Public Lecture
Thursday, March 16, 2023, 7:00 PM
Concurrent Disorders: Ethics and Stigma In Borderline Personality Disorder and Substance Use Disorder
Shawn Fisk
Educator, facilitator and ON-BPD Board Member

Advance Registration: Advance Registration is required using this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oBuZbWVKR0a3UAmvQg_Aiw

Summary

Those who experience BPD know that there are levels of stigma created by discrimination around this disorder. Additional layers of stigma also occur when they co-experience substance use disorder. When discussing concurrent disorders, we often hear about service gaps in the system. But until now this focus has failed to identify what message those gaps send to people who experience them, and by what pathway they can escape prejudices. So...if dialectical behaviour  therapy is so helpful, why can't we get some?

About the speaker

Informed by both living and professional experience, Shawn Fisk is a passionate advocate, educator, clinician, facilitator as well as a public speaker. Sitting at various tables across the mental health and addictions sector, he speaks from the personal, the service provider, and from peer wisdom perspectives.

As a subject matter expert and informed by more than 20 years of experience with substance use disorder, Shawn provides guidance and training in systems stigma navigation, person-first language, substance use health, mental health, self-determination, compassion and allyship.

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This Public Lecture is free of charge and open to all.

The Ottawa Network for Borderline Personality Disorder, a registered charity for family members and caregivers, acknowledges with gratitude the support of the Ottawa Community Foundation and the Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund in making this Public Lecture possible.