Full details about the speakers and their presentation topics will be confirmed and regularly updated on the Psychiatry Live website.
Day one |
Topic |
| 5.00pm | Registration |
| 6.15pm | Professional development workshops: ‘Sharpening the Saw’ As the future of the NHS becomes increasingly more challenging, psychiatrists will need to become more synergistic with NHS stakeholders and patients. This session will help take your leadership skills to another level and provide you with the insight to get more from yourself and your team to equip you for the difficulties ahead. |
| 7.45pm | Welcome reception |
| 8.00pm | Dinner |
Day two |
Topic |
| 8.00am | Registration |
| 9.00am | Welcome |
| 9.10am | Masterclass – Improving Concordance Adherence plays an important role in the successful treatment of mental health illnesses and may lead to clinical and economic benefits. This Masterclass examines what interventions are most valuable in improving medication adherence for patients that could be beneficial in order to maximise effective treatment outcomes. |
| 10.10am | Masterclass – Complexities in Bipolar Disorder The complexity of bipolar disorder is often caused by the presence of co-morbid conditions and poly-pharmacy, which presents challenges in the management of the disease. The most common complexities in the long-term management of these challenging patients are reviewed to help guide the clinician through this diagnostic maze and associated treatment considerations. |
| 11.10am | Coffee |
| 11.30am | Masterclass 2 - Bipolar Disorder: Effective treatments from Pole to Pole Pharmacological treatment of Bipolar Disorder presents some complex challenges. This Masterclass reviews the link between prescribing decisions made in the acute episode stage (Bipolar depression or Bipolar Mania) and the associated impact these decisions have on the longer term management of the disorder, with an update in the evidence for the long-term treatment of bipolar disorder. |
| 12.30pm | Ask the Panel Interactive question and answer session facilitated by the Masterclass speakers |
| 1.00pm | Lunch |
| 1.45pm | Hot Topic: Risky Business In today’s complex professional environment, psychiatrists need to be able to assess risk benefit, as well as make effective clinical decisions. Psychiatrists must practice competent, ethical medicine within the parameters set by medical law. Practicing within the framework of the law means being familiar with legal concepts. This session will provide you with guidance to improve and better understand best practice in risk benefit and assessment within the context of clinical decision making. |
| 2.45pm | Open Floor |
| 3.15pm | Summing up and closing remarks |