27 - 28 Apr 2009
London
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| 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 Queens 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 |
| 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 Womens 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 |