International Expert on Personality Disorders to Present Webinar on Borderline Personality Disorder

John M. Oldham, MD, MS, an international expert on borderline personality disorders, will present Borderline Personality Disorder, the Alternative DSM-5 for Personality Disorders and the SCID-5-AMPD via Zoom on October 23 from 11:30 am to 1 pm.

Dr. Oldham is a former president of the American Psychiatric Association and a former chief of staff at Menninger. He is a distinguished emeritus professor at Baylor College of Medicine, one of the country's top medical schools.

Webinar Overview

This webinar will focus on the dimensional nature of personality, emphasizing a continuum model from personality styles to personality disorders. The development of the Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders (AMPD) will be described, reviewing the hybrid nature of the model that incorporates two dimensional components:

1. Level of impairment in functioning, and
2. Pathological personality trait domains and trait facets.

The use of the semi-structured interview, the Structured Clinical DSM-5 Interview for the AMPD (SCID-5-AMPD) will be demonstrated, focusing on a patient with multiple personality disorders, including borderline personality disorder.

Continuing Education

The Menninger Clinic has designed 1.5 hours of continuing education credits for the following disciplines:

• Physicians
• Psychologists
• Social workers
• Psychiatric nurses
• Addictions professionals
• Licensed professional counselors
• Licensed marriage and family therapists

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