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SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

13th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Monaco, 20 - 22 November 2013
  • WEDNESDAY, 20 November
  • THURSDAY, 21 November
  • FRIDAY, 22 November

14.30-16.00

SO 01 LITHIUM MEDICINE OR MYTH

Chair: T. DINAN (Ireland)
S. MONTGOMERY (UK)
 14.30-15.00 SO 0101 Lithium in acute treatment of bipolar disorder
Rasmus LICHT (Denmark)
15.00-15.30 SO 0102 Bipolar maintenance treatment
Heinz GRUNZE (United Kingdom)  
15.30-16.00 SO 0103 Lithium: Still the gold standard for augmenting
antidepressants?
Timothy DINAN (Ireland) 
16.00-16.30
Coffee break

16.30-18.00

SO 02 THE HURTFUL BRAIN

Chair: J. DEN BOER (The Netherlands)
R. LICHT (Denmark)
16.30-17.00 SO 0201 The comorbidity of pain, anxiety and depression
Hans-Ulrich WITTCHEN (Germany) 
17.00-17.30 SO 0202 Explaining the co-occurrence of pain, anxiety and depression
Johan DEN BOER (The Netherlands) 
 17.30-18.00 SO 0203 Psychotropics as treatments for pain
Michael BACH (Germany) 
18.00-19.00
Opening Ceremony

09.00-10.30

SO 03 RECOVERY – THE NEW TREATMENT
GOAL IN DEPRESSION? – A DEBATE

Moderator: A. WADE (UK)
09.00-09.10 Welcome and introduction
09.10-09.30 SO 0301 Is recovery a better treatment goal than remission?
Koen DEMYTTENAERE (Belgium), Thomas E. SCHLÄPFER (Germany)
09.35-09.55 SO 0302 What assessment tools should be used for
evaluating whether the treatment goal has been achieved?
Koen DEMYTTENAERE (Belgium), Thomas E. SCHLÄPFER (Germany)
SO 0303 What would be the best approach to changing treatment for patients not achieving the treatment goal upon antidepressant therapy?
Koen DEMYTTENAERE (Belgium), Thomas E. SCHLÄPFER (Germany)
10.25-10.30 Discussion and closing remarks
All sessions will be followed by a 5’ session of Questions
and Answers chaired by Alan WADE (UK)
10.30-11.00
Coffee break

11.00-12.30

SO 04 COGNITION AS A TREATMENT
TARGET IN MOOD DISORDERS

Chair: H.J. MÖLLER (Germany)
D. BALDWIN (UK)
11.00-11.30 SO 0401The treatment of cognitive impairment in OCD
Naomi FINEBERG (UK) 
11.30-12.00 SO 0402 The treatment of cognitive deficits in MDD
David BALDWIN (UK)
 12.00-12.30 SO 0403 Cognitive deficits in bipolar disorder
Eduard VIETA (Spain)
12.30-13.30
Lunch

13.30-15.00

SO 05 COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION IN
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER – PATIENT PERCEPTIONS AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES*

Chair: M. DORAISWAMY (USA)
13.30-13.35 Welcome and introduction
13.35-14.00 SO 0501 Do patients and physicians have the same
perceptions of cognitive symptoms in depression?
Lawrence MARTIN (Canada)
14.00-14.25 SO 0502 Cognitive dysfunction in depressed patients:
prevalence, risks and consequences
Barbara SAHAKIAN (UK)
14.25-14.50 SO 0503 Assessment of cognitive dysfunction in depression
Murali DORAISWAMY (USA)
14.50-15.00 Discussion and closing remarks

15.00-16.30

SO 06 DEPRESSION, COGNITIVE AND NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS IN SCHIZOPHRENIA: UNDERLYING NEUROBIOLOGY AND NOVEL LEADS FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT

Chair: S. KASPER (Austria)
J. LOFTUS (Monaco)
15.00-15.30 SO 0601 Do depressive cognitive and negative symptoms
impact on outcome in schizophrenia?
Hans-Juergen MOELLER (Germany) 
15.30-16.00 SO 0602 Neurobiological mechanisms and novel targets for
cognitive improvement
Torgny SVENSSON (Sweden)
16.00-16.30 SO 0603 Antidepressant drugs in schizophrenia and antipsychotic drugs
in depression: basic and clinical perspective
Siegfried KASPER (UK) 
16.30-16.45
Coffee break

16.45-18.15

SO 07 ADHERENCE WITH TREATMENT

Chair: C. ALTAMURA (Italy)
H.P. VOLZ (Germany)
16.45-17.15 SO 0701 Compliance counselling in bipolar disorder
Carla TORRENT (Spain) 
17.15-17.45 SO 0702The treatment of cognitive deficits in MDD
Hans-Peter VOLZ (Germany)
17.45-18.15 SO 0703Are any drug formulations inherently better for adherence?
Carlo ALTAMURA (Italy)


18.15-19.15


MEET THE EXPERT SESSION

Siegfried KASPER (Austria)
Stuart MONTGOMERY (UK)

Limited number of seats

09.00-10.30

SO 08 – THE REVISED DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA OF MENTAL DISORDERS (DSM-5):BIPOLAR DISORDER IS BIPOLAR AGAIN – REVISITING THE CLASSICS

Chair: M. DAVIDSON (Israel)
09.00-09.10 Welcome and introduction
SO 0801 DSM-5 – a critical appraisal
Michael DAVIDSON (Israel)
09.10-09.30 SO 0802 DSM-5 criteria for bipolar disorder: what has changed?
Alan SWANN (USA)
 09.30-10.00 SO 0803 Implications for clinical management: State of
the art treatment of mixed Mania – New data
Eduard VIETA (Spain)
10.00-10.30 Panel discussion Closing remarks
10.30-11.00
Coffee break

11.00-12.30

SO 09 – TREATMENT RESISTANT DEPRESSION

Chair: S. MONTGOMERY (UK)
S. KASPER (Austria)
11.00-11.30 SO 0901 Is resistant depression a signal for bipolar disorder?
Alessandro SERRETTI (Italy)
11.30-12.00 SO 0902 My preferred treatments in TRD
Stuart A. MONTGOMERY (UK) 
 12.00-12.30 SO 0903 New finding in resistant depression – focus on anxiety comorbidity
Joseph ZOHAR (Israel) 
12.30-13.30
Lunch

13.30-15.00

SO 10 – TREATMENT OF MDD

Chair: E. ERIKSSON (Sweden)
A. SERRETTI (Italy)
13.30-14.00 SO 1001 The effect of comorbid anxiety on outcomes in MDD
Borwin BANDELOW (Germany)
14.00-14.30 SO 1002 Does being elderly alter response in MDD?
Cornelius KATONA (UK)
14.30-15.00 SO 1003 Double standards when evaluating the evidence
base for CBT and pharmacological treatment, respectively:
a critical analysis of guidelines from NICE and other bodies
Elias ERIKSSON (Sweden)


15.00-16.30


SO 11 – HOT TOPICS

Chair: B. BANDELOW (Germany)
C. KATONA (UK)
15.00-15.30 SO 1101 Behavioural Addictions in adult ADHD
Pierre-Michel LLORCA (France) 
15.30-14.00 SO 1102 Biomarkers and prediction of response in MDD – an update
Dietmar WINKLER (Austria) 
14.00-14.30 SO 1103 Neuropeptide Y and CRH in MDD
Aleksander A. MATHÉ (Sweden) 
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Deadline for submission of abstracts is 13 September, 2013

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