This will be an evidence-informed webinar hosted by the Australian BPD Foundation (as part of BPD Awareness week); led by international expert Professor Michael Kaess, whose work directly intersects with early intervention, risk assessment, and youth clinical practice.
The session will explore:
- The relationship between self-harm (particularly NSSI) and emerging personality disorder
- When self-harm is clinically meaningful—and when it is not
- Implications for early identification, assessment, and formulation
- How over-reliance on self-harm as a diagnostic signal can contribute to over-diagnosis
- Evidence-based guidance for youth mental health and suicide-prevention practitioners.
This webinar is designed for:
- Youth mental health clinicians
- Suicide-prevention workforce
- Psychologists, psychiatrists, counsellors, social workers
- Case managers and care coordinators
- Clinicians working in child and adolescent services.