Diagnosis Deep Dive: Borderline Personality Disorder

This presentation will help attendees understand the symptomatology of borderline personality disorder and best practices for treatment.

Level: Beginner

Learning Objectives

After attending this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify symptomatology of borderline personality disorder.
• Understand similiarites and differences with other disorders.
• Review treatment options for borderline personality disorder.
• Apply knowledge to case examples.

Course Outline

10:00 am: Objectives of presentation

10:05 am: Define Borderline Personality Disorder

10:15 am: Review similarities and differences with other diagnoses

10:30 am: Treatement options and case examples

10:45 am: Case review and discussion

About the Presenter

Dr. Chinedu Varma, MD, MPH completed medical school at The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in 2010 and also obtained a Master’s in Public Health from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She trained in general psychiatry at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and completed child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell Universities. She is board certified in child, adolescent, and general psychiatry. She serves on the executive committee of the Maryland Regional Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and is an active member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Varma currently serves as the director of psychiatry education at Catholic Charities and psychiatrist at Villa Maria Fallstaff clinic.

Registration & Info

This course is provided free to current Catholic Charities of Baltimore employees and for a fee to non-employees. Registration and additional information, including cost is available via Eventbrite. Registration closes at 11:59 pm on June 3, 2024 or when space is full, whichever comes first. Refunds may be requested via the Eventbrite platform until June 3, 2024 at 11:59 pm; after that date no refund will be given. Please contact Johanna Miller at jmiller@cc-md.org with any questions, concerns, or requests for special accommodations.

Course Completion & CE Info

Course completion requirements: Participants must attend the entire course and complete a course evaluation to earn CE credit. Certificates of completion will be e-mailed within 10 business days.

This course qualifies for 1 contact hour. See below for specific course approvals.

Associated Catholic Charities is authorized by the Board of Social Work Examiners in Maryland to sponsor social work continuing education learning activities and maintains full responsibility for this program. This training qualifies for 1 hour in Category 1 continuing education units.

Contact Information

Catholic Charities of Baltimore (Associated Catholic Charities)

2300B Dulaney Valley Road

Timonium, MD 21093

667-600-2000

info@cc-md.org

www.cc-md.org