice President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; President, New England Personality Disorder Association, Woodstock, NY
  Ruth Lubelski, MD
Instructor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY
Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Director of Research, VA Capitol Health Care Network MIRECC, Baltimore, MD
  William R. McFarlane, MD
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT; Director of Research, Department of Psychiatry, Maine Medical Center, Portland, ME
Rebecca Dulit, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Research Psychiatrist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
  James P. McNulty
President, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill, Providence, RI

Hillary K. Eaton, MEd
Education Liaison, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Brewster, MA
  Alec L. Miller, PsyD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Chief, Child and Adolescent Psychology; Director, Adolescent Depression and Suicide Program, Montefiore Medical Center of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Wayne S. Fenton, MD
Acting Deputy Director, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD
  Carol S. Sandak, ACSW, BCD
Clinician, New York Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
Alan E. Fruzzetti, PhD
Research Advisor, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; Associate Professor; Director, Dialectical Behavior Therapy Program, Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
  Larry J. Siever, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY; Director, Marek, Bronx VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY
John Greklek
Community Resources Coordinator, Mental Health Association of Ulster County, Kingston, NY
  Michael J. Silverberg, Esq.
President, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill of New York State, New York, NY
Kathryn Grunes, MD
Clinical Instructor, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY
  Paul H. Soloff, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
John G. Gunderson, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard University; Director, Psychosocial and Personality Research, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
  Barbara Stanley, PhD
Lecturer, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Professor, City University of New York; Research Scientist, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY
Jeanmare Fields
Holstein Family Advocate, Chapel Hill, NC
  Jeremy Stone, PhD
Instructor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, White Plains, NY
Jill M. Hooley, DPhil
Professor of Psychology, Harvard University; Senior Attending Psychologist, McLean Hospital, Belmont,, MA
  Ellen L. Stover, PhD
Director, Division of Mental Disorder, Behavioral Research and AIDS, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD
D.A. Johnson
Consultant, New York, NY
  Dale Terilli, RT
Rehabilitation Specialist, New York Presbyterian Hospital, White Plains, NY
Elise Kabela, PhD
Research Associate, Personality Disorders Foundation, University of Connecticut Health Center, Southington, CT
  Robert L. Trestman, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs, Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut Health Center; Clinical Chief of Services and Director of Mental Health Services for Correctional Managed Health Care in Connecticut, John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, CT
Christina Kallas, Esq.
New York, NY
  Mona Wasow, LCSW
Clinical Professor Emerita, School of Social Work, University of Wisconsin, School of Social Work, Madison, WI
Barbara Kavanagh, MA
Consumer Liaison, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder, Greenwich, CT
  Patricia Woodward, MAT
Secretary, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder; Secretary, New England Personality Disorder Association, Montgomery Center, VT
Otto F. Kernberg, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Director, Personality Disorders Institute, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Westchester Division, White Plains, NY

  Mary C. Zanarini, EdD
Associate Professor of Psychology, Harvard Medical School; Director, Laboratory for the Study of Adult Development, McLean Hospital, Belmont, MA
Pauline F. Kernberg, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University; Director, Child and Adolescent Residency Training, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
   

 

 


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