International Conference on Good Psychiatric Management for Personality Disorders - Schedule

Here you find the preliminary schedule for the International Conference on Good Psychiatric Management for Personality Disorders taking place May 4–5, 2026, at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm.

Schedule

List of presenters

Anja Lewin, Social Worker, Director, Stockholm Center for Eating disorders, Sweden

Anton Sandell, Psychologist, Personality Disorders Clinic, Psykiatri Sydväst. Sweden

Brandon Unruh, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Medical Director, Gunderson Residence; Director, Mentalization-Based Treatment Clinic

Cathy McLeod Everitt, Service Development Manager, Borderline Personality Disorder Collaborative, Barossa Hills Fleurieu LHN, Mental Health Services, Australia

Dan Bengtsson, Psychologist, Phd student, Personality Disorders Clinic, Psykiatri Sydväst, Sweden

David Singmo, psychologist, psychiatric clinic, Region Västerbotten

Erik Ydrefelt, Licensed Psychologist, Outpatient Clinic for Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, Malmö. Clinical Lead, Standardized Care for Personality Disorders, Region Skåne, Sweden

Georgia Tzavara, Psychologist, Personality Disorders Clinic, Psykiatri Sydväst, Sweden

Hanna Rösman, Consultant Psychiatrist, medical director, out-patient clinic 8, Norra Stockholms Psykiatri, Sweden

Isabel Jadbäck, Psychologist, SUD-clinic Malmö, Sweden

Jeanette Lindholm, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Personality Disorders Clinic, Psykiatri Sydväst, Sweden

Jihed Seli, Consultant Psychiatrist, Le Jolimont, Switzerland

Josefin Rashidi, Psychologist, Psychiatric Clinic, team for emotional instability, Malmö

Kimberley Siscoe, Consultant Psychiatrist, Eating Recovery Center, Denver, USA

Kiely Foley, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, Maine Behavioral Health, USA

Klara Schultz, Psychologist, SUD-clinic Malmö, Sweden

Lina Olsson, Social Worker, Psychiatric clinic, Region Västerbotten, Sweden

Lina Nordström, Psychologist, PHD student, Center for Personality Disorder, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

Lina Martinsson, MD PhD Department of Clinical Neuroscience, KI , Senior Psychiatrist, Head of Psykiatri Sydväst, Sweden

Lo Edberg, Psychologist, out-patient clinic 8, Norra Stockholms Psykiatri. Sweden

Lois W. Choi-Kain, M.D. M.Ed., Director, Gunderson Personality Disorders Institute, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Distinguished Fellow, American Psychiatric Association, USA

Manne Frankenstein, Psychiatrist, Outpatient Clinic for Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, Malmö, Outpatient Clinic for Bipolar Disorder, Malmö, Sweden

Marcelo J. A. A. Brañas, M.D.Co-director, Adolescent BPD Outpatient Program (ADRE), Institute of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo (USP)785 Dr. Ovídio Pires de Campos, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil

Marcos Signoretti Croci, M.D, Co-director, Adolescent BPD Outpatient Clinic, Department of Psychiatry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil at University of São Paulo, Brazil

Martin Blay, MD, MSc Psychiatrist at ADDIPSY (SBD group), Lyon, PhD candidate in Clinical Research (Graduate School Santé Publique Paris-Saclay) Member of the European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD) President-founder of Lyon's Network of Personality Disorder, France

Mats Adler, Associate Professor, Consultant Psychiatrist, Psykiatriutveckling Sverige AB, Sweden

Melissa Casey, Adj. Professor Melissa Casey – Principal, Agile Mental Health, New Zealand

Mithira Nithianandan, acting executive clinical director, Spectrum - statewide service specialising in personality disorder and complex trauma, Victoria, Australia

Niki Sundström, Psychologist, Director, Personality Disorders Clinic, Psykiatri Sydväst, Sweden

Ola Starck, Social Worker, Personality Disorders Clinic, Psykiatri Sydväst, Sweden

Peder Björling, Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Director, Personality Disorders Clinic, Psykiatri Sydväst, Sweden

Robert Dudas, MD, PhD, FRCPsych PGCert Med Ed, Affiliated Assistant Professor at University of Cambridge, UK

Sara Botolfsson, Social Worker, Counselor, Stockholm Center for Eating disorders, Sweden

Sara Petersson, Psychologist, Stockholm Center for Eating disorders, Sweden

Sarah Gullbjörk, User Involvement Coordinator Psykiatri Sydväst and Psykiatricentrum Södertälje 

Sonja Quan, Consultant Psychiatrist, Kāinga Tiaki Centre, New Zealand

Sophie I. Liljedahl, National Specialized Medical Care Unit for Severe Self-Harm Behaviours Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Center for Personality Disorder, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 

Susanna Krus, Psychiatric Nurse, SUD-clinic Malmö, Sweden