MISSION

NEPDA is a 501 (c) (3) charitable organization whose members primarily are family and friends of people with borderline personality disorder. NEPDA's mission is to provide educational opportunities such as lectures, workshops and conferences, support of persons with BPD and their loved ones, and public advocacy for more research and improved insurance coverage.

In partnership with McLean Hospital and the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEA-BPD) we offer a variety of workshops and courses that provide education, recovery skills and the latest scientific updates on Borderline Personality Disorder.

OFFICERS and BOARD MEMBERS

Cynthia J. Knight, President
Ginny Coffin, Vice-President
Al Gold, Treasurer
Kiera Van Gelder, M.F.A Clerk and Recording Secretary

Howard Coffin, M.B.A
Missy Cunningham-Lynch
Diane Greene
Perry D. Hoffman, Ph.D.
Dixianne Penney, Dr.P.H.
Maureen Smith, LICSW
Ronald A. Witmer
Patricia W. Woodward, M.A.T.

SENIOR MEDICAL ADVISOR

John G. Gunderson, M.D.
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, Massachusetts

SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD

Gerald Adler, M.D.
    Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
    Boston, Massachusetts
Antonio Andreoli, M.D.
    Institutions Universitaires de Psychiatrie de Geneve
    Geneva, Switzerland
Peter Fonagy, Ph.D.
     University College London
    London, England
Glen Gabbard, M.D.
    The Menninger Clinic
    Topeka, Kansas
Paul Links, M.D.
    Wellesley Hospital
     Toronto, Canada
Thomas H. McGlashan, M.D.
    Yale Psychiatric Institute
    New Haven, Connecticut
Alec L. Miller, Psy.D.
    Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Bronx, New York
John Oldham, M.D.
    New York State Psychiatric Institute
    New York, New York
Joel Paris, M.D.
    McGill University
    Montreal, Canada
Christa Rohde-Dachser, M.D.
    Institute fur Psychoanalyse de
    Universitat Frankfurt
    Frankfurt, Germany
M. Tracie Shea, Ph.D.
     Brown University
    Providence, Rhode Island
Larry J. Siever, M.D.
    Bronx VA Medical Center
     Bronx, New York
Kenneth Silk, M.D.
     University of Michigan Medical Center
    Ann Arbor, Michigan
Erik Simonsen, M.D.
    Institute of Personality Theory
    and Psychopathology
    Roskilde, Denmark
Paul Soloff, M.D.
     University of Pittsburgh
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Per Vaglum, M.D.
     University of Oslo
    Oslo, Norway
Mary C. Zanarini, Ed.D.
    McLean Hospital
    Belmont, Massachusetts