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March 23rd, for an important symposium on identity, bias, and diagnosis in BPD, hosted by National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder Register free! Click this link for more information: hubs.ly/Q03bX8M00

We are excited to welcome Michaela Swales to #BIGSPD25 as one of our plenary speakers. Presentation title "Thirty Years of DBT: Where are we now and what next?" Register to attend here ➡️bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confere…

I’m looking forward to hearing Michaela talking as 1 she’s very influential as the president of ESSPD and the head of British Isles DBT 2 She wants to get rid of the diagnosis of BPD due to the stigma Rare to hear that from someone in such a position #bigspd25

Please see links to sign up to attend the Scottish Personality Disorder Network annual conference, held at Abertay University, Dundee on 25th June: eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-per… You can also submit an abstract to present at the conference using this link: forms.office.com/pages/response…

Great blog from Dr Dan Warrender Highlighting the evidence base for Birley admissions for those told they have BPD. It's often suggested NICE recommend 72 hour admissions but this is not the case. nationalelfservice.net/mental-health/…

We are excited to welcome Jenifer Dylan to Liverpool & #BIGSPD25 Plenary Talk: Redefining expertise: exploring the synthesis between ‘patient’ and ‘professional’ Register to attend here lnkd.in/eHrvUAJS

Where does authority lie in the complex system of a therapeutic community? What is its role? Find out at the The Cassel Hospital Charitable Trust summer conference. We will explore these questions from theoretical, clinical and organisational perspectives. eventbrite.co.uk/e/drawing-the-…

Excited to announce Mick McKeown will open the BIGSPD conference as our first of many great plenary speakers. His talk "Relational Practice: making hope possible rather than despair convincing" Limited tickets available bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-confere…

I am heartily recommending this. I contributed to the truth project and Platfform Cymru have some really interesting things to share about the impact of a “personality disorder” diagnosis 👇👇👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/challenging-…

Just under 2 weeks until #BIGSPD25 in Liverpool! If you’re attending, are you interested in helping The Mental Elf live report and get what’s happening at conference #beyondtheroom ? Get in touch and join our team of elves!

Remember we’re now also on Bluesky! @bigspd.bsky.social come and find us! #BIGSPD25

Conference in Liverpool is a week today!!!! Today we’re meeting with our #beyondtheroom team working with The Mental Elf Our team will be sharing lots of exciting live reporting throughout conference. Follow our hashtag #BIGSPD25 and don’t forget we’re also on Bluesky! 💥

Huge thank you to Dr Dan Warrender for hosting a screening just now of Hospital in the Mind, Cassel centenary film, for mental health students at Abertay University, Dundee.

We’re kicking off our pre-conference exec meeting reading for our opening of conference this afternoon. #BIGSPD25 l

The first ever opening address begins for Dr Gary Lamph and Fiona Kuhn-Thompson! Just a reminder we’ll be doing most of our live reporting over on Bluesky! Head over and find us there @ bigspd.bsky.social #BIGSPD25

Race is a delusion, racism is an enactment of that delusion that upholds that delusion - a powerful message from Maxine Dennis #BIGSPD25

Humbled also to have won the poster prize for the category of research and evaluation at #bigspd25 this year. Ours sat among so many wonderful entries. This is shared also with colleagues from University of Huddersfield, uniofbeds, University of Liverpool and University of Staffordshire. BIGSPD The University of Central Lancashire - UCLan

Check out our @casselhosptrust 2024 Impact Report. Read what patients say.”The CHCT funded activities help improve our wellbeing, confidence, and skills outside the clinical setting, preparing us for life after The Cassel.” casselhospitalcharitabletrust.org/about-us/impac…

BIGSPD is hosting a CoP in September "Autism, ADHD, ‘personality Disorder’: thinking about brain, body and diagnostic journeys" more info to follow! #autism #ADHD #personalitydisorder #BIGSPD #CoP