CONTINUOUS EDUCATION IN MEDICINE

EUROPEAN FRONTIERS
IN
NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY
Fourth Series

Programma   Abstract   Informazioni      
 

November 2005 - June 2006

Corpo Aule e Biblioteca
University of Catania
Medical School
Azienda Policlinico

Under the auspices of
Italian Society of Pharmacology

Promoted by
Prof. Filippo Drago
Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology
Ph.D. Program in Neuropharmacology

President
Filippo Drago (Catania)

Scientific Committee
Eugenio Aguglia (Trieste)
Renato Bernardini (Catania)
Giovanni Biggio (Cagliari)
Pier Luigi Canonico (Novara)
Matilde Amico Roxas (Catania)
Maria Angela Sortino (Catania)

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

November 18, 2005  
17.00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

The neurobiology of suicide
Kees van Heeringen (Ghent, Belgium)

18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   
December 9, 2005  
17.00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

The influence of antipsychotic drugs on glucose-insulin homeostasis
Kristina Melkersson (Stockholm, Sweden)

18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   
January 27, 2006  
17.00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

Lessons from neuroimaging studies: how to choose the right dose of antipsychotics
Johannes Tauscher (Wien, Austria)
18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   
February 23, 2006  
17.00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

Family genetic and other vulnerability and risk factors for anxiety and depression
Hans-Ulrich Wittchen (Dresden, Germany)

18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   
March 24, 2006  
17:00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

Guide-lines in clinical neuropsychopharmacology research
Barbara van Zwieten-Boot (The Hague, The Netherlands)
18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   
April 21, 2006  
17:00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

Glucocorticoids and psychiatric disorders
Ron de Kloet (Leiden, The Netherlands)

18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   
May 26, 2006  
17.00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

Genetic susceptibility mechanism for depression
Lukas Pezawas (Vienna, Austria)
18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   
June 30, 2006  
17:00-17:15 Introduction
17:15-18:15

Changing treatment in schizophrenic patients Carlo Altamura (Milan, Italy)
18:15-19:15 Meet-the expert session
   

SPEAKERS

Carlo Altamura
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Milan, Milan (Italy)

Ron de Kloet
Professor of Pharmacology
University of Leiden, Leiden (The Netherlands)

Kristina Melkersson
Professor of Psychiatry
Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Sweden)

Lukas Pezawas
Psychiatrist
Medical University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

Johannes Tauscher
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Vienna, Vienna (Austria)

Kees van Heeringen
Professor of Psychiatry
University of Ghent, Ghent (Belgium)

Barbara van Zwieten-Boot
Member of the Committee for Proprietary
Medicinal Products (CPMP/EMEA)
The Hague (The Netherlands)

Hans-Ulrich Wittchen
Professor of Clinical Psychology
University of Dresden, Dresden (Germany)

 

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