
NEXT NACT NORWAY
May 22-24 2019, the 14th Nordic Experience Meeting of the Nordic Association of Convulsive Therapy ‘Monitoring Treatment and Long-Term Outcome’…
EFFECT continuously on the move
May 22-24 2019, the 14th Nordic Experience Meeting of the Nordic Association of Convulsive Therapy ‘Monitoring Treatment and Long-Term Outcome’…
We’ll have our next meeting, ‘Back to Basics’, in the cradle of convulsive therapy: Budapest, Hungary. Save the date for…
On 29th May, 2019, at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, in London, the 19th ECTAS National Forum will take place.…
ECT is the most efficacious biological treatment for the most severe psychiatric disorders. In several European countries, however, psychiatrists and patients still struggle with the stigmatzing negative image of ECT. To ensure that patients and service users across Europe have access to safe and effective ECT when appropriate, a European Forum for ECT was founded.
In November 2005 Björn Wahlund (SE), Pascal Sienaert (BE) and King Han Kho (NL) decided to organize the EFFECT founding meeting. Several ECT psychiatrists across Europe were invited to join this meeting which took place in Leuven, Belgium, from 3-5 February 2006.
On February 4, 2006, The European Forum for ECT was inaugurated at the University Psychiatric Center – KU Leuven, campus Kortenberg in Belgium. An executive board was elected with Tom G. Bolwig (DK) as President, Björn Wahlund (SE) as Chairman, King Han Kho (NL) as Secretary, and Pascal Sienaert (BE) as Treasurer. Since then, EFFECT brought together clinicians and researchers to improve the practice of ECT, and to reduce its stigma .
Effect aims to combat the stigma associated with ECT
EDUCATE
Effect aims to educate mental health and other professionals about ECT and its use
PROMOTE
Effect aims to promote ECT research and to inform the general public about ECT and its use.
Venue
Semmelweis University
Department of Psychiatry
H-1083 Budapest, Balassa utca 6.
Hungary
Date
Friday, November 8, 2019
Saturday, November 9, 2019
Time
Friday 12:30 – 17:30
Saturday 08:30 – 16:30
Registration Fee
Free to ECT practitioners who register from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Croatia.
For all other participants, €70 can be transferred to
Zorg KU Leuven – EFFECT
Leuvensesteenweg 517
3070 Kortenberg (Belgium)
IBAN BE94 7795 9036 9114
BIC GKCCBEBB
12:30 -13:10 Registration for Days 1 and 2
13:10 -13:20 Introduction and welcome – Gabor Gazdag (Hungary), Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)
13:20 – 13:30 Opening remarks – János Réthelyi (Head, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University, Hungary)
13:30 – ECT and Hungary: return to the future – Márton Asztalos (HU)
13:45 – Changes in ECT practice in the Dept Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University – Levente Hermán (HU)
14:00 – ECT in Italy: past, present and future – Gabriele Sani (IT)
14:20 – ECT practice in Slovakia: a brief history, current status and future prospects – Jozef Dragasek (Slovakia)
14:40 – ECT in Poland: past, present and future – Anna Z. Antosik-Wójcińska (Poland)
Coffee!
15:30 – Indications for ECT: who benefits the most? – Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)
16:00 – Is there a role for ECT in schizophrenia? – George Petrides (USA)
16:30 – Optimising ECT technique: dos and don’ts – Charles Kellner (USA)
17:00 – How can we (start to) understand ECT-related anxiety? – Jasmien Obbels (Belgium)
Gabor Gazdag (Hungary), Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)
TOM BOLWIG (DK) president
PASCAL SIENAERT (BE) chair
GABOR GAZDAG (HU) secretary
DECLAN MCLOUGHLIN (IE) treasurer