Programme

 

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Please note that the programme is still subject to change and all times are listed in BST.

 

  • 8.00am - 10.00am
    Strathblane hall
    Registration
  • 8.30am - 9.30am
    Pentland
    AGM
  • Chair: Tom Ayers, Director of National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Impact of smoking on people with mental disorder and actions to address the implementation gap

    Dr Jonathan Campion, Director for Public Mental Health and Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Joint Clinical and Strategic Clinical Director, RCPsych Public Mental Health Implementation Centre, Chair of the Public Mental Health Working Group, World Psychiatric Association

    What it will take to end smoking for people with a mental health condition

    Hazel Cheeseman, Deputy Chief Executive at Action on Smoking and Health 

    Overcoming obstacles to smoking cessation in mental health settings: from local to national actions

    Dr Peter Bryne, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust, Joint Strategic and Clinical Director of Public Mental Health Implementation Centre, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Centre for Neuroscience, Surgery and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University, London

    Reducing smoking in people with mental health conditions – a health disparities imperative

    Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Joint Lead for the Office of Health Improvement and Disparity (OHID), Department of Health and Social Care

  • Chair: Dr Alex Thomson, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

    Setting the scene for understanding death anxiety

    Dr Rachel Menzies, The University of Sydney

    Treating death anxiety

    Professor David Veale, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London



  • Why we wrote the commission

    Professor Louise Howard, Professor of Women's Mental Health, Kings College London

    The Lancet Psychiatry: perspective re commissions

    Dr Joan Marsh, Editor-in-chief, The Lancet Psychiatry

    IPV and mental health across the lifecourse - the evidence base and recommendations from the Commission

    Professor Helen Fisher, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, King’s College London

    Service user and societal perspectives of the Commission

    Professor Felicity Callard, Professor in Human Geography, University of Glasgow

    The implications of the Commission for practice and policy

    Professor Marion Henderson, Professor of Child and Youth Wellbeing, University of Strathclyde

    Action against violence from a World Health Organisation perspective

    Dr Claudia Garcia-Moreno, World Health Organisation

  • Chair: Dr Adrian James, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Implications of the climate crisis on mental health

    Dr Emma Lawrance, Climate Cares and Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London

    Psychotherapeutic perspectives on the climate crisis

    Caroline Hickman, University of Bath and Climate Psychology Alliance

    How psychiatrists can impact positively on the environment while improving quality of care

    Dr Dasal Abayaratne, Planetary Health and Sustainability Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists and ST6 in Psychotherapy

  • Chair: Dr Rachel Gibbons, Co-chair of the Patient Safety Group and Working Group on the Effect of Suicide and Homicide on Clinicians and Vice-Chair of the Psychotherapy Faculty

    Patient perspective

    Dr Mary Ryan, Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Carer perspective

    Jacquie Jamieson, Carer Lay Representative

    Clinician and patient

    Dr Chloe Beale, East London NHS Foundation Trust

    Clinician and manager

    Dr Jon Van Niekerk, Cygnet Healthcare

  • 11.15am - 11.45am
    Lennox
    Break
  • Dr Shubulade Smith and Professor Ian Jones, Congress Co-Chairs and Dr Regi Alexander, Associate Dean for Advanced Learning and Conferences
  • Dr Adrian James, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists

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  • The Government has announced a review of the national suicide prevention strategy. How should the 2022 priorities differ from the 2012 version? What has been the impact of Covid and how should the evolving pandemic shape the new strategy?

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  • Mr Paul Rees MBE, Chief Executive Officer, Royal College of Psychiatrists

  • 1.00pm - 1.50pm
    Lennox
    Lunch
  • Join fellow SAS doctors to network and say hello during the Monday lunch hour in this dedicated session, hosted by the SAS doctors committee
  • Lifestyle and Self-Care is an engaging session focused on the transformative power of healthy habits and the growing evidence based on the impact of physical activity, nutrition, social connections, sleep, and stress management on mental health and wellbeing. The participants are encouraged to use the session to develop their unique lifestyle plan. In addition, the session includes a mindfulness-guided meditation session and practical information and tips needed to make changes that optimize wellness. The session is led by Dr Mihaela Bucur and Dr Sarmila Sinha.
  • Come along and hear from some of our top scoring poster presenters during the lunch break. Topics covered in this session are research and case studies
  • We hope you will come by the student and trainee lounge to meet the current PTC Officers and ensure you have the best trainee experience at Congress
  • Chair: Professor Kenneth R. Kaufman, MD, FRCPsych, DLFAPA, FAES, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, USA, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

    Why do outcomes of psychosocial interventions vary widely across studies with refugees?

    Dr Alvin Kuowei Tay, MPsych, PhD, Psychosocial Advisor, UNDSS, United Nations, New York, Department of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Australia, Visiting Professorial Scholar, Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, USA

    Iron triangle of immigration policies at the U.S. border - mental health of unaccompanied children

    Professor Suzan Joon Song, MD, MPH, PhD, Division of Child and Family Psychiatry, George Washington Medical Center, Washington, D.C., USA

    Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (cPTSD) in refugees and asylum seekers: a systematic review

    Professor Cornelius Katona, MD, FRCPsych, Helen Bamber Foundation, London, Division of Psychiatry, University College London

    Narrative exposure therapy for survivors of human trafficking: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

    Dr Francesca Brady, PhD, Division of Psychology, University College London, Woodfield Trauma Service, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust



  • Chair: Dr Lenny Cornwall, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

    An introduction to the theory and practice of RO DBT

    Dr Sophie Rushbrook, Head of Psychological Therapy Service, Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust

    A review of the evidence base for RO DBT

    Dr Roelie Hempel, Co-Director, Radically Open Ltd

    Implementation and effectiveness of RO DBT in an NHS adult CMHT

    Susan Simpson, Psychological Therapist, Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Trust

  • Chair: Professor Fiona Gaughran, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

    Treatment resistance in psychiatry

    Professor Oliver Howes, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

    Should we prescribe clozapine in children?

    Professor James MacCabe, National Psychosis Unit, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

    Experimental medicine models in psychosis

    Professor Mitul Mehta, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London



  • Chair: Professor Peter Tyrer, Imperial College London

    Aetiology severe COVID anxiety

    Professor Mike Crawford, Professor of Mental Health Research, Imperial College London

    Prognosis and impact of severe COVID anxiety; does it fade with time?

    Dr Jacob King, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Fellow, Imperial College London

    Treating severe COVID anxiety; case studies and results of a feasibility trial

    Ms Aisling McQuaid, Research Associate, Imperial College London

  • Chair: Dr Shubulade Smith, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Dr Rajesh Mohan, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    The background and development of the Advancing Mental Health Equality resource

    Laura-Louise Arundell, Lead Researcher and Developer, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Advancing mental health equality using a quality improvement approach

    Matthew Milarski, Quality Improvement Coach

    The importance of co-production in advancing mental health equality

    Mark Farmer, Patient and Carer Representative at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Chair of Leicestershire Partnership’s People’s Council

  • 3.10pm - 3.20pm
    Lennox
    Break
  • Chair: Professor Ian Jones, Congress Co-Chair and Director, National Centre for Mental Health, Cardiff University

    What have we learned from women who have died from psychiatric causes in the perinatal period?

    Dr Roch Cantwell, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, Lead Clinician Perinatal Mental Health Scotland

    Mental disorder and risk of serious abuse related harm in young children

    Dr Angelika Wieck, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, Greater Manchester NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at The University of Manchester

    Neonaticide and infanticide: what does the clinician need to know?

    Dr Liz McDonald, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, Lead Clinician for HEE funded Perinatal Training Programme at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Visiting Lecturer at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust

  • Chair: Professor Mary Cannon, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Youth Mental Health, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

    Developing new and innovative ways to improve the mental health of students and empower change

    Louise Goux-Wirth, Programme Manager for StudentSpace, StudentMinds, UK

    Student mental health – time to review the service model

    Dr Michele Hill, Consultant Psychiatrist, Student Health Department, University College Cork

    Preventing and responding to student suicide in further education and higher education settings

    Professor Jo Smith, Emeritus Professor of Early Intervention and Psychosis, University of Worcester

  • Chair: Professor Fiona Gaughran, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

    Catatonia: a treatable entity in treatment resistant psychosis

    Dr Jonathan Rogers, University College London

    Autism and psychotic disorders in adults

    Dr Susannah Whitwell, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

    Can we avoid relapse and treatment resistance in schizophrenia?

    Professor Sir Robin Murray, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and National Psychosis Unit, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

  • Chair: Dr Nicola Kalk, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London

    Alcohol use and its association with suicide attempts, suicidal thoughts, and non-suicidal self-harm in a nationally representative English sample

    Miss Sarah Ledden, University College London

    One size fits all? The different forms of alcohol use in suicidal crisis and their associations with repeated crisis care and death

    Mr John Robins, King's College London

    Exploring the views of people with personal experience of alcohol, self-harm and suicide

    Mr Alex Rossiter, Samaritans

  • Chair: Dr Rachel Gibbons, Co-chair of the Patient Safety Group and Working Group on the Effect of Suicide and Homicide on Clinicians and Vice-Chair of the Psychotherapy Faculty

    Is there a root cause? Even if there is - can we ever identify it?

    Dr Mayura Deshpande, Chair of the Ethics Committee, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    The emotional toll of the investigation: personal experience

    Dr Elizabeth Venables, East London Foundation Trust

    Moving from blaming to learning - how the perspectives and experiences of patients, friends and families can contribute to learning from, and prevention of, serious incidents

    Dr Mary Ryan, Mental Health Safety Improvement Programme, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Carers perspective of the problem with Serious Incident Inquiries

    Debbie Frances, Expert by experience, Member of the RCPsych Patient Safety Group

  • 4.35pm - 5.05pm
    Lennox
    Break
  • It is time to assert that we know quite a lot about the biopsychosocial pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Copy number variations (CNVs) account for ~1% of all cases and up to 15% of those with co-morbid Learning Disability. More than 200 identified Genome Wide Associations Study (GWAS) ‘hits’ have subtle effects on neurodevelopment and synaptic plasticity, especially in the context of obstetric complications and childhood adversities.   Such gene-environment interactions lead to subtle impairments of brain function and structure evident in high risk populations. Psychosis is precipitated by cannabis, other illicit drugs and stress in the vulnerable, accompanied by increasing dopamine turnover and reducing cortical thickness. Thus, perception and thought are less constrained by previous experience, promoting delusions and hallucinations. Greater than average risk factor burdens and continuing grey matter loss are associated with a poor prognosis.

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  • Chair: Dr Trudi Seneviratne, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Precision medicine principles that been transformative in other fields of medicine, have not yet been fully applied to psychiatry.  However, there are innovative treatments and new scientific discoveries that may be able to tranform the practice of psychiatry in important ways.  In this talk, we will examine precision psychiatry through the lens of perinatal mental health and discuss novel genetic, other biomarker, pharmacologic and care delivery approaches that may improve outcomes for our patients. 

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  • Chair: Professor Hugo Critchley, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

    Depression, agitation, and other neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) are a common challenge for people with dementia with profound negative impacts for them and their family carers. Non-drug care is first-line treatment, but evidence on medication use evidence is sparse, other than for antipsychotics in agitation which have significant harms. Antidepressants have increasingly been used as treatments for depression in dementia and as alternatives to antipsychotics in agitation, but with little evidence to support their use. Here we will review the status of NPS as a treatment target and the effectiveness of drug treatments using data from the SYMBAD and SADD RCTs. The concept of NPS in dementia being a complex problem requiring the skills of secondary mental health care and a multifaceted personalised approach will be explored. The limitations of seeking simple answers (such as medication) for a complex problem (NPS in dementia) will be discussed.

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  • 0930 clinic appointment with Skynet? This house believes that the RCPsych should embrace Artificial Intelligence and Big Data in guiding clinical decision making and service development

    Chair: Dr Romayne Gad el Rab, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and Dr David Rigby, East London NHS Foundation Trust

    Discussants

    Dr Lia Ali, NHSx

    Dr Peter MacRae, East London NHS Foundation Trust

    Mr Mark Brown, One in Four Magazine

    Delegates will be able to participate in a debate with a twist on the usual format on a hot and often hotly contested topic led by the Digital SIG and involving psychiatrists and a mental health journalist. Delegates will be able to ask questions and take an active role in the debate

  • 8.00am - 9.00am
    Strathblane hall
    Registration
  • In this workshop I will start by discussing what Haiku is, talk about the structure of classical Haiku, and focus on the nature of images in Haiku. I will give examples drawn from Basho (1644-1694) and other masters. Most of the time will be spent on writing Haikus and discussing how to think about Haikus and how to improve on the examples produced during the workshop.

  • Chair: Professor Kenneth R. Kaufman, MD, FRCPsych, DLAPA, FAES, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, USA, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

    Research integrity: bad...but getting better?

    Dr William Lee, MBChB, MRCPsych, MSc, PhD, University of Exeter

    Discussant

    Professor Allan Young, MBChB, MPhil, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London

    Professor Kenneth R. Kaufman, MD, FRCPsych, DLAPA, FAES, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, USA, Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London

    Professor Stephen Lawrie, Royal Edinburgh Hospital

    Professor Kamaldeep Bhui CBE, University of Oxford

  • Chair: Dr Adrian James, President, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    With the COVID-19 pandemic coming to an end, demand for mental health is at its highest in years. Technology and telepsychiatry are now widely utilized tools, and in the U.S., a new nationwide 9-8-8 hotline for mental health is being adopted, presenting psychiatry with both an inflection point, and an opportunity. In this moment, the American Psychiatric Association will take that opportunity to build a bridge to the future of psychiatry. Through interprofessional collaboration, models of care such as Collaborative Care, and innovation in care delivery and assessment,  this session will provide a framework and vision for how American organized psychiatry is approaching rebuilding a mental health system to reach all those who need it: today and into the future. 

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  • Mr Stewart will talk about the Government’s vision for ensuring the right mental health support is available in the right place, at the right time. This includes improving mental health services, but our work focuses just as much on supporting and creating the conditions for everyone to have good mental wellbeing. We will also outline our ambitions for the forthcoming refresh of our Mental Health Strategy.

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  • 10.00am - 10.30am
    Lennox
    Break
  • Chair: Dr Cate Bailey, East London NHS Foundation Trust

    Going through an actual paper to review

    Professor Patricia Casey, Hermitage Medical Clinic and University College Dublin

    Reflections from the New Reviewer Programme - from a mentor

    Dr Alexandra Pitman, UCL Division of Psychiatry

    Reflections from the New Reviewer Programme - from a new reviewer

    Dr Humma Andleeb, University College London
  • Chair: Dr Jonathan Richardson, Consultant Psychiatrist

    How can trainers/organisations and RCPsych help develop next generation change leaders

    Dr Amar Shah, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust, National Improvement Lead for Mental Health and Chair of QI Faculty, RCPsych, Faculty with the IHI, Honorary Visiting Professor, City University, London and University of Leicester 

    Co-production in QI - service user perspective in fostering trainee engagement

    Mrs Satwinder Kaur, Lived experience Representative, RCPsych QI Committee and QI Coach

    Trainees leading change

    Dr Deepa Bagepalli Krishnan, ST6 General Adult Psychiatry, East Midlands Deanery, Clinical Assistant Professor University of Nottingham, RCPsych Psychiatric Trainees Committee representative Trent Division

    Top tips for trainee engagement

    Dr Hannah Baird, ST4 in Emergency Medicine in the North West region, FMLM National Medical Directors Fellowship and is currently working part time in this role within the Education team at the GMC alongside her clinical training. She currently chairs the FMLM Trainee Steering Group
  • Chair: Judge Mark Sutherland Williams, Chamber President of the Health, Education and Social Care Chamber in England

    How mental disorders in adults, children and young people come to the attention of the Family Court, and how they present

    Dr Joan Rutherford, Chief Medical Member Mental Health Tribunal in England and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist South London and Maudsley NHS Trust

    How physical disorders in children and young people come to the attention of the Family Court and the overlap between paediatric services and child and adolescent mental health services

    Dr Stephanie Tolan, Member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, MA in Medical Ethics and Law, King’s College London

    Parenting Assessments for families in crisis

    Mrs Jenny Cross JP CQSW, Specialist Lay Member of the Mental Health Tribunal, and Member JP and CQSW

  • Dr Trudi Seneviratne, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists and Consultant Adult and Perinatal Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

    Making public mental health central to the College’s work

    Dr Adrian James, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Consultant Psychiatrist

    Public mental health: an agenda for action by the World Psychiatric Association

    Dr Afzal Javed, President of the World Psychiatric Association

    The importance of public mental health: a lived experience perspective

    Sian Ogle, Patient Representative, Public Mental Health Implementation Centre, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Public mental health: the case for action and the RCPsych’s Public Mental Health Implementation Centre

    Dr Jonathan Campion, Director for Public Mental Health and Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, Joint Clinical and Strategic Clinical Director, RCPsych Public Mental Health Implementation Centre, Chair of the Public Mental Health Working Group, World Psychiatric Association
  • Chair: Dr Katherine Beck, King's College London and Professor Oliver Howes, King's College London

    The association between N-Methyl-D-Aspartate receptor availability and glutamate levels: a multi-modal PET-MR brain imaging study in first episode psychosis

    Dr Katherine Beck, King's College London

    Measuring offline replay in schizophrenia and the potential relevance for cognition

    Dr Matthew Nour, Max Planck University College London Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing Research

    What underlies treatment response in schizophrenia?

    Professor Oliver Howes, King's College London

  • 11.45am - 11.55am Break
  • Chair: Professor Ian Jones, University of Cardiff

    Non-invasive neurostimulation for the treatment of depression during pregnancy – how much progress have we made?

    Professor Simone Vigod, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

    Psychotherapy needs in pregnancy

    Dr Gwen Adshead, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist West London Trust

    Medication plasma levels in pregnancy: what do we know and what do we need to do in clinical practice?

    Dr Angelika Wieck, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and University of Manchester

  • Chair: Dr Ian Hall, Consultant Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust, and Chief Examiner, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Terrors of the Past

    Dr Ken Courtenay, Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability, Barnet Enfield and Haringey MH NHS Trust London, Chair, Faculty of Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability, Royal College of Psychiatrists 

    When the policeman calls

    Dr David O'Regan, Consultant Psychiatrist in Sleep Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' Foundation Trust, London, President of the Sleep Medicine Section, Royal Society of Medicine

    Punching the Wall

    Dr Alexander Nesbitt, Consultant Neurologist in Sleep Medicine, Guy's and St. Thomas' Foundation Trust, London

  • Chair: Dr Declan Hyland, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, the Association of University Teachers of Psychiatry

    The under-utilised resource of undergraduate education in psychiatry: global to local perspectives

    Dr Sridevi Sira Mahalingappa 

    How is undergraduate psychiatry being delivered across UK medical schools?

    Ms Deepika Sharma and Dr India Lunn

    Supporting and inspiring medical students in undergraduate psychiatry

    Dr Thomas Hewson

  • Chair: Dr Sarah Eales, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Bournemouth University

    Suicide and criminal justice

    Dr Andrew Molodynski, Consultant Psychiatrist, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

    Suicide-related police and court interventions in practice: a patient perspective

    Dr Emma McAllister, Expert by Experience

    Criminal sanctions for suicidality: a scoping review

    Dr Alex Thomson, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust, Vice Chair, RCPsych Liaison Psychiatry Faculty

  • Chair: Professor David Taylor, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, King’s College, London

    Winding back the clock? Potential reversibility of hypothyroidism after lithium discontinuation

    Ingrid Lieber, Umeå University, Sweden

    Point of no return? Potential reversibility of renal damage after lithium discontinuation 

    Filip Fransson, Umeå University, Sweden

    Statistically significant or clinically relevant? Cardiac changes during lithium intoxication

    Petra Truedson, Umeå University, Sweden
  • 1.10pm - 2.10pm
    Lennox
    Lunch
  • Join fellow retired members of the College to network and say hello during the Wednesday lunch hour in this dedicated lunch time session.
  • 1.10pm - 2.10pm
    Harris
    Fringe: 1:1 coaching sessions
  • Come along and hear from some of our top scoring poster presenters during the lunch break. Topics covered in this session are education and training and service evaluation
  • The PTC are pleased to welcome the Chief Examiner, Dr Ian Hall, to answer all your exam questions
  • Professor Subodh Dave, Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    This lecture will review scientific evidence documenting the multiple ways by which racism can adversely affect mental health across the life course. It will draw on evidence from the US, the UK, South Africa, Australia and other countries. It will also describe emerging evidence of psychosocial factors that can reduce some of the negative effects of at least some aspects of racism on mental health.  

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  • Chair: Dr Regi Alexander, Associate Dean for Advanced Learning and Conferences

    The ICD-11 is the first comprehensive revision of the ICD in 30 years, and incorporates major advances in scientific evidence, best clinical practices, and health information systems. The WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Use has led the development of the Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Requirements for ICD-11 Mental, Behavioural or Neurodevelopmental Disorders (CDDR), which provide the information needed by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals to reliably apply the ICD-11 classification of Mental, Behavioral or Neurodevelopmental Disorders in their work with patients. 

    This presentation will provide an overview of the ICD-11 mental disorders classification and the CDDR and their development and describe important innovations relative to ICD-10. An important innovation is the incorporation of dimensional approaches within a categorical system. New disorders have been added to the ICD-11, several of which have generated controversy, and a substantial number have been deleted. The Cartesian separation of “organic” and “non-organic” disorders has largely been eliminated. Importantly, ICD-10 gender identity disorders have been reformulated as gender incongruence of adolescence and adulthood and gender incongruence of childhood and are no longer considered mental disorders.

    The transition to a new version of the ICD requires careful planning at the national and health system level to guarantee functionality, interoperability of systems, and quality of data. Early engagement in the transition, such as is occurring in Scotland, leads to improved identification of local needs and the opportunity to design change management approaches. National professional societies such as the Royal College of Psychiatrists will be fundamental in the development and implementation of country-specific transition and implementation plans for ICD-11, as well as in the training of the health care workforce. 

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  • 3.10pm - 3.40pm
    Lennox
    Break
  • Chair: Professor Rafey Faruqui, University of Kent

    Neuropsychiatric sequelae of traumatic brain injury (TBI)

    Professor Shoumitro (Shoumi) Deb, Imperial College London

    Neural substrate of neuropsychiatric manifestation of TBI

    Dr Lucia Li, Imperial College London

    Treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI)

    Dr Niruj Agrawal, St. George's University Hospital, London

  • Chair: Dr Mihaela Bucur, Associate Registrar for Well-being and Retention, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Consultant Psychiatrist, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, Brighton and Sussex Medical School

    Moral injury – what is it and what to do about it?

    Professor Neil Greenberg, Professor of Defence Mental Health, King's College London

    A model of care for healthcare staff: dealing with the Impacts of secondary stressors

    Professor Richard Williams OBE, Professor Emeritus of Mental Health Strategy, University of South Wales, Presidential Lead for COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness and Mental Health, Royal College of Psychiatrists

    Organisational culture and accountability for staff well-being

    Dr Ananta Dave, Chief Medical Officer designate for the Black Country Integrated Care System/Board

  • Chair: Saul Levin, MD, MPA, FRCP-E, FRCPsych

    James R. (Bob) Batterson, MD, DFAPA, DFAACAP

    Gino A Mortillaro, MD

  • Chair: Professor Louise Howard, King's College London

    A service user perspective on preconception care

    Dr Clare Dolman, Bipolar UK and King's College London

    Healthy conversations during routine reviews (e.g. CPA)

    Chris McCree, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust 

    What should preconception care include? A brief evidence review

    Professor Louise Howard, King's College London

  • Chair: Belinda Lennox, University of Oxford

    What works for treatment resistant schizophrenia?

    Professor Emilio Fernandez-Egea, University of Cambridge

    How to start clozapine in a patient friendly way and is it cost-effective?

    Professor Oliver Howes, Imperial College London

    Robert Kerwin prize winning talk

    Dr Jurjen Luykx, Department of Psychiatry and Department of Translational Neuroscience, UMC Utrecht Brain Center

  • 4.55pm - 5.05pm Break
  • Chair: Professor I Nicol Ferrier, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Newcastle University

    How to manage a pandemic with Malaria Fever Therapy? General Paralysis of the Insane in the early 20th century

    Dr Ingrid M. Daey Ouwens, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland

    Convulsive and electroconvulsive therapy, a UK perspective from 1922-1944

    Professor Steven Jones, University of Chester, and Mr Colin Jones

    Shock therapies– perspective(s) from Berlin Charité (-1949)

    Dr Lara Rzesnitzek, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany

  • Chair: Professor Fiona Gaughran, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and King’s College London and Dr Toby Pillinger, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and King’s College London

    Reducing the risk of hospital associated venous thromboembolism in psychiatric settings

    Professor Beverley Hunt OBE, King’s Healthcare Partners and Medical Director of Thrombosis UK

    What do psychiatrists need to know about diabetes management?

    Dr Sophie Harris, Consultant Diabetologist, King’s College Hospital and Deputy Clinical Director, Health Innovation Network

    Rapid tips on physical health in the mental health of older adults ward

    Dr Conor Maguire, Consultant Geriatrician, Western General Hospital Edinburgh and International Vice President, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

  • Chair: Dr Shubhangi Karmakar, Trainee Editorial Editor, British Journal of Psychiatry, Academic Intern, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Reviewer, International Journal of Medical Ethics, Race and Ethnicity Advisory Group, NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, Journalist, Medical Independent, Sunday Business Post

    Global perspectives in psychiatry: education, inclusion and outreach

    Professor Subodh Dave, Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Chairperson, Association of University Teachers of Psychiatry, Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

    Global perspectives in psychiatry: education, inclusion and outreach

    Professor Lisa Fore-Arcand, President of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP, USA), Assistant Dean, Continuing Medical Education, Eastern Virginia Medical School

    Global perspectives in psychiatry: education, inclusion and outreach

    Professor Roy Abraham Kallivayalil, Professor and Head, Dept of Psychiatry, Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruvalla, Secretary General, World Psychiatric Association, Geneva (2014-2020), President, World Association of Social Psychiatry (2016-19), President, Indian Psychiatric Society (2012-13)

  • Chair: Dr Brad Hillier, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, West London NHS Trust, Chair, Health and Justice Liaison Group Project Sagamore

    An introduction to Chemsex and its association with mental illness

    Dr Elliott Carthy, Specialty Registrar in Forensic Psychiatry, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

    What are the current psychosocial treatments available?

    Monty Moncrieff, Chief Executive London Friend, providing Antidote Service

    The interface between sexual health, drug use and mental health

    Dr Mark Pakianathan, Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust

    Dr Brad Hillier, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, West London NHS Trust, Chair, Health and Justice Liaison Group Project Sagamore
  • Chair: Professor David Nutt, Imperial College London

    Ketamine assisted therapy – the results of the new KARE trial in alcohol use disorder

    Professor Celia Morgan, Exeter University and Awaknlifesciences

    MDMA assisted psychotherapy for alcohol use disorder

    Dr Laurie Higbed, Imperial College London

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  • Find out more about the exciting Mindmasters quiz for members we'll be launching at Congress
  • We have revamped our traditional Congress Gala Dinner this year to host a new and improved Congress Party!

    We can't wait to welcome you to the Caves, an historic Edinburgh venue. There was once so much Whisky stored here that it became known as “Whisky Row”. Every room has a story to tell and a special place in Scottish history, from vaults that served as the stables to the French Cavalry who were at one time bodyguards to the Royal Family, to remains of the houses that pre-date the Bridge itself, with the original terracotta floor tiles still intact! This amazing and fantastically unique venue will provide an incredible back drop to our party.

    Included in your ticket is a complimentary drink on arrival, an evening buffet and entertainment in the form of a traditional Scottish ceilidh!

    There will also be a cash bar available throughout the night.

    Find out more and book your place now