Association for Research in Personality Disorders

The Association for Research in Personality Disorders provides a forum and meeting place for clinicians and researchers interested in personality disorders.  They have provided annual activities to support that mission ever since.  They are an incorporated non profit organization which is an affiliate organization of the American Psychiatric Association.  

The Association started in 1983 as a networking event and cocktail party for personality disorder researchers. As time went on we expanded the networking event to a dinner with an expert speaker which took place at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). Currently the society holds a reception on the Saturday of the APA annual meeting and continues educational activities such as APA symposiums. For a number of years we also added a day long educational event on the Saturday at the beginning of the APA week which has received excellent reviews. Each year the ARPD presents a symposium as part of the official APA  educational presentations.  These have also had had very good reviews.
 

 

Organisation

Email: james.reich@ucsf.edu

Australian BPD Foundation

Australian BPD Foundation is a group of volunteers passionate in developing an open dialogue between consumers, carers, clinicians and researchers to encourage a positive culture around the mental health issue known as borderline personality disorder (BPD) 

 

Organisation

Country: Australia

Postal Address: PO Box 942, BAYSWATER, Victoria 3153

Email: admin@bpdfoundation.org.au

Borderline Personality Disorder Collaborative

The BPD Collaborative (BPD Co) state-wide service has been developed in response to the demonstrated need for enhanced, evidence-based BPD service development in South Australia, tailored to the needs of consumers, carers and clinicians. From 1 July 2019, BPD Co will deliver supports and services to clients of all ages living with severe and complex BPD, with a focus on services for new parents, young people with emerging BPD, Aboriginal people, people from LGBTQIA communities and people in the criminal justice system. Delivered through a hub and spoke model, BPD Co offers outreach, consultation and liaison services, shared assessment and treatment planning, support and clinical supervision, integrated with primary care and service partners. It will have a research function and collaborate with tertiary education partners to inform evidence-based practice and continuous service improvement.

 

Organisation

Address: Level 1, 100 Greenhill Road, Unley SA 5061

Country: Australia

Email: health.BPDservice@sa.gov.au

British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder

The British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder provides a forum for networking in the field of personality disorder. The group organises one main event each year which is a stimulating conference with relevant keynote talks from a variety of fields with presentations of new research, service developments, user involvement and workshops. Additionally, BIGSPD  are currently working towards developing a learning community which can support and connect individuals in working with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder and will therefore be facilitating and coordinating learning regular events to share, thinking, innovation and significant developments which will enhance our efforts to reduce distress and improve lives. 

 

Organisation

Address: Scottish Enterprise Technology Park Nasmyth Building 2nd Floor 60 Nasmyth Avenue East Kilbride Glasgow, G75 0QR

Country: United Kingdom

National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD)

The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder is a website and Media Library that provides an international resource of audio and video postings. There are many hundreds of presenters who gave of their time to make this the largest global media library on borderline personality disorder. The National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder provides education, raises public awareness and understanding, decreases stigma, promotes research, and enhances the quality of life of those affected by BPD and emotion dysregulation

 

Organisation

Country: Australia

Email: info@neabpd.org

North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD)

The North American Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (NASSPD) is an organization devoted to research concerning personality disorders. They are committed to:

• Further research on personality disorders
• Informing clinicians, patients, and their family members about the latest information concerning personality disorders
• Aggressively advocating for the funding personality disorders

 

Organisation

Email: stepp.nasspd@gmail.com

Personality Disorders - University of Melbourne

Personality Disorder is a research program focuses on understanding, preventing and treating severe personality disorder. A key part of the activities is the Helping Young People Early (HYPE) program.  Their current research projects include:

• HYPE 600: this study is an evaluation of the long-term outcome of early intervention for borderline personality disorder
• MOBY (Monitoring Outcomes in BPD in Youth): this study examines early intervention for borderline personality disorder in young people.
• Stress Study: this study examines the neuroendocrinological stress response system and stress vulnerability in youth with first-presentation BPD.
• A 10-year follow up study examining premature mortality among individuals who met criteria for borderline personality disorder during their youth.
• MS-BPD Trial (Making Sense of Borderline Personality Disorder): this is a randomised controlled trial of a group intervention for family and friends with borderline personality disorder
• Voices study: this study examines the role of interpersonal schema in the experience of auditory verbal hallucinations in borderline personality disorder
• VERBATIM is a randomised controlled trial of aripiprazole for treatment of auditory verbal hallucinations in borderline personality disorder.
• The Functioning study: development of a measure of functioning for young people with borderline personality disorder
• An evaluation of the effectiveness of a clinical pathway and screening tool in improving clinical practice in an early intervention program for borderline personality disorder
• SPEARS: this study examines the sexual, reproductive and physical health in youth with borderline personality disorder.
• GendR: this study investigates the sexuality, gender and identity in borderline personality disorder.
• Kindred Study: a Moderated Online Social Therapy for carers of youth with borderline personality disorder.
• Evaluation of an Early Intervention for Borderline Personality Disorder training package for mental health clinicians targeting knowledge and attitudes

 

Organisation

Address: The University of Melbourne Grattan Street, Parkville, Victoria, 3010

Country: Australia

The Treatment and Research Advancements for Borderline Personality Disorder (TARA)

The Treatment and Research Advancements for Borderline Personality Disorder is a  not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster education and research in the field of personality disorder, specifically but not exclusively Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) to:

• Support research into the causes, psychobiology and treatment of personality disorders
• Support and I encourage educational programs and endeavors targeting mental health professionals, consumers of mental health services, families and/or the community at large in order to reduce stigma and increase awareness of personality disorder
• Disseminate available information on etiology and treatment and to lawfully advocate for accomplishments of these goals.

 

Organisation

Address: 23 Greene St. #3 NY, NY 10013

Country: United States of America

Email: TARA4BPD@gmail.com