Facilitator: Dr Caroline Logan (UK)

Cost: £650 inc VAT

Duration: 2 Days - Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th March 2012

The International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE) is a semi-structured clinical interview developed to assess the personality disorders described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder 4th Edition and the International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition. Personality disorder assessment can be an important undertaking in forensic and other settings, for example, to clarify diagnosis and co-morbidity, to formulate the association between mental health needs and harmful behaviour, and to justify specific treatment and management pathways within the criminal justice and forensic mental health systems.

This workshop will provide those attending with training in the use of the IPDE. It will begin with a review of key issues in the assessment and diagnosis of personality disorder, including a review of the proposed revisions for DSM-5. The IPDE will be examined in detail – an IPDE manual and a range of supportive training materials will be provided at this course – and case studies will be used to illustrate important points about the different diagnoses and potential problems in their individual measurement. The use of IPDE findings in a formulation about personality functioning and its relevance to treatment and harmful behavior will also be considered, as will clinical interviewing skills relevant to the assessment of personality pathology. 

The IPDE is a complex clinical tool. Therefore, this course is suitable for experienced mental health practitioners who have a good understanding and working knowledge of personality disorder and the DSM-IV or ICD-10 classification systems. Using the IPDE competently assumes training and experience in making psychiatric diagnoses. The training is therefore most suitable for experienced psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and those with comparable training who are capable of making independent psychiatric diagnoses without semi-structured interviews. Therefore, this training is not suitable for clinicians in the early phase of their training or by research assistants, junior nurses, or medical or graduate students.