Chair of the Meeting: Giuseppe Tavormina

Programme

November, 13th , thuersday

3.30 p.m. -     Welcome to all delegates

 1st Symposium  - Chairs:   Nicolas Zdanowicz – Chris Baeken

Belgian  Symposium (introduced by Nicolas Zdanowicz)

3.40 - Maximize sales of antipsychotics drugs - Nicolas Zdanowicz - Université Catholique de Louvain, CHU Mont-Godinne - Belgium

4.05 - The paradoxes of depression in adolescence - Ann D’Alcantara - Université Catholique de Louvain, CthA, Bruxelles - Belgium

4.25 - Quit smoking and quit drinking: analysis of post-graduates and nurses in psychiatry’s perceptions - Denis Jacques - Université Catholique de Louvain, CHU Mont-Godinne - Belgium

4.45 - School refusal in adolescents: individual and familial characteristics - Veronique Delvenne - Université Libre de Bruxelles, Dept of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola - Belgium

5.05 - A possible role of gut microbiota in the behavorial control of alcohol-dependent subjects - Philippe De Timary - Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques St Luc, Bruxelles - Belgium

5.25 -          Discussion

5.30 -                 Coffee break          

 2nd Symposium  - Chairs:   Sandro Elisei – Marilisa Amorosi

Cen.Stu.Psi. Symposium

5.45 p.m. - Psychiatry in the emergency department: clinical experience in Perugia - Serena Anastasi – Paolo Eusebi - Roberto Quartesan --- Univ. of Perugia - Italy

6.05 - OCD, one disorder, various existential realities: from “Michael Kohlhaas” to “La migliore offerta”, psychopathological changes over a century - Immacolata d’Errico – Bari - Italy

6.25 - Depression and Immunity: the HCV model - Emanuela Apicella – Mental Health Dept. “Villa Miralago”, Varese - Italy

6.45 - Aggression in the working environment: cross-sectoral survey results in Croatia – Ivan Urlic - Toni Popovic - Andrea Russo – Vick Tomic --- Split - Croatia

7.05 - The Help-line “Invito alla vita”: a new project for suicide prevention in Trentino region - Wilma Di Napoli - Mental Health Dept., Trento - Italy

07.10 -           Discussion

End of first day of the congress

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November, 14th , friday

3rd Symposium  - Chairs:  Martha Sajatovic – Giuseppe Tavormina

British  Symposium (introduced by Mark Agius)

9.30 a.m. - Co-morbidities in bipolar disorders and psychosis - Mark Agius – Dept of Psychiatry Univ of Cambridge - UK

9.50 -  Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and ADHD - Rashid Zaman - Dept of Psychiatry Univ of Cambridge - UK

10.10 - Do increases in numbers of community interventions reduce the rates of relapse in Bipolar Disorder? An audit from Malta - Francesca Falzon Aquilina, Kriti Sharma, Anton Grech, Mark Agius - Mater Dei Hospital - Malta

10.30 - Petals: outcomes of a specific counselling service for Women who have lost a baby around childbirth. - Molly Spink, Abi Magrill, Jonathan Rogers, Mark Agius. - School of Clinical Medicine, Clare College, Cambridge - UK  

10.50 - “The Wounded Healer”: an effective anti-stigma intervention targeted at the medical profession? - Ahmed Hankir, Rashid Zaman - Harvard Medical School Global Clinical Scholars Research Training Program Participant, Harvard Medical School, Boston - USA

 11.10 -           Discussion

 

11.30 -   Short presentations 1

12.45                       Congress break

4th Symposium  - Chairs:  Nicolas Zdanowicz – Sandro Elisei

Cen.Stu.Psi. Symposium

5.00 p.m. - Psychosis and migration: does a correlation exist? - Chiara Mandaglio - Enza Maierà – Mental Health Dept.,  Cosenza - Italy

5.20 - Positive results of clinical educational support in situations of psychological distress - Dominique Tavormina – Bergamo - Italy

5.40 - Why are we afraid to love? - Romina Tavormina – Napoli - Italy

6.00 - Strategies of prevention of stigma in psychiatry: perspective in territorial psychiatric rehabilitation - Marilisa Amorosi – Mental Health Dept., Pescara - Italy

6.20 - Gotan project: Tango, a dance to experience oneself - Marcello Nardini – Immacolata d'Errico - Nicoletta De Marzo – Domenico Mastrofilippo --- Univ. of Bari - Italy

6.40 - The singing-group: a new therapy for mood disorders - Maurilio Tavormina - Mental Health Dept., Napoli - Italy

7.00         -           Discussion

730                           End of second day of the congress

8.30 -       Gala Dinner

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 November, 15th , saturday

5th Symposium  - Chairs:  Marilisa Amorosi – Martha Sajatovic

Cen.Stu.Psi. Symposium

9.30 a.m. - Gender violence and psychopathology - Calogero Anzallo - Mental Health Dept., Gorizia - Italy

9.50 - The presence of depression in women who are victims of violence: the experience of “Anti-violence Centers” in the region of Calabria - M. Rosaria Juli – Foggia - Italy

10.10 - How to treat resistant depression? - Giuseppe Stranieri – Mental Health Dept., Catanzaro - Italy

10.30 - An update on eating disorders: epidemiology, comorbidity and treatment - Leonardo Mendolicchio – Mental Health Dept. “Villa Miralago”, Varese - Italy

10.50 – The starting point of eating disorders: role of genetic - Giada Juli – Luigi Juli --- Catanzaro - Italy

11.10 -            Discussion

 11.30 -   Short presentations 1

12.45                     Congress break

 6th Symposium  - Chairs:  Mark Agius – Marcello Nardini

Cen.Stu.Psi. Symposium

5.00 p.m. - Bipolar disorders: the importance of the clinical assessment in identifying the prognostic factors - Norma Verdolini (Perugia, Italy) – Mark Agius (Cambridge, UK)

5.20- Depression in later life: an overview of assessment and management - Martha Sajatovic – Dept of Psychiatry, Univ. of Cleveland – Usa

5.40- Metabolic alterations associated with first and second generation antipsychotics: a twenty-years open study - Francesco Franza – Alba Cervone --- Mental Health Dept. “Villa dei Pini”, Avellino - Italy

6.00 - Mixed States: a “new” nosographic entity - Sandro Elisei – Norma Verdolini – Roberto Quartesan –– Univ. of Perugia - Italy

6.20 - A new rating scale for bipolar spectrum mixed states - Giuseppe Tavormina – President of “Psychiatric Studies Centre” - Brescia - Italy

6.40 -          Discussion

7.00               End of the congress

 

8.00           The dinner of the Friends  (everyone likes to take part has to book it during the “Gala-dinner”)

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 Short Presentations - UK   

Minisymposium on Antipsychotics:

- A review of the adverse effects of antipsychotics - Jina Pakpoor, Mark Agius – School of Clinical Medicine Univ of Cambridge - UK

- Combining antipsychotics; is this strategy useful? - Jill Christie, David Barnside, Mark Agius, Rashid Zaman. - School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge - UK

- Do Atypical antipsychotics improve cognition? - Yasmin Walters , Mark Agius. - School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge- UK

- Can metabolic side effects of antipsychotics be reversed by lifestyle changes? - Alistair Bolger, Mark Agius School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge - UK

- Antipsychotics for bipolar disorder – Stephanie Poo – Mark Agius - School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge- UK

 

 

- Immunotherapy in Alzheimers Disease - Keonwoo Yi - School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, Clare College Cambridge – UK

- Complex Case Report of an eating disorder patient - Francesca Falzon Aquilina - Mater Dei Hospital - Malta  
- Cognitive Impairment following use of Anaesthetic Agents: a Review of the Literature, and Implications for Future Practice. - Arjun Nesaratnam, Nisha Nesaratnam, Mark Agius. - Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge- UK

- An Audit of Psychological and Pharmacological treatment of OCD in a community Mental Health Team in the UK. - Keonwoo Yi, James Austin, Mark Agius, Rashid Zaman. – School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge - UK

- ECG qtc interval changes in Antipsychotic Antidepressant combinations. Did doctors change their practice? - James Austin, Keonwoo Yi, Mark Agius, Rashid Zaman. - School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge, Clare College Cambridge - UK

- Repeat users of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment (CRHT) services. - Vinod kumar Lunawat and Milind Karale - South Essex Partnership University - UK

- Organic causes of psychosis in younger patients; identifying Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis - Mark Agius, Sid Lawrence - Dept of Psychiatry Univ of Cambridge - UK

- Acute psychosocial stress does not increase dysfunctional attitudes - Su Ying Yeoh – School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge - UK

- Social media, help or hindrance: what role does social media play in young people's mental health? - Alfie Lloyd - School of Clinical Medicine University of Cambridge - UK

- The medical consultation and the human person - Mark Agius – Dept of Psychiatry Univ of Cambridge - UK

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Short presentations - Belgium

- Ethnic discrimination in psychiatry: a review - Lepiece Brice - Université Catholique de Louvain, CHU Mont-Godinne - Belgium

- Bipolar disorder, acquired or innate? - Bries Alice - Université Catholique de Louvain, CHU Mont-Godinne - Belgium

- Place of benzodiazepines in the treatment of anxiety disorders in 2014 - De Mesmaeker Stephanie - Université Catholique de Louvain, CHU Mont-Godinne - Belgium

- The acute effects of intensive repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on suicide risk in depression - Desmyter Stephanie - University Hospital, Ghent - Belgium

- Hypersexuality in Neurocognitive Disorders in Elderly People: a Comprehensive Review of the Literature and Case Study - Ibrahim Chady - Université Catholique de Louvain, CHU Mont-Godinne - Belgium

- Neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome after surgery in a patient taking levodopa - Infante Vito - Université Catholique de Louvain, Cliniques St Luc, Bruxelles - Belgium

- Sensory processing in young patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs): a study of the correlation between the Sensory Profile and the clinical evolution of the ASDs - Razvana Stanciu - Hôpital Universitaire des Enfants Reine Fabiola, Bruxelles - Belgium

- Anxiety disorders in adolescence - Tassin Carl - Université Catholique de Louvain, CHU Mont-Godinne – Belgium

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 Short Presentations - CENSTUPSI   

- The clinical interview and its psychological needs --- Enza Maierà, Chiara Mandaglio – Mental Health Dept., Cosenza - Italy

- The obsessive persecution: illness or crime? --- Enza Maierà, Chiara Mandaglio – Mental Health Dept., Cosenza - Italy

- The advantage of “Dance-group” for psychotic patients – Romina Tavormina – Napoli, Italy

- Development of the life skills for promotion of health with Art-therapy - Romina Tavormina – Napoli, Italy

- Correlation between sport and depression - Marilisa Amorosi – Mental Health Dept., Pescara - Italy

- A "no-restraint" psychiatric department: operative protocols and outcome data from the “Opened doors experience” in Trento - Wilma Di Napoli - Mental Health Dept., Trento - Italy

- Health Technology Assessment and Social Network in Mental Health: a pilot study to evaluate use of new technologies communication in prevention, monitoring and treatment of mental disorders in Trentino region - Wilma Di Napoli - Mental Health Dept., Trento - Italy

- Neuroscience of love - Francesco Franza – Mental Health Dept. “Villa dei Pini”, Avellino - Italy

- New antidepressant drugs for new depressions – Alfredo Juli – Catanzaro - Italy