In November 2011, SAMHSA convened a Federal Partners Meeting on Borderline Personality Disorder in Rockville, Maryland, to review progress following the 2010 Report to Congress on BPD and to identify opportunities for coordinated federal action. The meeting was co-sponsored by the National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder (NEABPD) and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).

NEABPD President Dr. Perry Hoffman presented the consumer and family perspective, emphasizing the profound impact of BPD on families, the critical role of family psychoeducation, and the effectiveness of Family Connections™ as an evidence-based, no-cost program for caregivers.

The meeting reinforced several advocacy priorities long advanced by NEABPD, including recognition of BPD as a serious but treatable mental health condition; the need for early identification and prevention, including in adolescents; expansion of family-inclusive, trauma-informed care; workforce training and dissemination of evidence-based treatments such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT); and suicide prevention alongside efforts to reduce stigma within healthcare systems.

This convening marked a significant milestone in federal-level collaboration and helped advance BPD as a public health priority within national mental health policy discussions.