Programme 2009
Cambridge/Luton International Conference on Mental Health 2009
Thursday 19th November 2009
Clinical School, University of Cambridge
0815-0905 Conference opening/Registration/Posters
0905-0915 Welcome & opening remarks - Professor Patrick Sissons (Regius Professor of Physics, University of Cambridge)
Dr Rashid Zaman, Dr Mark Agius, Prof Peter Jones
Keynote Speech
0915-0955 Thomas Frodl [Ireland] Neuroscience and Depression
Symposium - Bipolar Disorders: Neuroscience (Chair: Prof Paykel & TBA)
0955-1015 Luchezar G. Hranov [Bulgaria] Do neurons have mood and how can they be stabilised?
1015-1030 Graham Murray [UK] FMRI, Reward Mechanisms and Dopamine
1030-1050 Peter Pregl [Slovenia] Genetics of Schizophrenia and Bipolar disorder
1050-1105 Mark Agius, Jean Lee, David Wotherspoon [UK] Is there a biological basis to the Bipolar Spectrum?
1105-1135 Coffee
Symposium - Bipolar Disorders: Clinical Delivery (Chair: Prof Paykel & TBA)
1135-1155 Nicholas Zdanowicz [Belgium] Bipolar Disorder in Adolescents
1155-1215 Giuseppe Tavormina [Italy] Temperaments in Bipolar Disorders
1215-1245 Martha Sajatovic [USA] Targeted Training in Illness Management (TTIM) for Individuals with Serious Mental Illness (SMI) and Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
1245-1415 Lunch/Poster
Symposium - War & PTSD (Chair: Mark Agius & TBA)
1415-1515 Walter Busuttil [UK] Treating British Army Veterans
1515-1545 Sladjana Ivezic [Croatia] Psychosis and PTSD, lessons of a war
1545-1605 Ivan Urlic [Croatia] Developing a PTSD treatment centre in Dalmatia
2000- Dinner
Cambridge/Luton International Conference on Mental Health 2009
Friday 20th November 2009
Clinical School, University of Cambridge
Symposium - Immunology and Psychiatry (Chair: TBA & TBA)
0900-0920 Norbert Moller [Germany] Role of the immune system in Schizophrenia & Depression
0920-0940 Hemmo Dexage [Netherlands] The Kraepelinian dichotomy: an immunologist’s view
0940-1000 Aye Mu Myint [Germany] Immune system and tryptophan metabolism interaction: pathophysiological role in Depression and Schizophrenia
1000-1030 Coffee
Keynote Speech
1030-1105 Georg Northoff [Canada] Is schizophrenia a disorder of the self? Abnormal attunement & neuronal contextualization: A neurophenomenal hypothesis
Symposium - Neuroimaging and TMS (Chair: TBA & TBA)
1105-1135 Eva Meisenzahl [Germany] Neuroimaging in Schizophrenia; from basic science to clinical neurodiagnostics.
1135-1205 Jiri Horacek [Czech Republic] The ins and outs of Ketamine model of schizophrenia qEEG and FMRI study in healthy volunteers
1205-1225 Rashid Zaman [UK] TMS in Psychoses
1225-1250 Martin Brunovsky [Czech Republic] Early reduction in prefrontal theta QEEG cordance in the prediction of antidepressant treatment in pharmaco-resistant patients
1250-1400 Lunch/Posters
Satellite Symposium - Sharing Care with Primary Care (Chair: TBA & TBA)
1310-1340 Linda Gask [UK] Collaborative care with GPs
1340-1400 Zoltan Rhimer [Hungary] / Mark Agius [UK] Training GPs to Prevent Suicide
Keynote Speech
1400-1430 Ed Bullmore [UK] Brain Networks in Schizophrenia
Symposium - Schizophrenia/Psychoses (Chair: TBA & TBA)
1430-1500 Peter Jones [UK] Epidemiology of Psychosis
1500-1515 Anton Grech [Malta] Epidemiology of Psychosis in Malta
1515-1530 Alina Borkowska [Poland] The association between psychopathoplogical symptoms using PANNS and neurocognitive domains in 1200 patients treated with Olanzapine
1530-1600 Coffee
Keynote Speech
1600-1650 Juan Lopez Ibor [Spain] How delusions are formed
Symposium - Schizophrenia/Psychoses Treatments (Chair: TBA & TBA)
1650-1710 Koksal Alpetkin [Turkey] What did results of meta-analytic and follow up studies tell us? Can we treat Schizophrenia successfully?
1720-1735 Eva Palova [Slovakia] Long-Acting Injectable Antipsychotics in the Treatment of Schizophrenia – 1,5 year follow-up
1735-1755 TK Larsen [Norway] Primary vs Secondary Prevention Studies; experiences from Norway and Denmark; TIPS and TOP
2000- Conference Dinner (Murray Edwards College; formerly New Hall College)
Cambridge/ Luton International Conference on Mental Health 2009
Saturday 21st November 2009
Clinical School, University of Cambridge
Symposium - Medical Students and Psychiatry (Chair: Peter Jones & TBA)
0930-0950 Dinesh Bhugra [UK] Teaching Medical Students Psychiatry in England
0950-1000 Mark Agius/Rashid Zaman[UK] Teaching Medical Students in Bedford; encouraging research.
1000-1020 Michael Gilholey, Abi Davis [UK] The Student’s point of view
1020-1035 David Cassar/Anton Grech [Malta] Teaching Medical Students clinical skills in Psychiatry in Malta
Keynote Speech (The Robin Pinto Lecture)
1035-1115 Patrick McGorry [Australia] Early Intervention in Psychosis
1115-1140 Coffee/Posters
Symposium - First Episode Studies (Chair: TBA & TBA)
1140-1155 Yuliya Zaytseva [Russia] Efficacy of an Integrated Long-Term Program of management of patients after First Psychotic Episode in 5-Year follow-up
1155-1210 Mark Agius, Chris Kelly [UK] Meta-analysis of Prodrome studies and First Episode Studies
1210-1225 Bent Rosenbaum [Denmark] Danish National Schizophrenia Project Update
Symposium - Mental Health issues in UK South Asians (Chair: Gurprit Pannu & TBA)
1225-1255 Dinesh Bhugra [UK] Transcultural Psychiatry in South Asians
1255-1310 Rashid Zaman/James Russell [UK] Mental health issues in UK South Asians
1310-1320 Rashid Zaman/Mark Agius/Peter Jones [UK] Summary & closure
