PRELIMINARY PROGRAM |
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Saturday July 22 nd, 2006 |
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| 09.00-09.45 |
Registration |
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| 09.45-10.00 |
Opening remarks
Filippo Drago (Catania) |
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| 10.00-11.00 |
Opening lecture (introduced by Filippo Drago) |
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Neurotransmitter alterations in depression: present evidence and new concepts
Giorgio Racagni
(Milan) |
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| 11.00-11.30 |
Welcome reception |
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| Depressive Disorders: General Features |
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| Chairman |
Giancarlo Pepeu (Florence) |
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| 16.00-17.00 |
Epidemiology of depression: vulnerability and risk factors
Hans-Ulrich Wittchen (Dresden, Germany) |
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| 17.00-18.00 |
Genetic susceptibility mechanisms for depression
Lucas Pezawas (Wien, Austria)
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| 18.00-18.30 |
Discussion |
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| 18.30-19.30 |
Clinical phenotypes of depression
Giovanbattista Cassano (Pisa)
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| 19:30-19:50 |
ECM Questionnaire |
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Sunday July 23 rd, 2006 |
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Depressive Disorders: From Animal Models to Clinics |
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| Chairman |
Giorgio Racagni (Milan) |
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| 10.00-11.00 |
Animal behavioral models of depression
Alexandra Sulcova (Brno, Czech Republic)
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| 11.00-12.00 |
Molecular targets of antidepressant therapy: implications for pharmachological treatment and pathophysiology of affective disorders
Nicoletta Brunello (Modena) |
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Discussion |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lecture
New frontiers in the treatment of long term depression
Claudio Mencacci (Milan) |
| Chairman |
Donatella Marazziti (Pisa) |
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| 16.00-17.00 |
Depression in childhood and adolescence: diagnosis and treatment
Stefania Millepiedi (Pisa) |
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| 17.00-18.00 |
ADHD and affective disorders
Alessandro Zuddas (Cagliari) |
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| 18.00-18.30 |
Discussion |
| 18.30-19.30 |
Use of antidepressant drugs in childhood and adolescence
Maurizio Bonati (Milan) |
| 19:30-19:50 |
ECM Questionnaire |
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Monday July 24 th, 2006 |
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Depressive Disorders: From Neuroimmunology to Clinics |
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| Chairman |
Nicoletta Brunello (Modena) |
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| 10.00-11.00 |
Psychoneuroendocrine characteristics of depression
Massimo Biondi (Rome) |
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| 11.00-12.00 |
Immune response mediators and cells in major depression
Lucile Capuron (Bordeaux, France) |
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Discussion |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lecture
Role of Second Generation Antipsychotics in Bipolar Depression
Cesario Bellantuono (Verona) |
| Chairman |
Eugenio Aguglia (Trieste) |
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| 16.00-17.00 |
Depression and medical illnesses
Donatella Marazziti (Pisa) |
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| 17.00-18.00 |
Depression with somatic symptoms: diagnosis and treatment
Emilio Sacchetti (Brescia) |
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| 18.00-18.30 |
Discussion |
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| 18.30-19.30 |
Special Lecture
Neurobiology of anxious disorders: role of antidepressant drugs
HGM Westenberg (Utrecht, The Netherlands) |
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| 19.30-19.40 |
ECM Questionnaire |
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Tuesday July 25 th, 2006 |
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Depressive Disorders: Neurodegeneration and Neurogenesis |
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Pier Luigi Canonico (Novara) |
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| 10.00-11.00 |
Neuronal trophysm, neurogenesis and psychobiology of depression
Giovanni Biggio (Cagliari) |
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| 11.00-12.00 |
Adult neurogenesis: implications in the pathophysiology and therapy of neuropsychiatric diseases
Mariagrazia Grilli (Novara) |
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Discussion |
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| 12.30-13.30 |
Lecture
5-TH and GABA interactions: the example of trazodone, an old "atypical" antidepressant
Giancarlo Pepeu (Florence) |
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| Chairman |
Emilio Sacchetti (Brescia) |
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| 16.00-17.00 |
Depression in Alzheimer's Disease
Eugenio Aguglia (Trieste) |
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| 17.00-18.00 |
Vascular depression, hypothesis revised
Claudio Vampini (Verona) |
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| 18.00-18.30 |
Discussion |
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| 18.30-19.30 |
Depressive Disorders in Parkinson's disease
Mario Zappia (Catania) |
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| 19.30-19.40 |
ECM Questionnaire |
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Wednesday July 26th, 2006 |
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Depressive Disorders: Neurobiology and Neuroimaging |
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| Chairman |
Giovanni Biggio (Cagliari) |
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| 10.00-11.00 |
Dopaminergic system, stress response and cognitive function
Luca Pani (Cagliari) |
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| 11.00-12.00 |
Neural correlates in major depression: evidence from neuroimaging studies
Pietro Pietrini (Pisa) |
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Discussion |
| 12.30-13.30 |
Lecture
Bipolar depression: diagnostic and treatment issues
Mauro Mauri (Pisa)
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Gender and Depressive Disorders |
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| Chairman |
Maria Angela Sortino (Catania) |
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| 16.00-17.00 |
Depression in pregnancy: diagnosis and treatment
Claudio Mencacci (Milan) |
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| 17.00-18.00 |
Mood disorders in menopause
Mario Amore (Parma) |
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| 18.00-18.30 |
Discussion |
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| 18.30-19.30 |
Gender and depressive disorders: epidemiological evidences
Mauro Carta (Cagliari) |
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| 19:30-19:40 |
ECM Questionnaire |
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Thursday July 27 th, 2006 |
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Depressive Disorders: Neuropharmacology (1) |
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| Chairman |
Claudio Mencacci (Milan) |
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| 10.00-11.00 |
Metabotropic glutamate receptors as novel target for anxiety and depressive disorders
Ferdinando Nicoletti (Rome) |
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| 11.00-12.00 |
Sistemic activity of antidepressant drugs
Riccardo Torta (Turin) |
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Discussion |
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Depressive Disorders: Neuropharmacology (2) |
| Chairman |
Riccardo Torta (Turin) |
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| 16.00-17.00 |
Pharmacogenomics of depression
Enrico Smeraldi (Milan) |
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| 17.00-18.00 |
Depressive disorders and substance abuse: diagnosis and treatment
Bernardo Carpiniello (Cagliari) |
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| 18.00-18.30 |
Discussion |
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| 18.30-19.30 |
Treatment-resistant depression: new therapeutic options
Filippo Bogetto (Turin) |
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| 21.00 |
Social Dinner |
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Friday July 28 th, 2006 |
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Pain and Depression |
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| Chairman |
Agata Copani (Catania) |
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| 10.00-11.00 |
Neurobiology of chronic pain
Paolo Marchettini (Milan) |
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| 11.00-12.00 |
Pain in psychiatric disorders
Andrea de Bartolomeis (Naples) |
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| 12.00-12.30 |
Discussion |
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| 12.30-12.45 |
Closing remarks |
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Filippo Drago (Catania) |
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| 12.45-12.55 |
ECM Questionnaire |
