Masterclass 2014

Psychopharmacology

Our very first masterclass, which we conducted  in collaboration with Professor David Taylor, Maudsley Drug Information Service. Lena Flykt, then president of the Swedish Psychiatric Association, gave the evening lecture on the new Swedish guidelines for treatment with antipsychotic medications.

Programme

DAY 1: Thursday 20/2
SESSION 1: Thursday morning: 9.00 – 12.00
Putting the world back together – recognizing and treating psychosis
Chair: Anders Berntsson

Topic
09.30
10.00
Registration and coffee
10.00
10.15
Welcome address
Ursula Werneke
10.15
10.45
Novel antipsychotics – really better or more of the same?
Oliver Howes
10.45
11.30
Depot antipsychotics – state of the art
David Taylor
11.30
11.50
The Scandinavian perspective
Urban Ösby
11.50
12.10
Discussion
12.10
13.10
Lunch

SESSION 2: Thursday morning: 13.00-17.00
Steering safely through troubled water – where challenges meet opportunities
Chair: Anders Berntsson

Topic
13.10
13.45
Delaying clozapine- lessons from the UK and Scandinavia
Siobhan Gee
13.45
14.20
QT prolongation in antipsychotics
David Taylor/ Eromona Whiskey
14.20
15.00
When the drugs don’t work: what research tells us on where to go next
Oliver Howes
15.00
15.30
Coffee
15.30
16.05
Antipsychotics and the elderly
Delia Bishara
16.05
16.40
Rather fat than mad? Managing antipsychotic induced weight gain
Fiona Gaughran
16.40
17.15
How harmful is cannabis? – the controversy goes on
Zerrin Atakan
17.15
17.40
The Scandinavian perspective
Urban Ösby
17.40
17.55
Discussion
17.55
1800
Announcements
Ursula Werneke
18.15
19.00
Evening presentation: Swedish national guidelines for treatment with antipsychotic medications
Lena Flyckt
19.30 Dinner

 

DAY 2: Friday 21/2
SESSION 3: Friday morning: 09.00 – 11.55
Getting treatments to work – lessons for today and visions for tomorrow
Chair: Anders Berntsson

Topic
08.30
08.35
Introduction
Karin Zingmark / Ursula Werneke
08.35
09.05
Often experienced but rarely asked – managing sexual dysfunction in people with antidepressants
Fiona Gaughran
09.05
09.35
Swapping and stopping antidepressants. From guesswork to treatment rationale
Eromona Whiskey
09.35
10.15
When antidepressants don’t work. Managing treatment resistant recurrent depression
David Taylor
10.15
10.45
Coffee
10.45
11.10
Here and now: pharmacists and doctors in one treatment team. Experiences from the Maudsley Drug Information Service
All Maudsley
11.10
11.40
1st international Masterclass in psychopharmacology- the Scandinavian perspective
Urban Ösby
11.40
11.50
Discussion
11.50
12.00
Close
Ursula Werneke
12.00 Lunch

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