COURSE INFO
Institute of Brain Medicine CNS Forum:
Advances in Psychopharmacology
12-13 October 2013
Speakers:
| Dr. Klaus Peter BØGESØ (Denmark) | Professor Siegfried KASPER (Austria) |
| Professor Stuart MONTGOMERY (UK) | Dr. Connie Sanchez MORILLO (Denmark) |
| Professor Siu-Wa TANG (USA, HK) | Professor Joseph ZOHAR (Israel) |
Day 1 — SSRI in the treatment of Major Depression
Date: 12 October 2013 (Saturday)
Venue: The Mira Hotel, 18/F, Ballroom, 118 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon
Chairman: Professor S.W. TANG
| 1:30pm – 2:30pm | Registration & Reception (Dim Sum refreshment provided) | |
| 2:30pm – 3:00pm | Opening & Introduction | Prof. S.W. TANG |
| 3:00pm – 3:45pm | Lecture 1 | Dr. K.P. BØGESØ |
| Development of a SSRI citalopram | ||
| 3:45pm – 4:30pm | Lecture 2 | Dr. C.S. MORILLO |
| New data on SSRI’s effect on neurotransmission: Beyond amine reuptake inhibition | ||
| 4:30pm – 5:00pm | Coffee break | |
| 5:00pm – 5:45pm | Lecture 3 | Prof. S. MONTGOMERY |
| All common antidepressant drugs are monoamine neurotransmission modulation drugs and have similar mechanism of action: how should clinical trial protocols be designed to address their true difference in efficacy? | ||
| 5:45pm – 6:30pm | Lecture 4 | Prof. S. KASPER |
| Imaging SSRI effects in living men | ||
| 6:30pm – 7:15pm | Lecture 5 | Prof. J. ZOHAR |
| MDD, anxiety and OCD: What are SSRIs targeting? | ||
| 7:30pm – 10:00pm | Lexapro 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner |
Day 2 — New Advances in the treatment of Major Depression
Date: 13 October 2013 (Sunday)
| 8:30am – 9:00am | Registration and reception (Dim Sum refreshment provided) | |
Session 1 | New Advances in Drug Development Moderator: Professor S.W. TANG | |
| 9:00am – 9:45am | How new drugs will be discovered? | Dr. K.P. BØGESØ |
| 9:45am – 10:30am | Testing new drug entities for clinical relevance | Dr. C.S. MORILLO |
| 10:30am – 11:00am | Coffee break | |
Session 2 | DSM V | |
| 11:00am – 11:45am | DSM V : What are the important changes | Prof. J. ZOHAR |
| 11:45am – 12:15pm | Discussion of Prof. Zohar’s presentation | Prof. S. KASPER Prof. S. MONTGOMERY |
| 12:15pm – 1:30pm | Lunch | |
Session 3 | Advances in Psychopharmacology | |
| 1:30pm – 2:15pm | Dopamine or Serotonin in Mood Physiology and Pathology | Prof. S.W. TANG |
| 2:15pm – 3:00pm | What’s new in the treatment of Psychosis and Depression in 2013 | Prof. S. KASPER |
| 3:00pm – 3:30pm | Coffee break | |
| 3:30pm – 4:15pm | Heterogeneity of Mood Disorder and Psychosis: are treatment guidelines up to date | Prof. S. MONTGOMERY |
| 4:15pm – 4:45pm | Closing | Prof. S.W. TANG Prof. J. ZOHAR |
End of Forum | ||
