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European Forum For Electroconvulsive Therapy
 
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EFFECT

European Forum For Electroconvulsive Therapy

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EFFECT

European Forum For Electroconvulsive Therapy

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EFFECT organized 11 annual meetings
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More than 70% of severely depressed patients respond to ECT

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THE STORY OF EFFECT

EFFECT continuously on the move

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 .

THE GOALS OF EFFECT

European Forum for Electroconvulsive Therapy
COMBAT

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.

HIGH STANDARD
Effect aims to work towards a high standard of ECT practice across Europe and to develop guidelines

13th Annual Meeting
European Forum for ECT (EFFECT)

ECT: a modernist approach

Venue

Recinte Modernista Sant Pau
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

Date

October 7, 2023

 

Speakers Get Together

Friday evening, October 6th 

00:00 – 00:00 guided tour in Recinte Modernista Sant Pau

00:00 – 00:00 speaker’s diner and get together

– venue Racó d’en Cesc,  C/ Diputació, 201

– speakers are welcome to join for diner at their own expenses

 

Registration Fee

This meeting is for ECT practitioners, prescribers and researchers. All eligible participants need to register via www.theeffect.eu, with your name, full clinical/academic affiliation details and address, and e-mail.
Your registration is complete after transfer of €100 to account ********

Zorg KU Leuven – EFFECT
Leuvensesteenweg 517
3070 Kortenberg (Belgium)

IBAN BE94 7795 9036 9114

BIC GKCCBEBB

  • Scientific meeting Saturday, October 7th

    09:00 - 09:30 Registration
    09:30 - 09:40 Introduction and welcome
    Narcis Cardoner (Spain), Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)

  • ECT in Spain – past, present and future
    Chair: Gabor Gazdag (Hungary)

    09:40 – 10:05 ECT in Spain
    Joaquin Gil Badenes (Spain)
    10:05 - 10:30 ECT research in Spain: alive and kicking
    Virginia Soria Tomas (Spain)

  • Discussion Forum

    10:30 – 11:15 “Stigma and ECT: how should we deal with it?”
    Moderator: Declan McLoughlin (Ireland)
    Discussant 1 - 5’ - Miguel Angel Alvarez de Mon (Spain) - Beliefs and Attitudes About Electroconvulsive Therapy Posted on Twitter
    Discussant 2 – 5’ – (TBC)

  • 11:15 - 11:45 Refreshment Break

  • Translational research update
    Chair: Carles Soriano Mas (Spain)

    11:45 – 12:05 Brain imaging - What have we learned about ECT’s mechanism of action?
    Jean-Baptiste Belge (Belgium)

    12:05 - 12:25 Molecular mechanisms?
    Martin-Balslev Jørgensen (Denmark)

    12:25 – 12:45 Does nimodipine or acetaminophen influence postictal phenomena after Electroconvulsive therapy?
    Julia Pottkämper & Joey Verdijk (the Netherlands)

    12:45-13:05 The Dutch ECT consortium, first results.
    Annemiek Dols (the Netherlands)

  • 13.05 – 14.00 Lunch Break

  • Clinical Practice Nuggets – first serving
    Chair: Esmee Verwijk (The Netherlands)

    14:00 – 14:20 Pre-ECT work-up: what is necessary and why?
    Sara Medved (Croatia) (TBC)

    14:20 - 14:40 Cognitive effects: which assessment is necessary?
    Esmee Verwijk (The Netherlands)

    14:40 – 15:00 Optimising the seizure: do’s and don’ts
    Alexander Sartorius (Germany) (TBC)

  • Discussion Forum

    15:00 – 15:40 Is there a place for ketamine in ECT-practice?
    Moderator: George Kirov (UK)
    Discussant 1 – 5‘ Pouya Movahed Rad (Sweden)
    Discussant 2 – 5‘ Javier de Diego (Spain)

  • 15:40 – 16:10 Refreshment Break

  • Clinical Practice Nuggets – second serving

    16:10 – 16:30 EEG monitoring in ECT practice
    David Semple (Scotland) (TBC)

    16:30 - 16:50 The key to successful ECT: nursing
    Kara Hannighan (UK)

    16:50 – 17:10 Relapse prediction – what have we learned (during the pandemic)?
    Simon Lambrichts (Belgium)

    17:10 – 17:30 Unraveling trajectories of depressive symptom improvement during ECT
    Emma De Schuytteneer (Belgium)

    17:30 – 18:30 Looking back and looking ahead: important changes in the practice of ECT - an interview with Charles Kellner
    Interviewer – Narcis Cardoner & Marta Cano (Spain)
    Questions from the public

    18:30 Closing remarks

BOARD

TOM BOLWIG (DK) president
PASCAL SIENAERT (BE) chair
GABOR GAZDAG (HU) secretary
DECLAN MCLOUGHLIN (IE) treasurer

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