BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER: Clinical & Family Perspectives

Sponsored by:

University of Minnesota

Department of Psychiatry

In cooperation with: 

National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

in partnership with NARSAD

Continuing Medical Education

University of Minnesota Medical School

Borderline Personality Disorder is present in 1-2% of the population, yet little attention has been paid to research and services for patients and their families. In order to focus more attention in this area, NEA-BPD has been formed to bring the latest education to clinicians and family members. This Second Annual Regional NEA-BPD meeting in Minneapolis, Minnesota combines the efforts of NEA-BPD with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School. The morning section of the meeting provides an overview of the role of families in the development and treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder by Alan Fruzzetti, PhD. Dr. Fruzzetti is the author of a new book: The High-Conflict Couple: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy Guide to Finding Peace, Intimacy and Validation. In addition, Nicki Crick, PhD, University of Minnesota, will lecture on early onset symptoms of emotional dysregulation: Borderline Features in Childhood. Other lectures include up-to-date information on the biosocial treatment of BPD for both patients and family members including the preliminary results of a recent University of Minnesota fMRI study; an overview of the current psychotherapy treatments for BPD with data regarding their effectiveness; and a medication update on the management of BPD symptoms. A panel of individuals at various stages of recovery has been assembled to provide both hope and insights into the process of healing and gaining skills to manage emotional dysregulation. At the conclusion of the meeting, the clinician and family attendees will have gained valuable knowledge, and strategies on how to intervene more effectively with those who suffer from BPD.

Conference Description

This conference combines the efforts of the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD) with the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota to focus attention on research and services for patients and their families. 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

S. Charles Schulz, MD

Professor and Head,

University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry

Richelle Moore, PhD

Assistant Professor

University of Minnesota Department of Psychiatry

Conference Program

Richelle Moen-Moore, PhD

Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry,

University of Minnesota Medical School

Perry Hoffman, PhD

President, National Education Alliance for

Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA - BPD)

Sue Abderholden, MPH

Executive Director,

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill - Minnesota

Alan E. Fruzetti, PhD

Associate Professor and Director,

Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Research Program (DBT),

University of Nevada

Nicki Crick, PhD

Professor and Director of the Institute of Child Development

University of Minnesota

Moderator: Suzanne Witterholt, MD

Director of Ananda Services for DBT, Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center;

Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry,

University of Minnesota Medical School

Amygdala Response to Conscious and Unconscious Facial Expressions in Women with BPD

Nathalie Vizueta, BA

Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Science & Psychopathology Research Program,

Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota

Management of BPD: Emerging Role for Medication Treatment

Adityanjee, MD

Associate Professor, Department of

Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School

Emerging Best Practices: What Therapeutic Interventions Work?

Michael J. Miller PsyD

Assistant Professor,

Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School