Borderline Personality Disorder: Practical Treatment Strategies for Addiction Clinicians (On-Demand)

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1.5 CME Credits

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Rocco Iannucci, MD

Rocco Iannucci, MD, began his psychiatric career at Massachusetts General Hospital and McLean Hospital, where he served as chief resident in addiction psychiatry and as assistant director of psychiatric residency training. He then practiced general community and hospital psychiatry for 5 years at Berkshire Medical Center, an experience that shaped his collaborative approach to working with patients and other health care providers. Dr. Iannucci returned to McLean Hospital in 2012 as director of McLean’s Fernside residential addiction treatment program, where he continues to focus his career on the integrated treatment of people with substance use disorders and other co-occurring mental health conditions. For 10 years, he also directed Fernside’s postdoctoral fellowship in addiction psychology, teaching and learning from the many outstanding psychology trainees at McLean. He has published on the treatment of people with stimulant use disorder, with co-occurring bipolar disorder and addiction and with co-occurring borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders.

Dr. Caroline Ferreira

Dr. Caroline Ferreira is an Assistant in Psychology at McLean Hospital’s Fernside Addiction Recovery Program, where she works closely within a multidisciplinary team to provide integrated, evidence-based treatment for individuals with substance use disorders and co-occurring psychiatric conditions, including borderline personality disorder (BPD). Her clinical work emphasizes structured, skills-based approaches, drawing on modalities such as Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) to support patients with high clinical complexity.

Dr. Ferreira completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Harvard Medical School/McLean Hospital, where she trained under leaders in addiction psychiatry and psychology, including within Fernside’s specialized residential program. She also completed her APA-accredited predoctoral internship at Yale University School of Medicine, where she gained extensive experience in substance use and community mental health treatment. She earned her Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology from William James College, where her doctoral research focused on the impact of early adversity on mental health outcomes.

Her clinical and research interests center on the treatment of co-occurring substance use and other disorders, trauma-informed care, and improving access to culturally responsive interventions. She has contributed to peer-reviewed research on substance use and mental health disparities and is particularly interested in translating evidence-based treatments into real-world clinical settings.

Working collaboratively with Dr. Rocco Iannucci, Dr. Ferreira brings a psychology-driven perspective to the integrated care of individuals with BPD and SUD, with a focus on enhancing engagement, structure, and therapeutic alliance in addiction treatment settings. Fluent in English and Portuguese, she is committed to advancing equitable, patient-centered care for individuals with complex co-occurring disorders.

Why this content will positively affect patient care:

People with Borderline Personality Disorder are commonly treated in settings that are primarily focused on Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment, representing over 25% of patients by some estimates. Addiction treatment providers benefit from knowledge about how best to help this important group of people. This webinar will review the evidence supporting different clinical approaches, and provide practical strategies that can be implemented in a variety of SUD treatment settings.

At the conclusion of this session, participants should be able to :

1). Describe 2 evidence-based treatments that were developed for the treatment of people with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD)

2). Describe a practical approach to medication treatment of people with co-occurring BPD and SUD

3). Name one potential benefit of engaging patients who have BPD in structured treatment rather than less structured approaches

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