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 |