News from ESSPD President
Dear colleagues and friends,
As the new president of ESSPD, I would like to take the opportunity to share some news with you. At the general membership meeting in October 2020, Stephan Doering stepped down as president of the ESSPD. Stephan did an excellent job in leading our society over the last years, a heartful thank you to Stephan for his contribution and dedication!
Let me also extend our gratitude to our colleagues who left the board during the last term: Lars Mehlum, Sebastian Simonsen, Joaquim Soler, and Paul Moran.
Workshop information
Our next Workshop Conference will take place in Riga, Latvia, June 3-5, 2021.
ESSPD Research Update
The quarterly newsletter is focused upon the theme of borderline personality disorder, physical health, morbidity and mortality as well as BPD, trauma and PTSD, and contains a review of the five most innovative contributions to the literature in the recent months. The corresponding scientific writer is Sophie Liljedahl, PhD.
Deaths by suicide and other causes among patients with borderline personality disorder and personality-disordered comparison subjects over 24 years of prospective follow-up
Borderline personality disorder and self-directed violence in a sample of suicidal army soldiers
Scientific Journal
Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotional Dysregulation edited by Martin Bohus, Christian Schmahl and John M. Oldham is the official journal of the ESSPD. The open access journal focuses on the psychological, social, and neurobiological aspects of emotion dysregulation. It covers the whole range of BPD research including epidemiology, phenomenology, pathophysiology, psychological, and pharmacological treatment, neurobiology, genetics, and animal models of BPD. The journal recently received an impact factor of 2.067. The ESSPD donates three Waivers for Article Processing Charges (APC) primarily to members from Eastern European countries.