Yale–National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder

October 2, 2026

The conference is aimed at mental health professionals, training clinicians, and researchers, as well as those with lived BPD experience and their family members. Our presenters include researchers, treatment developers, master clinicians, and individuals with lived experience of BPD. These presenters make cutting edge research and practice accessible to both professional and lay audience members, and ample time is provided for questions from the audience throughout the conference day.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for an audience of psychologists, social workers, mental health professionals, emergency department personnel, hospital-based staff, physicians, nurses, and other medical and healthcare professionals as well as people with lived experience, family members and caregivers.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this conference, participants will be able to:

Describe current research and clinical perspectives on borderline personality disorder (BPD), chronic emotion dysregulation, and factors associated with risk and resilience.
Identify mentalization and validation strategies that can be used to improve communication, strengthen relationships, and support individuals experiencing chronic emotion dysregulation.
Apply evidence-informed, skills-based strategies to address maladaptive interpersonal patterns and enhance interactions among individuals with BPD, family members, and couples.
Integrate research findings, clinical perspectives, and lived-experience perspectives to inform person-centered and family-informed approaches to supporting individuals with BPD and their loved ones.

Commerical Support
This activity has no commercial support.

Criteria for Success
A certificate of completion will be awarded based on the participant's attendance and completion of the online evaluation/claim credit form. If you have questions about this CE activity, please contact AKH Inc at [email protected].

Course summary

Available credit:

6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
6.00 ANCC Contact Hours
Nurses
Credit being awarded: 6.00 ANCC contact hours
6.00 APA CE
Continuing Education (CE) credits for psychologists are provided through the co-sponsorship of the American Psychological Association (APA) Office of Continuing Education in Psychology (CEP). The APA CEP Office maintains responsibly for the content of the programs.
6.00 ASWB continuing education credits
Social Workers
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. AKH Inc. Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 6.00 continuing education credits.
6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ Non-MD
Non-Physicians Seeking AMA Credit
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this Live Activity for a maximum of 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
6.00 NY Psychologists
New York Psychologists
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists. # PSY 0290. Awarded credit: 6.00 contact hour(s).
6.00 NY Social Workers
New York State Social Workers
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0233. Awarded credit: 6.00 contact hour(s).

Course opens:

10/02/2026

Course expires:

11/02/2026

Event starts:

10/02/2026 - 9:45am EDT

Event ends:

10/02/2026 - 6:00pm EDT

Cost:

$0.00

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Rating:

New Haven, NJ

United States

All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.

Disclosures
It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use and Investigational Product
This educational activity may include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer
This course is designed solely to provide the healthcare professional with information to assist in his/her practice and professional development and is not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The course serves as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH Inc. specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the course, for undetected error, or through participants misunderstanding of the content. If you would like to opt out from future communications from AKH please send an email to [email protected] with your information with "Opt Out" in the subject line.

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