| September 28, 2008 |
HALL A |
HALL B |
| 07:30 - 08:20 |
"Meeting the expert over breakfast"
Zubin Bhagwagar, Charles Bowden, Rosanne Ceglie, Tina Goldstein, Jeff Jefferson, Andrew A. Nierenberg, Maciej Pilecki, Dost Öngür, Jair Soares. |
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| 08:30 - 09:20 |
Bipolar Spectrum Disorders: Overview of Diagnoses and Clinical Presentation - Jair Soares
Chair: Ali Saffet Gonul |
Bipolarity in Women - Maria Luisa Figueria
Chair: Nesrin Dilbaz |
| 09:20 - 10:10 |
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Family-based Approaches - Ozlem Surucu
Chairs: Tina Goldstein and Cigil Fettahoglu |
Lithium Treatment in Bipolar Disorder: Bridging the Past and Future - Jeff Jefferson
Chair: Levent Kuey |
| 10:10 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:30 - 12:20 |
Panel 8: Recent Neuroimaging Findings in Bipolar Disorder
Chairs: Nesrin Dilbaz and Jair Soares
* Neuroimaging and Neurocognitive Studies of Bipolar Disorder-Jair Soares
* Eliciting Biomarkers of Vulnerability to Bipolar Disorder using a Multimodal Approach-Zubin Bhagwagar
* White Matter Pathology in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia: A Possible Common Endophenotype?-Paolo Brambilla
* Regulation of Mood: Are the Clinical Neuroimaging and Preclinical Findings Parallel to Each Other?- 1 Ali Saffet Gonul |
Panel 9: The Difficulties in Treatment of Bipolar Affective Disorder and Management Strategies
Chair: Mesut Cetin
* Treatment Strategies in Comorbid Bipolar and Substance Use Disorder-Servet Ebrinc
* Rapid Cycling Bipolar Affective Disorder and Treatment Strategies-Cengiz Basoglu
* Treatment Strategies of Bipolar Affective Disorder during Pregnancy and Lactation-Omer Gecici
* Treatment Strategies in Comorbid Bipolar and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder-Umit Basar Semiz |
| 12:20 - 13:30 |
Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:20 |
Lessons from STEP-BD for the Understanding and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder - Andrew A. Nierenberg
Chair: Erdal Isik |
Clinical Perspective: Differential Diagnosis of Affective Disturbances in Adolescence - Maciej Pilecki
Chair: Fevziye Toros and Ozlem Surucu |
| 14:20 - 16:10 |
PANEL 10: Bipolarity in the Context of Liaison Psychiatry
Chairs: Maria Luisa Figueira and Nazaré Santos
* Affective Disorders and Medical Comorbidity – Nazaré Santos
* Bipolarity Secondary to Medical Treatments – João Miguel Pereira
* Bipolar Disorders and Dementia – Frederico Simões do Couto
* Comorbidity and Stigma in Bipolar Disorders: Challenges for Treatment - Levent Kuey |
Panel 11: Multimodal Imaging of Bipolar Spectrum Disorders
Chairs: Jair Soares and Paulo Brambilla
* Molecular Imaging of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors in Major Depressive Disorder-Aybala Saricicek
* Persistent Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurotransmitter Dysfunction in Recurrent Mood Disorders-Zubin Bhagwagar |
| 16:10 - 16:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 16:30 - 17:20 |
Treatment Strategies to Optimize Long Term Outcomes in Bipolar Disorders - Charles L Bowden
Chair: Husnu Erkmen |
Bipolar Disorder and Schizoaffective disorder, and Schizophrenia - Dost Ongur Chairs: Martinucci Mirko and Servet Ebrinc |
| 17:20 - 18:10 |
The Employment of Benzodiazepine in Bipolar Patients - Rosanna Ceglie
Chair: Cengiz Basoglu |
Bridging Eastern and Western Psychiatry: Discussion for the Future Meetings
Chairs: Mario Di Fiorino and Maria Luisa Figueira |
| 19:00 - 20:00 |
Media Section: "...AND...ACTION!" USING FILM CLIPS IN GROUP THERAPY - Fuat Ulus
Chair: Mehmet Zihni Sungur |
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| 20:00 - 24:00 |
Gala Dinner and Award Ceremony |
