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Dr. John Livesley, MD, PhD is Professor and Head of the Department of Psychiatry at University of British Columbia, a position he has held since 1992.

Dr. Livesley was born just outside Liverpool, England. He completed an undergraduate degree at University of Liverpool and a Ph.D. in psychology with a thesis on the development of personality. After a brief period on faculty at University of Liverpool and experience in a child guidance clinic, he completed medical training, again at University of Liverpool. Subsequently, he moved to University of Edinburgh for specialist training in psychiatry. He was Lecturer in Psychiatry at University of Edinburgh from 1977 until 1979, when he moved to University of Calgary. In 1987, he became Professor of Psychiatry and National Health Research Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry, University of British Colombia.

Dr. Livesley's academic interests are in the classification, assessment, and etiology of personality disorders. He also has an interest in the general problem of classifying mental disorders. His research on personality disorder has focused on identifying some of the basic components of personality pathology and investigating the environmental and genetic factors that contribute to personalty problems. His clinical interests are in the treatment of personality disorder with particular emphasis on psychological interventions.

Dr. Livesley was recently appointed editor of the Journal of Personality Disorders, and he has served as advisor to the DSM-IIIR and DSM-IV working groups on the classification of personality disorder.