CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS

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Plenary Speakers

Schizophrenia is a Myth with a Strong Genetic Component	*Robin Murray, UK*
An Innovative Conceptualisation of Mental Disorders: the Network Approach	*Denny Borsboom, Netherlands*
High risk and Resilience Studies : Lessons for Prevention, Care and Research	*Merete Nordentoft, Denmark*

State of the Art Speakers

Developments in Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar Disorders: New Technologies and Approaches	*Eduard Vieta, Spain*
Advances in (Adolescent) Eating Disorders	*Janet Treasure, UK*
Youth Mental Health: transition from child to adult mental health services	Swaran Singh, UK
How to address domestic and sexual violence in clinical work	Louise Howard, UK
Planning ahead for acute mental health crises: methods and outcomes	*Claire Henderson, UK*
Precision medicine in addiction: a bright future?	*Wim Van den Brink, Netherlands*

Debate Speakers

Antipsychotic treatment: polypharmacy is better than monotherapy - PRO	*Christopher Correll, USA*
Antipsychotic treatment: polypharmacy is better than monotherapy - CON	*Stefan Leucht, Germany*
Assisted suicide in psychiatric patients - PRO	*Joris Vandenberghe, Belgium*
Assisted suicide in psychiatric patients - CON	Philippe Courtet, France
Disclosing a mental disorder: do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? - PRO	Sara Evans Lacko, UK
Disclosing a mental disorder: do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? - CON	Saeed Farooq, UK

Symposia Speakers

Symposia Title	Lecture Title	Speaker
New perspectives in negative symptoms: a transnosographic approach to diagnosis and treatment	Negative symptoms across diagnostic categories: implications for their conceptualization and assessment	Armida Mucci, Italy
	Negative symptoms in at-risk mental state (ARMS) for psychosis: implications for the outcome	*Lucia Valmaggia, UK*
	Negative symptoms in schizophrenia-spectrum and affective psychoses: presentation, course and correlates	Ellen Herbener, USA
	Treatment of negative symptoms across diagnostic categories: achievements and challenges	*Stefan Kaiser, Switzerland*
Brain mechanisms of resilience to mood and psychotic disorders	Identifying the brain mechanisms of resilience to stressful life events, psychological distress and depression	*Andrew McIntosh, UK*
	Identifying the brain mechanisms of resilience to familial risk for bipolar disorder	*Sophia Frangou, USA*
	Brain volume abnormalities in different types of first degree relatives of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: an ENIGMA study	*Neeltje Van Haren, Netherlands*
	Polygenic risk profile score increases schizophrenia liability mostly through cognition pathways: Mathematical causation models with latent cognition and polygenic risk	*Timothea Toulopoulou, Turkey*
Setting priorities for mental health research in Europe	The ROAMER project: a roadmap for mental health research in Europe	*Josep Maria Haro, Spain*
	Priorities for mental health research in Europe: A survey among national stakeholders' associations within the ROAMER project	*Andrea Fiorillo, Italy*
	Defining research priorities for mental health: an integrated and comprehensive ROADMAP	*Til Wykes, UK*
	The psychological perspective on mental health and mental disorder research in Europe	Ulrich Wittchen, Germany
Cyberbullying, Cybersuicide and novel psychoactive substances: mental health needs in young people	Cyberbullying: a new challenge for mental health care	Andreas Fiorillo, Italy
	Cybersuicide in young people: implications for suicide prevention	Danuta Wasserman, Sweden
	The role of novel psychoactive substances on young people mental health	Fabrizio Schifano, UK
	Youth space and youth mental health	Max Birchwood, UK
Revision of the International Classification of Diseases – State of the art in ICD-11 Field Studies	Results from recent ICD-11 Field Studies in Germany	*Wolfgang Gaebel, Germany*
	Current developments in overall ICD-revision on mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders	*Geoffrey Reed, Switzerland*
	Personality disorders in ICD-11 - current status	Sabine Herpertz, Germany
	ICD- 11 and the future of disease classification in psychiatry	*Mario Maj, Italy*
Revision of the International Classification of Diseases – State of the art in ICD-11 Field Studies	Results from recent ICD-11 Field Studies in Germany	Wolfgang Gaebel, Germany
	Current developments in overall ICD-revision on mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders	Geoffrey Reed, Switzerland
	Personality disorders in ICD-11 - current status	*Sabine Herpertz, Germany*
	ICD- 11 and the future of disease classification in psychiatry	*Mario Maj, Italy*
Forcibly displaced people and mental health in Europe: challenges and needs	Dimensions of the problem and the psychosocial context	*Levent Küey, Turkey*
	Traumas faced on the way	*Iris Tatjana Graef-Calliess, Germany*
	Mental health consequences	*Meryam Schouler-Oçak, Germany*
	Mental health services for asylum seekers and refugees	*Marianne Carisius Kastrup, Denmark*
Closing the mortality gap in schizophrenia	Mortality gap in schizophrenia: what the data tell us	Ellenor Mittendorfer-Rutz, Sweden
	Should psychiatrists be more cautious about the long-term prophylactic use of antipsychotics	Robin Murray, UK
	Securing the right to health for persons with mental health problems and disabilities	Arno Deister, Germany
	Responding to the catastrophic reduction of life expectancy among psychiatric patients	Jeanette Westman, Sweden
ADHD and Addiction, towards a consensus	Epidemiology of ADHD and SUD	*Massimo Clerici, Italy*
	Concept of Comorbidity on ADHD and SUD	*Wim Van den Brink, Netherlands*
	International Statement on ADHD in patients with SUD	*Cleo Crunelle, Belgium*
	Treatment of ADHD in patients with SUDs: new evidences	*Friead Matthys, Belgium*

Presidential Symposium

Vulnerable people in humanitarian emergencies	Humanitarian emergencies and mental health	Silvana Galderisi, Italy
	Empowering women and girls in humanitarian emergencies	Michaela Amering, Austria
	Preventing suicide in women and girls in humanitarian emergencies	Danuta Wasserman, Sweden
	The WPA program for strengthening the contribution and availability of psychiatrists in situations of conflict and Emergency	Helen Herrman, Australia

Joint Symposium with EUFAS

Co-occurring substance use and psychiatric disorders: pathogenesis and treatment	Interaction between behavioral inhibition and neural alcohol cue-reactivity in ADHD and alcohol use disorder	Vollstädt-Klein Sabine, Germany
	Exploring novel targets in the transition from reward to misery in comorbid substance use and mood disorders	Albert Batalla, the Netherlands
	Addiction treatment – what is needed?	Colin Drummond, UK

EECP PROGRAM

Training Workshop

Workshop Title	Lecture Title	Speaker
Psychotherapy for Patients with Eating Disorders: What works?	Psychotherapy for patients with Eating Disorders: What works?	*Janet Treasure, UK*
Perinatal psychiatry for beginners	Key clinical challenges in perinatal psychiatry	*Louise Howard, UK*
	Pharmacotherapy in pregnancy and postnatal period	*Tamas Kurimay, Hungary*
Sexual Psychotherapy	Sexual Therapy in 21st century	*Goran Arbanas, Croatia*
Prevention of mental health disorders	The art of prevention	*Norman Sartorius, Switzerland*
	Effective prevention programmes in childhood	*Kristian Wahlbeck, Finland*
	Prevention of suicide and self-harm behaviour	*Merete Nordentoft, Denmark*
	Prevention of substance misuse	*Geert Dom, Belgium*

Court Debate

Debate Title	Lecture Title	Speaker
Choose your career wisely: Academia and/or Clinical practice?	Pros and Cons of Academia	*Silvana Galderisi, Italy*
	Pros and cons of clinical practice	*Robin Murray, UK*

Panel

Panel Title	Speaker
How can psychiatry contribute to the promotion of human rights of people with mental health problems?	*Peter McGovern, WHO Switzerland*
	*Andreas Heinz, Germany*
	*Miia Männikkö, Finland*
	*Hilkka Kärkkäinen, Finland*

EFPT / ECPC-EPA Symposium

Symposium Title	Lecture Title	Speaker
European Psychiatric Trainees' Research Projects: Key findings	Involuntary treatment in psychiatry: Is there enough training for psychiatric trainees to deal with every day challenges?	*Katharina Schonegger, Austria*
	How is EFPT bridging the gap between clinical practice and research among psychiatry trainees	*Iryna Frankova, Ukraine*
	E-psychiatry in France	*Audrey Fontaine, France*
	How can young psychiatrists keep pace with the new psychoactive substances - findings from the EFPT pan-European survey	*Diego Quattrone, UK*

ECPC Symposia

Symposium Title	Lecture Title	Speaker
How to organise acute psychiatric care?	Acute Interventions in Psychosis	*Patrick McGorry, Australia*
	Rapid crisis response team (ERIC) in France	*Laure Zeltner, France*
	Patient Controlled Hospital Admissions	*Christoffer Torgaard Thomsen, Denmark*
	Integrated or functional model of care?	*Domenico Giacco, UK*
Internet, smart phones and mental health apps - what is their role in Psychiatry?	Patient Interest, Engagement, and Innovation in Smartphones for Psychiatry	John Torous, US
	Using video-calls to combat loneliness in old age	*Sonam Zamir, UK*
	Patients views and experiences of being in contact with a volunteer using a smartphone	*Mariana Pinto Da Costa, Portugal*
	The role of social media in building resilience among psychiatrists	*Greg Lydall, UK*

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS

Plenary Speakers

State of the Art Speakers

Debate Speakers

Symposia Speakers

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Presidential Symposium

Joint Symposium with EUFAS

EECP PROGRAM

Training Workshop

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Court Debate

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Panel

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ECPC Symposia

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