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

Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders - University of Wollongong

The Project Air Strategy for Personality disorders is an internationally recognised leader in research, education and treatment of personality disorders. They  aim to support compassionate, evidence-based treatment and recovery for people with personality disorder and related conditions. The Project Air Strategy generates scientific research discoveries, inspire through education and training, and consult with our partners to improve treatment. They partner with health, justice, communities, schools, families and individuals, bringing new scientific discoveries to promote recovery through effective response and treatment of complex mental health challenges.

Project Air is a centre of excellence for research, education and treatment of personality disorders and related complex challenges including self-harm, suicide and comorbid conditions and is the only university-based personality disorders centre with a national and international focus that has the capacity and expertise to provide a national focus of work.  Project Air has developed and evaluated a range of interventions for health services, schools and clinicians. We build capacity to help health services, schools and communities identify and respond more effectively to suicide risk, self-harm and complex mental health presentations. 

Project Air Strategy for Personality Disorders is a partnership between the Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute at the University of Wollongong and the NSW Ministry for Health and Local NSW Health Districts. It seeks to engage the community, families, carers, consumers and health and drug and alcohol services and agencies, to support better treatments for personality disorders. Founded in 2001, the Strategy fosters University-Health partnerships locally, nationally and internationally.

 

Organisation

Address: Northfields Avenue University of Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia

Country: Australia

Email: info-projectair@uow.edu.au