MAY 20TH 9-4:30   BPD AWARENESS DAY

A free of charge educational event for mental health providers, consumers, family & friends and interested public.

SPONSORED BY: LARUE CARTER HOSPITAL, MIDTOWN, IU SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, NAMI, MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA

PROGRAM

9:00  Welcome by Alan Schmetzer, MD

9:20  Center for BPD Treatment & Research  Michael Webber, MD

9:40  Recovery is Possible: International Research on Schema Therapy  for BPD Joan Farrell, PhD

10:00 25 Years of Treatment for People with BPD at LCH  J. Farrell, PhD, Ida Shaw, MA, Vicki Silver, LCSW, Karen Fuller, DMin

10:30 Break

10:40 A Spirituality Resource Group  Karen Fuller, DMin

11:05 BASE Outpatient Program at Midtown  Heather Fretwell, MD

11:30 Our Stories  by Consumers

12:00 RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE CELEBRATION PICNIC FOR ALL

1:30  Creative Expressions by Consumers

2:15 Pharmacological Treatment: Beyond the BPD Cocktail    Michael Webber, MD

2:45 Break

2:55 Together in the Eye of the Storm: Family Guidelines          Abby Mook, MA & Shawn Houston, BA

3:30 Wrap-up and Questions

Home BASE is a site that provides information about BPD and its treatment, research articles, and power point presentations about  Schema Therapy and the studies done at the Indiana University School of Medicine BPD Treatment & Research Center.