Online: Working Better with Borderline Personality Disorder with a DBT Lens

Event organiser

This is a Brisbane South PHN event in partnership with Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Services

Event description

This FREE CPD Activity under the RACGP CPD Program for GPs and practice nurses will give you the basics of understanding Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), practical ideas and more confidence in working with people with this disorder, informed by the extensive experience of the trainers.

The training will cover:

• key features of BPD and an overview of how Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) conceptualises emotional dys-regulation - how this can change our understanding and approach to patients
• recognising the patient with BPD and having options to respond more effectively to their care needs- assessment, pharmacotherapy, treatment pathways and comorbidities
• practical clinical engagement strategies and techniques to implement that will work better with this population- why ‘practice as usual’ may not work
• a foundation in a risk assessment system for responding to presentations with suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury and communicating risk to other providers and your documentation
• responding to problematic behaviours effectively such as those interfering with the clinician and practice functioning
• An opportunity for General Practitioners and practice nurses questions to be answered

Audience: This online webinar is for General Practitioners and practice nurses working in the Brisbane South region wanting CPD opportunities in mental health and Borderline Personality Disorder in particular.

A follow up 1 day face to face training session for General Practitioners and practice nurses will be delivered on 31 May 2025 at Brisbane South PHN office (Eight Mile Plains) for those seeking a deeper level of skill and knowledge in this area (This face to face training session is a CPD Activity under the RACGP CPD Program) – **attendance at this online DBT webinar is a prerequisite. **

Presenters: Training is delivered by Metro South DBT Workforce Development Officers, Kathy Madson and Monique Kofler and an intensively trained DBT therapist from DBT Brisbane and medical practitioner with 27 years experience in public mental health care, Dr Chris May.

You will receive a link to access the webinar in the registration confirmation email. If you do not receive your registration confirmation email or you cannot access the link please email events@bsphn.org.au.

You will also receive an email with more information at least 7 days prior to your scheduled session. Should you not receive this email in that timeframe please contact Carolina Nemeth at Brisbane South PHN via cnemeth@bsphn.org.au_

This is an approved CPD Activity

This is an RACGP-approved CPD activity under the RACGP Program - Educational activities hours: 1.5 hr. GPs, please provide your RACGP number when registering to be allocated points for this activity.

Please note:

This online workshop will also be offered at two other sessions

1 April 2025
13 May 2025