PD Congress 2009
Over 250 people came together at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham, 19-20th November to celebrate developments in the personality disorder field at the 1st National Personality Disorder Congress.
During the two-day programme, delegates shared information about innovative approaches and successful responses to the day-to-day challenges of working with personality disorder in mainstream mental health, criminal justice, third sector and social service settings.
Delegates had the opportunity to participate in an exciting and powerful series of arts and activity workshops and displays aimed at challenging stigma through celebrating creative achievement.
Presentations from day one
- Speaker: Musarrat Khan "Time for Change"
- Speaker: Dr Julie Machan "NICE start, but is it time to get nasty? NICE Guidelines – how to implement them, audit them and use them for best benefit"
- Speakers: Sandra Oluonye and Dr Vikki Baker "From Design to Reality"
- Speakers: Dr Simone Fox and Juliette Wait "Young people at risk of developing anti-social personality disorder: the use of multisystemic therapy as an early intervention with the family"
- Speakers: Nick Benefield and Nick Joseph "Personality Disorder: Bradley and Beyond"
- Speakers: Cathy James and Jenny Taylor "Young People at risk of developing Personality Disorder: making sense of NICE guidance in practice"
- Speakers: Dr Tennyson Lee and Claire Ellingford "The Day was bloody impossible – but I got something out of it. Selecting the right person for a PD service"
- Speaker: Prof Michael Brookes "Supporting uniformed officers in delivering therapy within a prison therapeutic community setting with complex needs offenders who have committed serious sexual offences"
- Speakers: Dr Ranjit Kini and Dr Susan Cooper "Therapy for female personality disorder offenders in custody who pose a risk of serious harm"
- Speakers: Kati Turner, Ian Griggs, Marion Neffgen and Steve Gillard "Doing research together: breaking down barriers"
Presentations from day two
- Speakers: Elena Touroni and Stuart JohnChuan "Facilitating psychologically-informed planned environments: Training as a vehicle for reshaping psychosocial interventions for PD in community and forensic settings"
- Speaker: Janet Feigenbaum "The South Asian Community: Barriers to accessing PD services"
- Speakers: Victoria Baldwin, Kath Lovell, Neil Gordon, Tom Mullen, Heather Wood and Rex Haigh "Implementing the KUF: making the virtual a reality"
- Speaker: Jason Morris "Treatment outside the therapy room: An experiential learning approach to PD awareness"
- Speaker: Melba Wilson "Understanding the challenges: PD and diverse communities"
- Speaker: Karen Miller "Working with Probation Services"
- Speakers: Alan Hirons and Rachel Rose "The Journey Day Service"
- Speaker: Lorna Rose "Thinking outside the box: early intervention service for 16-25 year olds at risk of or experiencing PD"