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General Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder

jul1:00 am12:00 pmGeneral Psychiatric Management for Borderline Personality Disorder

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This course is provided for FREE for the first 6,000 learners (a fee of $25.00 will apply to subsequent registrants) from the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute, McLean Hospital, thanks to

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This course is provided for FREE for the first 6,000 learners (a fee of $25.00 will apply to subsequent registrants) from the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute, McLean Hospital, thanks to a generous gift from an anonymous donor. This course is accredited by Harvard Medical School.

GENERAL PSYCHIATRIC MANAGEMENT FOR BPD

July 13, 2020 – July 13, 2022

This 8-hour self-paced course offers training in an empirically validated treatment approach to borderline personality disorder (BPD) known as Good or General Psychiatric Management (GPM). This generalist approach to managing this prevalent, disabling and sometimes fatal but treatable diagnosis is good enough for most clinicians and most patients, and provides mental health professionals with guidelines they need to become skilled providers who can derive satisfaction from treating patients with BPD.

Management strategies using practicality, good sense, and flexibility are emphasized. Listening, validation, judicious self-disclosures, and advisement to build a life rather than focus on being a patient create a positive relationship in which both the concerns and limitations of a mental health professional are explicit. Techniques and interventions that facilitate the patient’s trust and willingness to become a proactive collaborator will be described. Guidelines for managing the common and usually most burdensome issues of managing suicidality and self-harm (e.g. intersession crises, threats as a call-for-help, excessive use of ER’s or hospitals) will be reviewed. Principles for the management of co-morbidities and medications from a evidence-based point of view are presented pragmatically. How and when psychiatrists can usefully integrate group, family, or other psychotherapies will be described.

The course utilizes group discussion, video clips and clinical vignettes to promote interactive learning and a comprehensive understanding of the treatment.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

Explain the diagnosis to patients and families and establish reasonable expectations for change (psychoeducation).
Discuss the problem of recurrent suicidality and self-harm while limiting personal burden and liability.
Describe alliance-building via use of medications and homework.
Identify when to prioritize BPD’s treatment and when to defer until a comorbid disorder is resolved.

TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is targeted to Primary Care and Specialty Physicians, Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, and Social Workers. This course is also of interest to physicians who practice in Psychiatry and Psychology and Mental Health.

Dr. John G. Gunderson in 2010. His research helped establish borderline personality disorder as a stand-alone diagnosis.Credit…McLean Hospital

COURSE DIRECTORS
Lois Choi-Kain, MEd, MD
Director, Gunderson Personality Disorder Institute, McLean Hospital
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School

John G Gunderson, MD
(deceased) Former Director, Adult Borderline Center and Training Institute at McLean Hospital
Renamed the Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute in his honor

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Lessons Learned Virtual ZOOM Presentations for ECPs and RFMs

Lessons Learned Virtual ZOOM Presentations for ECPs and RFMs

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Senior Psychiatrists, Inc. and PRMS have teamed up to create Lessons Learned. This is a series of virtual Zoom presentations for Early Career Psychiatrists {ECPs} and Resident/Fellow Members {RFMs} that

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Senior Psychiatrists, Inc. and PRMS have teamed up to create Lessons Learned. This is a series of virtual Zoom presentations for Early Career Psychiatrists {ECPs} and Resident/Fellow Members {RFMs} that have nationally noted psychiatrists providing a variety of career topics of interest to the younger psychiatrist.

The link to access each of these presentations is

https://www.horizonvirtualvenue.com/1-splessons/ Password: lessons

Lessons Learned: Community Mental Health and Covid-19 in the USA
First Aired-Date: December 15, 2020
Time: 8:00 pm

Featured Speakers: Brian R. Sims, MD and Brian Hepburn, MD

Hoarders: Buried Alive
First Aired-Date: October 27, 2020
Time: 8:00 p.m – 9:15 p.m.

Featured Speaker: Dr. William Lawson, MD, PhD, DLFAPA

Senior Psychiatrists: Lessons Learned
First Aired – Date: August 31, 2020
Time: 8 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. EDT

Featured Speaker: Jack McIntyre, MD

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NNESAM 2021 Spring Scientific Session

jun8:00 am12:15 pmNNESAM 2021 Spring Scientific Session

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NNESAM Spring Scientific Session: NNESAM Spring Scientific Session Info Page: https://nnesam.org/conference-2021/ Presentations to Include… AMNet: Addiction Medicine Practice-based Research Network:

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NNESAM Spring Scientific Session:

NNESAM Spring Scientific Session Info Page: https://nnesam.org/conference-2021/

Presentations to Include…

AMNet: Addiction Medicine Practice-based Research Network: An Introduction with Robert Philip Schwartz, M.D.; Diana E. Clarke, Ph.D; and Debbie Gibson, MSc. Description: This session introduces the AMNet, which builds upon APA’s IRB-approved national patient registry, PsychPRO. The importance of focusing AMNet on outpatient practices that treat patients with OUD and other substance use disorders and elaborate on the challenges and benefits of this focus will be discussed. In addition, the importance and clinical implications of using the AMNet’s battery of standardized assessment tools to assess and monitor patients’ addiction symptoms and track the effectiveness of treatment and patient outcomes over time will also be reviewed.

Use of Injectable Buprenorphine for Office-based Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder with John Brooklyn, M.D., UVM LCOM Associate Clinical Professor of Family Medicine and Psychiatry. Description: Dr. Brooklyn will describe the indications for and management of injectable forms of buprenorphine.

The Medical Management of Alcohol Use Disorder-How to Help Your Patients Get Sober with Mark Publicker, M.D., DFASAM, DABAM. Description: A review of current evidence based efficacy of medication in the treatment of alcohol use disorder, placed in the context of a review of the current known neurobiology, epidemiology and lethality of the disorder. Very clear practical how to information for primary care providers.

Decriminalization of Addiction Behaviors with Shawn Ryan, M.D., Chair of ASAM’s Legislative Advocacy Committee.

Scientific Session Fees Structure:

Residents, Fellows, Full or Part-time Graduate Students: $25
Medical Students, Full or Part-time Undergraduate Students: $10
ASAM Members: $40
Non-ASAM members: $80

Questions? Contact [email protected]

Visit https://nnesam.org/conference-2021/ to learn more!

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