Call for Papers and Early Registration
BIGSPD was formed in 2000 and is a focus for academic and professional networking in the field of personality disorder. The main event each year is a stimulating conference with international speakers presenting new research findings and clinical approaches to Personality Disorders. Previous meetings have been held in London, Leicester, Jersey, Dublin, Cardiff, Glasgow, Nottingham, Cambridge and Oxford. Click here
to register
or submit
a paper.
Keynote Speakers
Who Should Attend?
Mental Health Professionals
Researchers
Multi Agency Professionals
Service Users and Carers
The Venue
Palace Hotel
Oxford Street, Manchester M60 7HA
This year, for the first time, the annual conference will be held in Manchester. Home to over twenty Nobel Prize winners, Manchester is where the atom was first 'split' and where the first modern computer was built. The conference will take place in the four-star Palace Hotel with its distinctive Clock Tower, a feature of the Manchester skyline.
Delegate
Fee
Early Bird rates are available
until 31/12/10 |
Early
bird
until
31/12/11 |
Standard
after
31/12/11 |
Residential
includes accommodation at
conference venue on a dinner,
bed and breakfast rate |
BIGSPD
members £410
Non-members £430 |
£449 |
| Non-residential |
BIGSPD
members £210
Non-members £230
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£240 |
Group
Bookings
There is a 5% discount for
5 or more bookings (sent together)
from a single organisation. |
Service
Users and Carers
This year BIGSPD are offering 10 free places to full-time students and 10 free places to unwaged service user/carers delegates.
These places cover the conference fee and annual dinner (travel costs or accommodation expenses not included).
These places are offered on a 'first come - first served' basis. Apply by Friday 13 January 2012 to Karen Sugars (details below). |
To secure a place at the conference
please complete the form below and
submit it to:
Karen Sugars
Institute of Mental Health
University of Nottingham Innovation
Park
Sir Colin Campbell Building
Triumph Road
Nottingham NG7 2TU
tel: 0115 82 32416
email: karen.sugars@nottshc.nhs.uk
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Karen will also be happy to answer
any other questions you may have.
Conference Hotel
Palace Hotel, Oxford Street, Manchester M60 7HA
Alternative accommodation
Alternative accommodation can be found at www.visitmanchester.com.
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Conference 2011
Oxford, 23rd-25th March
Keynote speakers:
Professor Joel Paris
McGill University, Montreal
Recent developments in the treatment of borderline personality disorder
Professor Kate Davidson
University of Glasgow
Psychological models of personality disorder
Dr Hanna Pickard
All Souls College, Oxford
Philosophical Approaches to Personality Disorder
Review of 2011 conference
Conference 2010
Nottingham 17th - 19th March
Keynote speakers:
Professor
Patricia Cohen
Columbia University, New York
Childhood risk factors for adult
personality disorder
Professor Conor Duggan
University of Nottingham
Scientific
Evidence - a necessary but not a sufficient
condition for good clinical practice
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