This conference will help healthcare and other professionals to maximize their treatment impact by learning about the current evidence-based best practices for working with people with personality disorder. Through presentations by and discussions with experts in the field, delegates will gain a greater understanding of the issues relevant to the management and treatment of this client group.
The conference format offers opportunities for delegates to ask questions about issues important to them, and those attending should come prepared to raise points for open discussion. The intended outcome of this event is that delegates will be better informed about personality disorder and so will be able to design and deliver interventions that are of maximum benefit for service users.
Professor Mary McMurran University of Nottingham
Opening address by Chair
Dr Paul Moran Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London
Why treat: The health burden of PD (prevalence and costs)
Professor Kate Davidson University of Glasgow
Evidence-based interventions: What works with PD?
Dr Birgit Völlm University of Nottingham
Pharmacotherapy with personality disorder
Professor Peter Tyrer Imperial College London
Directions in diagnosis
Professor Tony Roth Joint Course Director, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University College, LondonCompetencies for working with people with personality disorder
Miss Kath Lovell Managing Director, Emergence, LondonCompetencies for working with people with personality disorder
Professor Conor Duggan University of Nottingham & Partnerships in Care
Treatment of Personality Disorder: Some unanswered questions from the coal face