Bo Bach, Ph.D., D.MSc.

Bo Bach, Ph.D., D.MSc., is a professor of clinical psychology at the University of Copenhagen and a clinical practitioner at Slagelse Psychiatric Hospital, Denmark, where he runs the Center for Personality Disorder Research. He is co-author of the Practitioner’s Guide to the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders (Guilford), ICD-11 Personality Disorders: A Clinician’s Guide (Hogrefe), editor of ICD-11 Personality Disorders: Assessment and Treatment (Oxford), and co-author of the Diagnostic Interview for Personality Pathology in ICD-11 (DIPP-11). Bo is also co-chair of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Section on Personality Disorders, a former board member of the European Society for the Study of Personality Disorders (ESSPD), and serves on the editorial board for Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment and Journal of Personality Assessment. Bo received the 2021 American Psychological Association (APA) Theodore Millon Grant for his contribution to Personality Disorder assessment. He served as consultant for the World Health Organization’s ICD-11 personality disorder workgroup and field trials. As a part of his clinical practice, Bo is internationally accredited trainer and supervisor in schema therapy.