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PRELIMINARY SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME (subject to change)

  SUNDAY 25 FEBRUARY 2007
 
13h00 – 14h00 REGISTRATION FOR WORKSHOP DELEGATES
14h00 – 17h00 Workshop 1: Venue: Ballroom
Hosted by Dr Andre Joubert (Denmark)

Options for Treatment-Resistant Depression: Lessons from Star*D: An interactive session

 		 Workshop 2: Venue: Garden Terrace Restaurant Extension
Hosted by Dr Catherine Maud, Prof Piet Oosthuizen, Dr Felix Potocnik and Prof Soraya Seedat (SA)

The ABC of Conducting Clinical Trials in Psychiatry
17h00 – 19h00 REGISTRATION OPENS FOR ALL CONGRESS DELEGATES
19h00 OPENING COCKTAIL FUNCTION IN EXHIBITION HALL
 
  MONDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2007
 
07h00 – 08h00 BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM (Sponsored by Sandoz/Hexal)
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
Dr Chris Verster: Use of Non-Benzodiazepine Hypnotics in the Treatment of Insomnia
 
  Plenary Session 1:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Prof Robin Emsley)
08h15 – 08h45 Opening address: Dr Thabo Rangaka (SA): From Molecules to Mind: Bridging the Gap
08h45 – 09h30 Prof Bernard Lerer (Israel): Antidepressant Augmentation Strategies
09h30 – 10h15 Prof Manfred Spitzer (Germany): Neuroeconomics: Evaluation and Decision-Making in the Brain
 
10h15 – 10h45 TEA
 
  Plenary Session 2:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Dr Jan Chabalala)
10h45 – 11h25 Dr Pierre Blier (Canada): Interactions between Neurotransmitters: The Key to the Antidepressant Response
  Parallel Session 1:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Prof Cliff Allwood)
Neurotransmitters, Neuropeptides and Hormones		 Parallel Session 2:
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
(Chairperson: Prof Piet Oosthuizen)
New and Novel Therapeutic Strategies
11h30 – 12h00 Prof Manfred Spitzer (Germany): Dopamine: If Addiction and Schizophrenia are the Pathology, what is the Physiology? Dr Franco Colin (SA): Pharmacological Treatment Strategies for Bipolar Disorder

 
12h00 – 12h30 Dr I Ebrahim (UK): Hypocretin/orexin
Neuropeptides in Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders		 Prof Brian Harvey (SA): Reactive Nitrogen and Oxygen Intermediates and Oxidative stress in Neuroleptic-Induced Tardive Dyskinesia: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
12h30 – 13h00 Prof Denise White (SA): The three phases of Eve: An Analysis of the Influence of Hormonal Factors on Women’s Mental Health at Menarche, Pregnancy and Menopause Dr Pierre Blier (Canada): Rationale for using two antidepressant medications from treatment initiation in depression
 
13h00 – 14h00 LUNCH
 
  Parallel 3:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Dr Lize Weich)
Addiction:
 		 Parallel 4:
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
(Chairperson: Prof Christopher Szabo)
Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders:
2 hour Sleep Symposium
14h00 – 14h30
 		 Prof S Rataemane (SA): Sedative-Hypnotic Agents
 		 Dr. I Ebrahim, Dr O Ameen, Ms V Kander:

Clinical, Physiological and Biological Assessment of Sleep – How to
14h30 – 15h00 Dr Ian Lewis (SA): Clinical Features of
Methamphetamine Psychosis		  
15h00 – 15h30 Dr Liezl Kramer (SA): Brief interventions:
Bridging the gap between the prevention and the treatment of drug related problems		  
15h30 – 16h00 Dr Volker Hitzeroth (SA): Maintenance
Prescribing of Opioid Dependence within the SA setting.		  
 
16h00 – 16h30 TEA
 
19h00
 		 SPEAKERS’ DINNER FOR INVITED GUESTS
FREE EVENING FOR OTHER DELEGATES
 
  TUESDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2007
07h00 – 08h00 BREAKFAST SYMPOSIUM (Sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline)
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
Speaker & Title to be advised
  Plenary Session 3:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Prof Dan Stein)
08h15 – 09h00 Prof Colin Ingram (UK): Role of Corticosteroids in the Aetiology and Treatment of Affective Disorders: Animal and Human Studies
09h00 – 09h45 Prof Robin Emsley (SA): Schizophrenia: A progressive Encephalopathy
09h45 – 10h30 Prof Brian Harvey (SA): Mechanisms Regulating Onset of Action of Anti-depressants: Novel Perspectives from Pre-Clinical Behavioural and Neuroreceptor Studies
 
10h30 – 11h00 TEA
 
11h00 – 11h45
 		 Plenary Session 4
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Prof Solly Rataemane)
Prof Dan Stein (SA): Pearls in Clinical Neuroscience: A Series of Review Articles
 
  Parallel Session 5:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Dr S Salduker)

Stress and Anxiety: Aetiology and Treatment
 		 Parallel Session 6:
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
(Chairperson: Prof Dana Niehaus)

Gene and Gene Technologies		 Parallel Session 7:
Venue: Garden Terrace Restaurant Extension
(Chairperson: Dr S van Rensburg)
Neuroscience Symposium
(South African Neuroscience Society)
12h00 – 12h30 Prof Colin Ingram (UK):
Early Life Stress and Psychopathology: Impact on the HPA Axis and 5HT Neurotransmission		 Prof Bernard Lerer (Israel):
Susceptibility Genes in Schizophrenia: Genome Scan and Linkage Studies		 Prof Colin Ingram (UK)- see parallel session 5
12h30 – 13h00 Dr Damiaan Denys
(The Netherlands):
Deep Brain Stimulation		 Prof Louise Warnich (SA): Genetic Association Analysis of Variants in Cytochrome P450 and other Candidate Genes and Susceptibility to Abnormal Involuntary Movements in Xhosa Schizophrenic Patients 12h40 – 13h00
Dr Susan J van Rensburg (SA): Mending the Myelin in Multiple Sclerosis - a Paradigm Shift
 
  Parallel Session 8:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Dr Paul Carey)
Molecules to Mind

 

 

 Parallel Session 9:
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
(Chairperson: Prof J Pretorius)
Depression, Trauma & Suicide


 		 Parallel Session 10:
Venue: Garden Restaurant Terrace Extention
(Chairperson: Prof Willie Daniels)
Neuroscience Symposium
(South African Neuroscience Society)
14h00 – 14h30 Prof Michael Pepper (SA): AmpliChip CY450 Genotype Profiling: Improving Treatment Outcomes in Psychiatric Disorders Dr Brian Baker (Canada): State of the Heart: The Treatment of Depression in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease 14h00 – 14h20
Dr Felix Potocnik (SA): Depression in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis
14h30 – 15h00 Dr Yusuf Moosa (SA): The Biology of Depression Dr Sue Hawkridge (SA): Antidepressants and Suicidality in Children 14h20 – 15h00
Prof Ernesta Meintjes (SA): fMRI Study of Math Processing in Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
15h00 – 15h30 Prof Sean Kaliski (SA)i: An Update on the Neurobiology of Aggression and Violence Prof Banwari Meel (SA): An Overview of Suicides in the Transkei Region of SA 15h00 – 15h20
Dr Esperance Kashala-Abotnes (DRC): Mental Health of African School Children: Epidemiological, Clinical and Neuropsychological Studies from the DRC
15h30 – 16h00 Prof Christopher Szabo (SA): “From Molecules to Mind” and Eating Disorders: Where is the Gap to be Bridged? Dr Herbert Campbell (SA): Trauma Recovery 15h20 – 16h00
Prof Nicola Illing: Gene Expression Changes in a Maternal-Separation Model in Mice
      16h00 – 16h20
Dr Laurie Kellaway (SA):
The Laminar Arrangement of the Cerebral Cortex and Synaptic
Density Quantification

16h20 – 16h40
Prof Willie Daniels (SA): Multiple Protein Changes following Trauma Early in Life
16h00 – 16h30 TEA
16h30 – 17h00 COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING (AGM)
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
17h00 – 17h30 COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS COUNCIL MEETING
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
19h00 CARNIVAL GALA DINNER AT THE LORD CHARLES HOTEL (Dress code: Informal)
Venue: Ballroom
 
  WEDNESDAY 28 FEBRUARY 2007
  Plenary Session 5:
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Prof Willie Pienaar)
08h30 – 09h15 Dr Damiaan Denys (The Netherlands): Serotonin-Dopamine interactions in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
09h15 – 10h00 Prof Raj Ramesar (SA): Genetics of Bipolar Disorder: Recent advances
 
10h00 – 10h30 TEA
 
  Parallel Session 11
Venue: Ballroom
(Chairperson: Prof Tuviah Zabow)
Ethics and Sciencent		 Parallel Session 12
Venue: Somerset Suite 1
(Chairperson: Dr Catherine Maud)
Substance Use and Comorbidity Symposium & Panel Discussion
10h30 – 11h00 Prof Willie Pienaar (SA): Get to know your Genes or should we? Ethical dilemmas in Genetic Screening and Therapy Dr Greg McCarthy (SA): The Management of Psychiatric Conditions in Patients with Addictive Disorders
 
11h00 – 11h30 Dr John Joska (SA): Testing Times: New Paradigms for HIV Testing in Patients with Severe Mental Illness  
11h30 – 12h30 Meet the Expert Session  
 
12h30 CLOSING AND PRIZE GIVING

POSTERS
1. Dr PD Carey: rCBF Patterns of Response to Prolonged Exposure in Female Rape Victims with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A case series

2. Prof Bl Meel: Sexual assault on the mentally impaired in Mthatha in SA

3. Dr V Hitzeroth: The Neurobiology of Personality Disorders: A Guide for Evidence-based Pharmacotherapy

4. Dr C Lochner: Investigating the possible effects of trauma experiences and 5-HTT
on the dissociative experiences of patients with OCD using path analysis and multiple regression

5. Dr Susan Janse van Rensburg: Zinc and Vitamins A&D in Ulcerative Colitis

6. Dr V Hitzeroth: The Neurobiology of Personality Disorders: A Guide to Evidence-Based Pharmacology

7. Steyn J: Predictors of abnormal involuntary movement in an African schizophrenia population

8. Koen L: Chromosomal aberrations in an African schizophrenia population

9. Le Roux R: Initiation rites as a perceived stressor for IsiXhosa males with schizophrenia

10. Botha UA: Stigma as perceived by an African schizophrenia population and their families – a descriptive pilot study

11. Magni P: Antipsychotic prescription in a homogenous schizophrenia group

12. Galen Wright: Do Genetic variants in the Cannabinoid Receptor (CNR1) Contribute to cannabis abse in Schizophrenic Patients?

13. DR R SCHOEMAN: Comprison of Neuropsychological Functioning in adolescents with and without post traumatic stress disorder

14. Amod P. Kulkarnia,b, Laurie A. Kellawayb, Krishna H. Murthyc, Girish, J. Kotwald Study of interaction of curcumin, a potential anti-neuroinflammatory agent, with C3 and C3b bound to gold surface using QCM-D technology

15. Fleur M Howells and Vivienne A Russell Differential release of norepinephrine from hippocampal slices of five rat strains.

16. Vivienne A Russell*, Musa V Mabandla*, Shula Johnson*, Bryony Dobson*, Lauriston A Kellaway*, Willie MU Daniels†, Michael J Zigmond§
Prenatal stress decreases the beneficial effects of exercise on motor function following intracerebral injection of 6-hydroxydopamine

17. Heleen S Soeters, Fleur M Howells, Leander Bindewald and Vivienne A Russell
Methylphenidate reduces susceptibility to alcohol addiction in a rat model for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
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