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3rd National Conference: Treating Schizophrenia

27 - 28 Apr 2009
London

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Details

DAY 1 – Monday 27th April

08.15 – 09.00	Registration and refreshments
08.55 – 09.00	Welcome & introduction
09.00 – 09.30	Keynote address: Developing services to improve outcomes for people with schizophrenia: the national mental health policy and regulation context Dr Geraldine Strathdee OBE Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust & Specialist Adviser to the Mental Health Strategy Team, Healthcare Commission & Co-Clinical Director, Darzi Care Pathway NHS London Programme
09.30 – 10.00	Classifications of schizophrenia: a nursing perspective Austyn Snowden Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing University of West of Scotland
10.00 – 10.30	Schizophrenia risk: examining genetic and environmental interactions Dr James Rucker Wellcome Trust Research Fellow Institute of Psychiatry, London
10.30 – 10.45	Discussion
10.45 – 11.15	Refreshments
11.15 – 11.45	Use of brain imaging in drug development and clinical decisions Professor Stephen M Lawrie Professor of Psychiatry and Neuro-Imaging & Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist Royal Edinburgh Hospital
11.45 – 12.15	Challenges in paediatric psychiatry: managing the transition into adult services James Turner Prinicpal Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing & Patricia Day Senior Lecturer in Primary Care Nursing Sheffield Hallam University
12.15 – 13.00	An AstraZeneca symposium Further details to follow.
13.00 – 13.15	Discussion
13.15 – 14.00	Lunch
	PHARMACOTHERAPY
14.00 – 14.30	First generation versus second generation antipsychotics Professor David Taylor Chief Pharmacist South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
14.30 – 15.00	Metabolic side effects of antipsychotic drug treatment Professor Gavin Reynolds Chair of Neuroscience Queen’s University Belfast
15.00 – 15.30	Monitoring cardiovascular risk in people with schizophrenia: who and what? Dr David Osborn Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology and Community Psychiatry & Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist Camden and Islington Mental Health and Social Care Trust
15.30 – 15.40	Discussion
15.40 – 16.00	Refreshments
16.00 – 16.30	Are psychedelic drug treatments making a comeback? Dr Ben Sessa Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist & Research Associate Psychopharmacology Unit, Bristol University
16.30 – 17.00	Psychosis: treating the untreatable Dr Mike Launer Medical Director North West Region Partnerships in Care
17.00- 18.00	CANAPES & REFRESHMENTS HOSTED BY ASTRA ZENECA

DAY 2 – Tuesday 28th April

08.45 – 09.15	Registration and refreshments
09.15 – 09.45	Early interventions for schizophrenia Dr Paddy Power Lead Consultant Psychiatrist & Honorary Senior Lecturer South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust & Institute of Psychiatry
09.45 – 10.15	Implementing evidence based psychosocial interventions to improve recovery rates Sandra Tranter Nurse Consultant in Psychosocial Interventions Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
10.15 – 10.45	Ethnic differences in mental health: racism, deprivation or cultural attribution? Professor Swaran Singh Professor of Social & Community Psychiatry & Consultant Psychiatrist University of Warwick
10.45 – 11.00	Discussion
11.00 – 11.20	Refreshments
11.20 – 11.50	Family work in early psychosis Dr Dan Pearson Consultant Therapist in Family Therapy and CBT PIER Early Psychosis Service, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
11.50 – 12.20	Cognitive behavioural therapy Dr David Kingdon Professor of Mental Health Care Delivery & Honorary Consultant Adult Psychiatrist University of Southampton & Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust
12.20 – 12.50	Involving service users and carers Paul Jenkins Chief Executive Rethink
12.50 – 13.00	Discussion
13.00 – 13.45	Lunch
13.45 – 14.15	Cannabis and psychosis: what are the links? Dr Zerrin Atakan Senior Researcher & Honorary Senior Lecturer Institute of Psychiatry, London
14.15 – 14.45	Pregnancy and psychosis: risks and treatment considerations Dr Louise Howard Reader in Women’s Mental Health Institute of Psychiatry, London
14.45 – 15.15	Forensic psychiatry: assessing the risk of harmful behaviour in schizophrenia Dr Lindsay Thomson Medical Director, The State Hospitals Board for Scotland and the Forensic Mental Health Services Managed Care Network & Reader in Forensic Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh
15.15 – 15.45	Crisis intervention for the suicidal: the Maytree model and experience Mr Michael Knight Founder Director Maytree, a Sanctuary for the Suicidal, London
15.45 – 16.00	Discussion
16.00	Refreshments
	End of conference

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