Programme 2019

Thursday 5th September (Day 1)

0800-0900

Registrations

Symposium 1: OCD (Chair: Dr Zaman & Prof Robbins), Riley Auditorium (RA) 0905-1025

0900-0905

Rashid Zaman (Cambridge, UK)
Welcome and Opening Remarks

0905-0935

Trevor Robbins (Cambridge, UK)
Reappraising OCD as a problem of goal-directed behaviour and cognitive flexibility

0935-0950

Marjan Biria (Cambridge, UK) 
Novel approaches to investigate OCD

0950-1015

Naomi Fineberg (UK)
Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment for OCD and Related Disorders

1015-1020

Q & A

Symposium 2: Brain Stimulation (Chair: Dr Zaman & Prof Baeken), Riley Auditorium (RA) 1025-1125

1020-1045

Chris Baeken (Belgium)
Placebo responses of non-invasive brain stimulation in depression: brain imaging findings

1045-1105

Dockx R. (Belgium) 
Ambiguous role of the serotonin transporter in the neurobiological mechanism of accelerated HF-rTMS paradigms

1105-1125

Cynthia Fu (UK)
tDCS: the evidence for its efficacy in depression

1125-1145

Coffee/Posters  (Click Here for details)

1145-1210

Wendy Burn (RCPsych, UK) President of RCPsych
The Future of Psychiatry

1210-1235

Peter Jones (Cambridge, UK) Deputy Head, Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine
Co-production of psychiatry textbooks with students and teachers - a Trojan horse for recruitment

1235-1300

Barbara Sahakian (Cambridge, UK)
Improving cognitive dysfunction and motivation in Neuropsychiatric Disorders

1300-1350

Lunch/Posters  (Click Here for details)

Symposium 3: Schizophrenia & Depression (Chair: X & Y), Riley Auditorium (RA) 1350-1440

1350-1410

Raymond Chan (China) 
Altered functional connectivity of the Default Mode Network in patients with schizo-obsessive comorbidity

1410-1425

Daria Smirnova (Russia)
Language of depression: how it is spoken, what it is about and why it is important to listen

1425-1440

Antonella Vacca ( Italy) 
Identification and evaluation of cognitive deficits in schizophrenia using the “Machine Learning”

Symposium 4: Affective Disorders (Chair: X & Y), Riley Auditorium (RA) 1440-1510

1440-1500

Jacques D., Zdanowicz N., Reynaert Ch., Lepiece B., Dubois T. (Belgium)
Family relationships and health locus of control as co-variables in the evolution of major depressive disorder.

1500-1510

Maria Węgielnik-Gałuszko (Poland)
Efficacy of ketamine in depression-focus on anhedonia

1510-1530

Tea/Posters  (Click Here for details)

Symposium 5: Immunopsychiatry (Chair: Dr Golam Khandaker & Prof Ed Bullmore), Riley Auditorium (RA) 1530-1655

1530-1550

Golam Khandaker (Cambridge, UK)
IL-6/IL-6R Pathway as a Potential Treatment Target for Depression

1550-1610

Rachel Upthegrove (UK)
Neuroimmunology and Psychosis: lessons challenges and precision medicine opportunities

1610-1630

Dr Valeria Mondelli (UK)
Immune biomarkers in psychiatry and their relevance for treatment strategies

1630-1655

Ed Bullmore (Cambridge, UK)
Inflammation and depression

Medical Students Competition

1655-1710

Medical Students Award Ceremony, Riley Auditorium (RA)

1710-1715

Dr Zaman
Close of the day remarks

1845-1930

Drinks at Scholars or Fellows (TBC) Garden, Clare College

1930

Gala Dinner at Great Hall, Clare College

 

Thursday 5th September (Day 1)

Day 1, Parallel session, Italian symposium, (Chair: Dr Tavormina & Dr Y), Elton-Bowring Room, 1st floor

1025-1045

Giuseppe Tavormina (Italy) 
Bipolar disorders and bipolarity: the notion of the “mixity

1045-1055

Francesco Franza (Italy) 
The emotional and psychological burden of the “burnout” in families of psychiatric patients

1055-1105

Maria Vincenza Mino (Italy) 
Psychopathy in adolescence: causes, traits and risk behaviours

1105-1115

Maria Rosaria Juli (Italy)
The ”imperfect beauty” in eating disorders

1115-1125

Maria Grazia Spurio (Italy)
Strategic training: the magical world of change

1125-1145

Coffee/Posters  (Click Here for details)

Parallel session, Medical Student presentations competition (6 mins each), Elton-Bowring Room, 1st floor

1145-1300

Session 1, (Chair X & Y) 1145-1300 (6 mins each, 10 presentations), Total: 60 mins (Click here for details)

1300-1350

Lunch/ Posters  (Click Here for details)

Parallel session, Medical Student presentations competition (6 mins each), Elton-Bowring Room, 1st floor

1350-1510

Session 2, (Chair X & Y) 1340 – 1510 (6 mins each, 13 presentations), Total: 78 mins (Click here for details)

1510-1530

Tea/Posters  (Click Here for details)

Parallel session, Czech symposium, (Chair: Prof Horacek & Dr Brunovsky), Elton-Bowring room, 1st floor

1530-1550

Jiri Horacek et al (Czech Rep.)
Clinical and experimental potential of psychedelics

1550-1610

Jana Koprivova (Czech Rep.)
The effect of daytime psilocybin administration on sleep

1610-1630

Martin Brunovsky (Czech Rep.)
QEEG prefrontal theta cordance and alpha asymmetry in the prediction of response to antidepressants treatment

1630-1650

Iveta Fajnerova (Czech Rep.)
Possible Applications of Virtual Reality in Neuroscience Research, Diagnostics and Therapy of Mental Disorders

1655-1710

Medical Students Award Ceremony, Riley Auditorium (RA)

1710-1715

Dr Zaman
Close of the day remarks

 

 Friday 6th September (Day 2)

0800-0900

Registrations

Symposium 6: LifeStyle Mental Health (Chair: Dr Zaman & Prof Fletcher), Riley Auditorium (RA) 0905-1015

0900-0925

Paul Fletcher (Cambridge, UK)
Food Choices: who's actually in charge?

0925-0940

Tamara Cohen (UK)
Lifestyle medicine, a functional approach to mental health care

0940-0955

Rashid Zaman (Cambridge, UK)
Lifestyle factors and mental health

0955-1015

Claire Steves (UK)
The gut microbiome and its putative role in mental health and cognition

Symposium 7: EPA Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities (MHID) Symposium (Chair: Prof Krysta and Prof Zia), Riley Auditorium (RA) 1015-1125

1015-1035

Ted Carrick (USA)
Brain Injury, Neurocognition and Mental Health Concerns

1035-1055

Krzysztof Krysta (Poland) 
Services for patients with intellectual disability and mental health problems in Poland

1055-1110

Bhathika Perera (UK) 
ADHD in People with ID: future of diagnosis and treatment

1110-1125

Regi Alexander (UK)
Autistic typologies in offending behaviour- the MATCH study

1125-1145

Coffee/Posters  (Click Here for details)

1145-1210

Derek Tracy (UK)
Novel Psychoactive Substances: what you need to know?

1210-1230

Ahmed Hankir (UK)
Nothing about us without us: Expert by Personal and Professional Experience

1230-1245

Tony Rao (UK)
Does Alcohol Related Brain Damage need a re-brand?

1245-1300

Posters  (Click Here for details)

1300-1350

Lunch/Posters  (Click Here for details)

1350-1420

Christos Pantelis (Australia) 
Trajectories of brain change in psychosis: Impact of risk and resilience factors

1420-1430

Anne-Frederique Naviaux (Ireland)
Case report: use of Mirtazapine in a 12 year old diagnosed with ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)

1430-1445

Zeeuws D., Cocquereaux K.(Belgium)
Patient's and general practitioner's perspectives regarding disturbed eating

1445-1500

Angie Cucchi (UK)
Eating disorders and personality disorders: the role of mentalising

1510-1530

Tea/Posters  (Click Here for details)

Symposium 8: Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Italian perspective (Chair: Prof Elisei & Dr Tavormina), Riley Auditorium (RA) 1530-1705

1530-1550

Sandro Elisei (Italy)
Beyond the disease: Am I my brother's keeper?

1550-1605

Moreno Marchiafava (Italy)
Evaluation of rehabilitation treatment's quality in neurodevelopmental disorder

1605-1620

Simone Donnari (Italy)
New technologies for art therapy interventions tailored on severe disabilities

1620-1635

Chiara Bedetti (Italy)
The effect of Mozart's music in severe epilepsy: functional and morphological features

1635-1650

Marilena Gubbiotti (Italy) 
Urinary and bowel dysfunction in autism spectrum disorder

1650-1705

Livia Buratti (Italy) 
Mathematics anxiety and cognitive performance in adolescent students

Psychiatry Trainees & PhD Students Award Ceremony, Riley Auditorium (RA)

1715-1730

Psychiatry Trainees & Phd Students presentations Award Ceremony, Riley Auditorium (RA)

1730-1735

Dr Rashid Zaman
End of Conference - Closing Remarks

 

Friday 6th September (Day 2)

Day 2, Parallel session, Adolescent Mental Health, (Chair: X & Y), Elton-Bowring Room, 1st floor

0930-0950

Juan Tecco (Belgium)
Pregnancy during adolescence

0950-1005

Brice Lepiece (Belgium)
Mental health status of adolescents in transition to young adulthood

Day 2, Parallel session, Suicide & Mental Health (Chair: Peter Pregeli & Y), Elton-Bowring Room, 1st floor

1005-1025

Peter Pregelj (Slovenia)
Suicidal behavior between environmental and genetic factors

1025-1040

Alja Videtic Paska, Katarina Kouter, Tomaz Zupanc (Slovenia)
Genome-wide methylation patterns in suicide victims: Identification of new candidate genes

1040-1055

Tomaz Zupanc (Slovenia)
Treatment compliance and suicidal behavior

1055-1110

Katarzyna Jakuszkowiak Wojten (Poland) 
Suicidality in treatment resistant depression: perspective for ketamine use

1110-1125

Alina Wilkowska (Poland) 
Clozapine: a promising treatment for suicidiality in bipolar disorder

1125-1145

Coffee/Posters  (Click Here for details)

Psychiatric Trainees presentations competition (6 mins each), Elton-Bowring Room, 1st floor

1145-1300

Psychiatric Trainees competition, 6 mins each, 11 presentations, (Chair X & Y) (Click here for details)

1300-1350

Lunch/Posters  (Click Here for details)

PhD Students presentations competition (6 mins each), Elton-Bowring Room, 1st floor

1350-1510

PhD students competition, 6 mins each, 13 presentations, (Chair X & Y) (Click here for details)

1510-1530

Tea/Posters  (Click Here for details)

PhD Students & Psychiatry Trainees Award Ceremony, Riley Auditorium (RA)

1715-1730

PhD Students & Psychiatry Trainees presentations Award Ceremony, Riley Auditorium (RA)

1730-1735

Dr Zaman
End of Conference - Closing Remarks

 

 

Organising Committee

Dr Rashid Zaman (Chief Organiser)
Dr Nadeem Mazi-Kotwal
Dr Ahmed Hankir
Prof Monem Jemni
Dr Muzaffer Kaser

 

International Organising Committee

Mark Agius (Malta & UK)
Chris Baeken (Belgium)
Frederick R Carrick (USA)
Sandro Elisei (Italy)
Krzysztof Krysta (Poland)
Peter Pregelj (Slovenia)
Giuseppe Tavormina (Italy)
Nicolas Zdanowicz (Belgium) 

We thank our Sponsors and invite you to visit the trade exhibitions on site

 

This conference will be followed by a two-day Global Muslim Mental Health Conference.
For details, visit:  http://psychiatry.msu.edu/events/2019_Global_Mental_Health_Conference.html