The information below reflects archived news and events related to the BPD
Resource Center at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital:

May 17, 2009

World renowned experts in the field of severe personality disorders, including NYP's own Otto F. Kernberg, MD, NYP-Psychiatry's Department Chair, Jack D. Barchas, MD; as well as John Gunderson MD, Ken Silk, MD, and Perry Hoffman, PhD, among others, came together on May 17 during the annual APA conference in San Francisco to honor a member of the field for his dedication. Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA, Chief Executive of the Anna Freud Center in London and a pioneer in the development and implementation of Mentalization-Based Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder, is the recipient of the Fourth Annual Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders. The award and dinner were sponsored by the Borderline Personality Disorder Resource Center, the only not-for-profit service in the country that is a clearinghouse for information and education on BPD; and resources for children, adolescents and adults at all levels of care throughout the country. For more information on Dr. Fonagy and his work, please visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/unit-staff/peter.htm

Sunday, May 17, 2009

The BPD Resource Center is pleased to announce the recipient of our 5th Annual Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders. This year's award will be presented to Peter Fonagy, PhD, FBA.

Dr. Fonagy is Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Head of the Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology at University College London. He is Chief Executive at the Anna Freud Centre, London.

He is a clinical psychologist and a training and supervising analyst in the British Psycho-Analytical Society in child and adult analysis. His clinical interests centre around issues of borderline psychopathology, violence and early attachment relationships. His work attempts to integrate empirical research with psychoanalytic theory.

He holds a number of important positions, which include chairing the Postgraduate Centre of the International Psychoanalytic Association, and Fellowship of the British Academy. He has published over 400 chapters and articles and has authored or edited a large number of books. His most recent books include: Affect Regulation, Mentalization, and the Development of the Self (with G. Gergely, E. Jurist and M. Target - published 2002 by Other Press), Psychoanalytic Theories: Perspectives from Developmental Psychopathology (with M. Target - published 2003 by Whurr Publications), Psychotherapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Mentalization Based Treatment (with A. Bateman - published 2004 by Oxford University Press), What Works For Whom? A Critical Review of Psychotherapy Research (fully revised and updated 2nd edition with A. Roth - published 2004 by Guilford), Mentalization Based Treatment for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Practical Guide (with A. Bateman - published 2006 by Oxford University Press), Mentalizing in Clinical Practice (with J.G. Allen & A. W. Bateman - published 2008 by American Psychiatric Publishing) and Social Cognition and Developmental Psychopathology (with C. Sharp & I. Goodyer - published 2008 by Oxford University Press).

For more information, please click HERE (hyperlink to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychoanalysis/unit-staff/peter.htm).

May 13, 2009

1pm-3pm - The BPD Resource Center will participate in a mental health fair at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's Westchester Division.

Participants in the fair will include representatives from other local community resources that are low cost or no cost for people with psychiatric illnesses.

For more information, please contact Beth Harris at (914) 682-9100.