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Annual Scientific
Conference and AGM, 2005
This year the Annual Scientific Conference and Annual General
Meeting will be held in Melbourne. This is a joint IAP
Australia and IAP New Zealand meeting. The major sponsor of
the meeting is Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals.
With the list of eminent speakers who are leaders in their field,
this will be a very exciting conference. The speakers cover areas of
Biological Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and provision of psychiatric services
now and into the future.
Further details regarding Registration and Accommodation will
be posted as they progress. The early-bird discount ends on 15th
October, so send in your registration now.
For any enquiries, please e-mail to
conference05@iap.org.au.
| Theme: |
Future Perspectives in Psychiatry |
| Date |
11 - 13 November |
| Venue: |
Duxton Hotel, Flinders St, Melbourne |
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Programme in Brief
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**STOP PRESS**
Arrangement now available to attend just Dr de Jong's Lecture and
Workshop for A$150.00. This includes
the Sunday lunch.
For the whole of Sunday, registration is A$200.00
E-mail conference05@iap.org.au
to register. |
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| Friday: |
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| 7-9 pm |
Registrations & Cocktails |
Saturday |
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| 9.00am |
Opening Address |
| 9.10 |
Dr C Castles |
| 10.00 |
Professor P Sachdev |
| 10.45 |
Morning Tea |
| 11.15 |
Dr Anne Noonan et al |
| 12.15 |
Assoc Prof T Norman |
| 1.00pm |
Lunch |
| 2.00 |
IAP AGM / Free Arvo |
| 7.30pm |
Conference Dinner |
Sunday |
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| 9.00am |
Dr D Lubman |
| 9.45 |
Professor D Copolov |
| 10.45 |
Morning Tea |
| 11.15 |
Dr J Grigor |
| 12noon |
Dr E de Jong |
| 1.00pm |
Lunch |
| 2.00 |
SPECT Workshop |
| 4.00 |
Goodbye |
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2006 Meetings |
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41st Congress
of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of
Psychiatrists
"Emotional Compass: Navigating Wellbeing"
Sunday 28 May, 2006 - Thursday 1 June, 2006
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Western Australia
The program has a number of invited overseas and binational
speakers including Professor German Berrios, Dr Jonothan
Chick, Professor Robert Cloninger, Dr Jeremy Holmes.
The emotional compass will be explored across the course of
development in the child, adolescent, adult and older adult
streams. |
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Speakers
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Professor Perminder Sachdev
Talk: Enhancing the Human Brain
There is an increasing interest in the development of new
technologies to treat or compensate for cognitive, sensory
and emotional deficits. Some of these technologies are
being developed to enhance these abilities in otherwise
healthy individuals.
Recent research has shed new insights into the plasticity of
the human brain and the importance of gene-environmental
interaction for its optimal development. Strategies can
therefore be proposed for the nurturing of the developing as
well as the adult brain.
Technologies are also becoming available for therapeutic
intervention and even augmentation. In particular,
neuroceuticals (cogniceuticals, emoticeuticals and
sensoceuticals) are being developed for mass consumption.
Direct brain intervention such as TMS, VNS and DBS are
coming into frequent use. The advances in machine-brain
interface threaten to blur the boundaries between humans and
machines. These new developments raise social and ethical
issues: Will they be safe? Will they lead to a weakening of
personhood and society? Will they lead to greater
inequity? Will they be misused by the military? How will
society control these new developments?
Bio:
Professor of Neuropsychiatry, University of
New South Wales & Clinical Director, Neuropsychiatric
Institute, The Prince of Wales Hospitals.
Internationally recognised teacher, researcher and author of
papers and books.
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Dr Dan Lubman
Talk: Substance Use
and Psychosis
Dr Dan Lubman is Senior Lecturer in Addiction Psychiatry at
the University of Melbourne.
He heads the Substance Use Research and Recovery Focussed (SURRF)
Program at ORYGEN Research Centre, where he leads a clinical
research team focussed on investigating substance use and
comorbidity in youth. This includes a number of
pharmacological and psychological treatment trials in
psychosis and depression, as well as epidemiological studies
of comorbidity amongst psychiatric and substance-using
populations.
In collaboration with key youth drug and alcohol agencies in
Melbourne, he is currently developing a number of innovative
cross-sectorial clinical programs addressing comorbidity and
inhalant use in young people. In addition, his research team
is exploring neurobiological mechanisms underpinning
addiction, utilising neuropsychological,
electrophysiological and neuroimaging techniques. This
includes an exploration of the impact of substance use on
adolescent brain development.
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Dr Ernst de Jong
Talk:
"To get it right for the patient - is the
history really enough?"
Dr Ernst de Jong
is a child and adult psychiatrist in private practice in
Perth, WA. He trained in Western Australia as well as in
the Netherlands.
He has been pioneering SPECT imaging as a tool in the
evaluation of psychiatric disorders in Perth. Recently Dr de
Jong was instrumental in organising, in collaboration with
Dr Joe Cardaci, Nuclear Physician and Dr John
Clarkson,General Practitioner, the first Australian Course
in SPECT imaging for psychiatrists and interested Family
Physicians.
New developments in the imaging software for SPECT imaging
and high resolution scanners have assisted in the evaluation
of complex psychiatric disorders including Mood Disorders
and Traumatic Brain Injury.
His talk will explore the value of SPECT imaging in the
treatment of psychiatric patients.
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Dr Anne Noonan
Talk: Seeking solutions: The Practice of Psychiatry in
Central Australia - a panel presentation
Dr Noonan is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Jungian
analyst with a keen interest in the indigenous culture
of Central and Western Papua.
She and her IAP colleagues, Dr Heiti Muul, Dr Carey Breakey,
Dr Goulnara Sowman, who work in Alice Springs and
Darwin will make a panel presentation of their work in these
areas of the northern Territory. This continues the thread
of IAP's interest and presentations in transcultural
psychiatry over the last 7 years. |
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Dr Carole Castles
Talk: Bridging the Gap: The Role of ACPM in provision of
community mental health service
Dr Castle
is the current President of the
Australian College of Psychological Medicine. She would
like to see a future where skilled practitioners could
practice good clinical care without sacrificing security of
income or trying to jam the management of complex patients
into unrealistic time constraints. Her long-term aim is to
see primary care mental health practice recognised,
appropriately funded and supported as part of a seamless
community based mental health service.
After 19 years in the Army, Carole completed her Master of
Psychological Medicine in 2001, since which she has been
working in psychotherapy and injury rehabilitation for the
Australian Defence Force in Canberra.
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Dr John Grigor
Talk: Gestalt of Suicide in New Zealand
John is currently working as the Transcultural
Psychiatrist with the Capital and Coast District Health
Board in Wellington, in services dedicated to Maori and to
Pacific Islanders.. Two years ago he ended 5 years as an
acute inpatient consultant at Wellington Hospital and has
watched, with fascination, the evolving policies surrounding
acute inpatient care following an incident where a patient
left hospital and climbed into a tiger's cage at the nearby
Zoo. The media has maintained a close watch on all incidents
since then and this has reshaped patient care in a risk
aversive service.
This will be contrasted by Andy Aston, Clinical Director in
a nearby District Health Board where this media focus is
more benign and the newspapers kept informed.
John has a background, in Victoria, of Administration and
Forensic Psychiatry and has been associated with the
Richmond Fellowship for 35 years and the Schizophrenia
Fellowship for over 20 years. These days he makes training
videos and is heavily involved in General Practitioner
education.
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Dr Andy Aston
Trained in Birmingham UK; emigrated to New Zealand in 1987;
specialist since 1988.
Clinical Director and Director of Area Mental Health
Services since 2002 in Palmerston North New Zealand.
Involves activities at Ministry, Local & Regional level.
Aspires to help build and sustain an excellent mental health
service integrated with other providers and to develop new
local services in line with international trends. President
(current) of IAPNZ 4+ years.
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Associate Professor Trevor Norman
Talk: Neurogenesis and Antidepressant Drug Action
Professor Norman is an Associate Professor in the Dept of
Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Austin Hospital campus,
where he leads a psychopharmacological research programme
encompassing both pre-clinical and clinical research in
stress, anxiety and depression. In addition, he is
actively involved in teaching medical and psychological
undergraduates and post-graduate trainees in psychiatry.
He holds positions in national and international
psychopharmacological bodies. He has published widely.
He serves on the editorial boards of leading journals in his
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Professor David Copolov
Talk: Demise of the Specialist Psychiatric Hospital -
Enlightened Culling or Ideology
Driven Vandalism?
Professor Copolov is a Professor of Psychiatry at Monash
University, Honorary Professor at the University of
Melbourne and Research Group Leader at the Mental Health
Research Institute. He is also Senior Advisor – Special
Initiatives at Monash University, working closely with the
Vice Chancellor’s Group and focusing on major growth
strategies for the University.
He was the Director of the Mental Health Research Institute
of Victoria from 1985 - 2004 and was responsible for
building it from a small unit of the State Health Department
into the largest dedicated psychiatric research centre in
Australia.
He was a key advocate for the establishment of the
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council's
Network for Brain Research into Mental Disorders in 1994,
and served as the Chief Investigator of the Program. He was
also co-Director of the Australian National Health and
Medical Research Council's Schizophrenia Research Unit from
1988-1996.
Professor Copolov's research interests have focused on the
phenomenology, neuroendocrinology and neurochemistry of
schizophrenia, with a particular interest in the
pathophysiology of auditory hallucinations.
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This meeting is sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
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