The Association for Research in Personality
Disorders provides yearly educational meetings during the time period and city of the American Psychiatric Association Annual Meetings.  We also host a separate dinner and speaker during the same time period which has been a great success.




Our 2012 program will consist of a symposium presentation at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in Philadelphia..

Clinical and Administrative Aspects of the DSM5 personality disorders.

May 6, 2012 1 to 4 pm in the Pennsylvania Convention Center

Previous meetings include:   

Details of our May 15, 2011 education program chaired by James Reich are available below by clicking APAP sy (below)





New Orleans 2010

ARPD symposium May 22, 2010 (2 to 5 pm):

Updating the APA Guidelines for the Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder

Chair: James Reich, MD

Talk 1: Neurobiology and Genetics of Borderline Pathology.  Simone Kool, Ph.D

Talk 2: Emergeny Management of Suicidal Crises in Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder.  Paul Links, MD

Talk 3: Approaches to Prioritizing Treatment fo Borderline Personality Disorder in the Presence of Significant Axis I and Axis II Disorders.  James Reich, MD

Talk 4: New Considerations in the Pharmacologic Treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder. Kenneth Silk, MD

Talk 5: Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder. John Livesely, MD


ARPD Symposium Sunday May 23, 2010
9:00AM-12:00PM

RM R01 in the Morial Convention Center

Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents – understanding personality disorders in children and adolescents: current status and future directions
Advancing from understanding personality disorders in young people toward early detection and intervention.
oDr. Andrew Chanen
Orygen Youth Health Research Centre,
Centre for Youth Mental Health ,Health,
The University of Melbourne, Australia.

Measurement and assessment of PD precursors: Links to normal personality and Axis I problems
oDr. Jennifer L. Tackett
University of Toronto, Department of Psychology

Why and Under What Circumstances Should We Make the Diagnosis of Personality Disorders in Children and Adolescents
oDr. Joel Paris, Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University
SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal


Tuesday May 25,  2010,   –2010 – ARPD Annual Pre-dinner meeting and Dinner at:

Arnaud's
813 Bienville
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone: (504) 523-0611



Pre-dinner Meeting – 6PM-7:15PM

DSM-V Personality Disorders Workgroup Update for 2010
Andy Skodol and Members of the Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group


Gunderson Young Investigators Award for 2010 presentation

Report from the ARPD President

Dinner (7:15PM)


After Dinner Speaker: Dr. John Oldham
Topic: tba             

Sunday May 17, 2009 San Francisco, CA

9:00 – 11:00AM– Progress on DSM-V – Personality Disorders Workgroup
Andy Skodol, Chair and Members of the Personality and Personality Disorders Work Group: Bob Krueger, Lee Anna Clark, John Livesley, Larry Siever.

11:30-12:30PM – ARPD student award winner and commentary

12:30-1:30PM – Lunch break

1:30-5:00PM – Personality Disorders in Special Subpopulations – implications
for research and clinical practice
1:30-2:15PM – “Problem Gamblers”
oR. Michael Bagby, Ph.D., C. Psych.
Director, Clinical Research
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Professor, Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
2:15-3:00PM – "Personality Disorders in Correctional Populations."
oDonald W. Black, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa.
3:00-3:45PM – “Dissociation in Borderline Personality Disorder: An Update”
oMarilyn I. Korzekwa, MD, FRCPC
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences,
McMaster University,
St. Joseph’s Hospital,
3:45-4:30PM – Discussion

Sponsored in part by the Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide Studies
University of Toronto

Tuesday May 19, 2009  – ARPD Annual Dinner

After Dinner Speaker: Dr. Hans Steiner
Topic: Personality in Elite Athletes

Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Human Development
PEGASUS PHYSICIANS AT STANFORD

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine



Washington, D.C. in 2008.


ASSOCIATION FOR RESEARCH ON PERSONALITY DISORDER SYMPOSIUM 2008

9-10:45AM - Morning Session – Learning from the Experience of Families and Patients
Perry Hoffman, PhD, President, National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder – Title: “Learning from the Experience of Families”
Yvonne Bergmans, MSW, Suicide Intervention Consultant, Suicide Studies Unit, Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, collaboration Kat Cziek, Film Director, the National Film Board of Canada – Title: “The Patient’s Experience with a Group Intervention Program”

11- 12 – First Annual ARPD Student Award Presentation and Commentary

1:30 – 4:30PM Afternoon Session – Genetic Studies and Personality Disorders – Participants will present their latest research findings:
Dr. Larry Siever – Executive Director, Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, MIRECC, Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Bronx VA Medical Center
Title: “Neurobiology of Personality Disorders”
Dr. Emil Coccaro – Ellen C. Manning Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, The University of Chicago
Title: “Neuroimaging and Treatment of Aggression in Personality
Disorders”
Dr. Xingqun Ni - Research Scientist, Neurogenetics Section, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada
Title: "Our First Step to an Association Study of Serotonin Genes and Borderline Personality Disorder".
Discussant – Dr. Joel Paris, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University