The British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder

New BIGSPD Co-Presidents

André from the Mental Elf chats with Fiona Kuhn-Thompson and Gary Lamph, the newly elected co-presidents. They discuss their backgrounds, the significance of BIGSPD, and their vision for its future. Key topics include enhancing member engagement beyond the annual conference, improving diversity and inclusivity within the organization, and strengthening international collaborations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auEsst6KW58&t=1s

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BIGSPD was formed in 1999 as a forum for networking in the field of personality disorder. This began as a small annual conference, predominantly for clinicians but has evolved significantly over the past 25 years. BIGSPD is an organisation which values lived experience equally to those who are traditionally trained. This is reflected in our co-presidency, executive committee, organisational values and in our conference content.

BIGSPD Conference 2024

Creating a ”learning team and/or service” is one of the most difficult challenges we face”.
Practitioners, service users, carers, managers, commissioners & others with an interest are invited to explore this question with us.

Publications

Out Of Area Report

Out Of Area Report

Read our freely available report on the placement of people with personality disorder

Mental Health Journal

Login or register for membership to read our periodical published in association with Emerald Publishing.

Events

Every year, we organise a fast paced, workshop, conversation and presentation filled event for a community of interested professionals.

BIGSPD 2025 comes to Liverpool next June.