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NEA-BPD Milestones


Annual Conferences

2002

From Research to Community:
Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder
New York City

2003

Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder:
BPD and Co-occurring Disorders
White Plains, New York

2004

Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder:
Current Issues in Borderline Personality Disorder
Los Angeles, California

2005

Family Perspectives on Borderline Personality Disorder:
Past, Present and Future
Boston, Massachusetts

2006

New Findings in the Neurobiology and Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

Charleston, South Carolina

2007

Insights into Borderline Personality Disorder:

Neurobiological Research and Clinical Interventions


Regional Conferences

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

October 2004 

Borderline Personality Disorder:

Origins, Treatments, Recovery
St. Joseph's Hospital, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

November 2004

Borderline Personality Disorder:

Professional, Family, and Consumer Perspectives

The Menninger Clinic, NAMI-Houston and the Baylor College of Medicine,

Houston, Texas

May 2005 BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Origins, Treatments, and Family Perspectives
New Haven, Connecticut

June 2005

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:

New Directions, Research and Treatments

Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY

September 2005 Borderline Personality Disorder:
Provider, Family, and Consumer Perspectives
Seattle, Washington
December 2005 BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Clinical & Family Perspectives
Minneapolis, MN
March 2006

Recent Scientific & Treatment Advances in Borderline Personality Disorder:
A Symposium for Consumers, Families and Professionals

Houston, Texas

April 2006

Borderline Personality Disorder:

International Perspectives on Engaging Families and Delivering Services
University College London, London, UK

April 2006

Borderline Personality Disorder:

Professionals, Families and Consumers Working Together

West Akron, Ohio

May 2006 Borderline Personality Disorder: Current Research and
Treatments; Consumer and Family Support Options
New Haven, Connecticut
June 2006 Borderline Personality Disorder:
Current Knowledge and Future Directions, Professional and Family Perspectives 
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
September 2006

Borderline Personality Disorder:

Advances in Science and Treatment

Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York City, NY

November 2006

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:

Clinical & Family Perspectives

Minneapolis, MN

December 2006

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:

Mental Health Professionals, Community Organizations and Families Working Together

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

March 2007

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:

Course, Outcomes, Interventions

Ann Arbor, Michigan

May 2007

HIGH RISK ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

Understanding and Treating Borderline Personality Disorder

New Haven, Connecticut

June 2007

Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified

A One-Day Event featuring Robert O. Friedel, M.D.,

author of Borderline Personality Disorder Demystified

Bethesda, Maryland

October 2007

Borderline Personality Disorder

From Research to Treatment: Advancing the Agenda

Fort Worth, Texas

November 2007 BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER:
Clinical Interventions, Recovery, and Hope
March 2008 BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: New Clinical Approaches
Houston, Texas
May 2008

Borderline Personality Disorder, Trauma & Resiliency

New Haven, Connecticut

   
Papers and presentations from these conferences are available in our Archives section.

 


Family Programs

© Family CONNECTIONS Series: 12-week program for family members with a relative who has borderline personality disorder (BPD). The course provides:

1)

education on BPD

2)

research on BPD

3)

skills training based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in the context of a supportive group environment.


Publications

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.

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).

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.

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.

2005 

Fruzzetti, AE, Hoffman, PD. "Family Interventions" in Borderline Personality Disorder (Ed) Zanarini, Mary, Marcel Deckker, Inc., in press.

2005 

Fruzzetti, AE; Santistiban, D, Hoffman, PD.: "Family DBT" in Dialectical Behavior Therapy Adaptations. (Eds) Dimeff, L, Linehan, MM. Guilford Press, in press.


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


Workshops

February, 2003

"FAMILY CONNECTIONS: Building Validating Family Environments"
          Alan E. Fruzzetti, Ph.D.
          White Plains, NY

May, 2003

"Diagnosing Borderline Personality Disorder: What on earth is that?"
          Richmond, Virginia


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