On May 23-25, 2018, in Tallinn, Estonia, you can join the 13th meeting of the Nordic Association of Convulsive Therapy, gathering numerous experts from all over the world. Venue is Park Inn by Radisson – Meriton Conference & Spa Hotel.
For more information mail Per Karlsten at nactmeeting@gmail.com
Preliminary program
Wednesday, May 23rd
12.00-13.30 Registration with lunch
13.30 – 13.45 Introduction – Marco Nobis, chairman of NACT and Giuseppe Bersani, Rome
13.45 – 15.00 Modern ECT – Greatly improved yet vastly underused – Harold Sackeim
15.00- 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 17.00 Cognitive side effects of ECT; what do we know today – Declan McLauglin, Maria Semkovska
19.00 Dinner
Thursday, May 24th
08.30 – 09.30 Lost and found – will ECT survive? – Edward Shorter
A Worldwide Survey of ECT Use and Development:
09.30 – 10.15 Western Europe – Giuseppe Bersani, Pascal Sienaert, Alexander Sartorius
10.15 – 10.45 Coffee break
10.45 – 11.30 Nordic Countries – Tom Bolwig, Pia Nordanskog, Per Bergsholm, Kaija Järventausta
11.30 – 12.15 United States – Charles Kellner
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.15 Eastern Europe and Russia – Gabor Gazdag, Alexander Nelson
14.15 – 15.00 Asia – Chittaranjan Andrade, Mikael Tiger
15.00 – 16.00 Parallell Workshops – Exhibition, Meet the Expert (and coffee)
16.00 – 17.00 NACT Annual meeting
19.00 Gala Dinner
Friday, May 25th
09.00 – 10.30 Clinical conclusions from the CORE group studies – Charles Kellner
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.30 A life time experience in ECT – the Take-home Message
Jan-Otto Ottosson, Tom Bolwig, with appearence of Max Fink
12.30 -12.45 Concluding remarks and invitation to ERFA XIV
12.30 Good-bye with Lunch-to-Go