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AISDP Florence Oct 9-12

Posted By: Prof. Cesare Maffei
Date: Sunday, 23 February 2003, at 4:47 a.m.

Dear colleagues, on October 9-12, 2003, in Florence, Italy, there will be the VIII International Congress of the ISSPD (International Society for the Study of Personality Disorders) titled "Controversial Issues in Personality Disorders", organized by the AISDP (Italian Association for the Study of Personality Disorders). Major world-wide experts will intervene, for example on Oct. 9, at the Pre-Congress, Otto Kernberg will give an intensive course on TFP (Transference Focused Psychotherapy) for borderline patients, Marsha Linehan will give an intensive course on DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy); there will be also a workshop on pharmacological treatment of personality disorders.

For informations and registrations:
AISDP (Associazione Italiana per lo Studio dei Disturbi di Personalità)
Via Luigi Prinetti 29
20127 Milano, Italy
Tel. +(39) 02-26433241, Fax +(39) 02-26433265
E-mail: maffei.cesare@hsr.it
AISDP web site: http://www.psychomedia.it/aisdp
Congress web site: www.studioscaramuzzi.com/isspdflorence2003

Best regards
Prof. Cesare Maffei, AISDP President