European Forum For Electroconvulsive Therapy
 
15th Annual MeetingEuropean Forum for ECT (EFFECT)
MEETING

15th Annual MeetingEuropean Forum for ECT (EFFECT)

Venue  

University Psychiatric Center KU Leuven, campus Kortenberg

Leuvensesteenweg 517

3070 Kortenberg (Belgium)

Phone-central: 0032 (0)2 758 0511

Registration

This meeting is for ECT practitioners, prescribers and researchers. All participants need to register via: https://www.upckuleuven.be/nl/agenda/european-forum-ect-15th-annual-meeting-science-clinical-practice

 

Your registration is complete after payment of the registration fee: €100

 

Proof of Payment or Invoice

 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation e-mail that serves as your proof of payment. Only request an invoice if you have a VAT number and if the invoice is necessary for you. Free for speakers and UPC KU Leuven personnel.

Downloadable program

  • The meeting will be held in English Friday, October 3th

    08:30 - 09:00 | Registration

    09:00 – 09:15 Welcome - 20 yr EFFECT: from science practitioners for science practitioners
    Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)

  • First serving – Cognitive effects of ECT (Part 1)

    Chair: Esmée Verwijk (The Netherlands)

    09:15 – 09:35 | First person account Eline van Vliet (The Netherlands)

    09:35 – 09:55 | Autobiographical memory and ECT Declan McLoughlin (Ireland)

    09:55 – 10:15 | Subjective cognitive effects Shauni Verspecht (Belgium)

    10:15 – 10:35 | Combined Lifestyle and Cognitive Intervention in Patients Treated with ECT Geke Overvliet (The Netherlands)

    10:35 – 10:55 | CONNECT: outpatient treatment program for persisting cognitive complaints Esmée Verwijk (The Netherlands)

  • 11:00 - 11:30 Refreshment Break

  • Imaging Nuggets

    Chair: Filip Bouckaert (Belgium)

    11:30 – 11:50 | 10 yr of the GEMRIC consortium: What we have come to know and where we will be moving to?
    Leif Oltedal (Norway)

    11:50 – 12:10 | How neuroimaging may optimize ECT dosage.
    Philip van Eijndhoven (The Netherlands)

    12:10 – 12:30 | Beyond Clinical response: The effects of ECT on the Network Symptom Structure in Depression
    Fabio Sambataro (Italy)

    12:30 – 12:50 | Prediction of ECT outcome: A network analysis approach
    Tessa Blanken (The Netherlands)

    12:50 – 13:00 | Max Fink: An Appreciation
    Charles Kellner (United States)

  • 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

  • Second serving – Patients & Families

    Chair: Gábor Gazdag (Hungary)
    14:00 – 14:20 | Family Presence During ECT: Perspectives on Promoting Family Engagement
    Nele Vandevelde (Belgium)

    14:20 – 14:40 | Effects of Psycho-education for Patients and Caregivers
    Jules Vivier & Ali Amad (France)

    14:40 – 15:00 | Relatives' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiences Toward ECT: A Systematic Review
    Klaus Boone & Pieter-Jan Geerts (Belgium)

    15:00 – 15:20 | ECT in the Under 18s: Eleven years of data from Scotland
    Julie Langan Martin (Scotland)

    15:20 – 15:50 | Effectiveness of ECT for depression: comparing research trials with clinical data from the Dutch ECT consortium.
    Robin Cobben (The Netherlands)

    15:50 - 16:10 | Psychotherapy following acute-phase ECT for depression
    Geert Schürgers (Belgium)

    16:10 – 16:30 | Closing remarks
    Declan McLoughlin (Ireland)

    16:30 | Guided visit to the ECT-Unit
    Kathleen Bronckaers (Belgium), Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)

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  • Saturday, October 4th

    09:00 – 9:30 | Registration

  • First serving – Cognitive effects of ECT (Part 2)

    Chair: TBC

    09:30 – 09:50 | Does lithium increase the cognitive side-effects of ECT?
    Liese Van den Eynde (Belgium)

    09:50 – 10:10 | Does ECT cause dementia?
    George Kirov (United Kingdom)

    10:10 – 10:30 | Frailty, effectiveness and cognitive effects
    Nathalie Denayer (Belgium)

    10:30 – 10:50 | Is ECT’s mechanism of action causing cognitive effects?
    Maarten Laroy (Belgium)

  • 10:50 - 11:20 Refreshment Break

  • Discussion Forum – Cognitive effects of ECT - Why should we care?

    11:20 – 12:00 | Moderator: Jasmien Obbels (Belgium)
    Discussant 1 – 5´ – Richard Braithwaite (United Kingdom)
    Discussant 2 – 5´ – Declan McLoughlin (Ireland)
    Discussant 3 – 5´ – Eline van Vliet (The Netherlands)

  • Clinical Practice

    Chair: TBC

    12:00 – 12:10 | Severe catatonia successfully treated with twice-daily ECT
    Kaija Järventausta (Finland)

    12:10 – 12:20 | Prolonged Apnoea in a Suxamethonium-Naïve Patient During ECT
    Basavaraja Papanna (United Kingdom)

    12:20 – 12:30 | Restimulation to stop status epilepticus after ECT: 2 cases
    Michael Pinchuk (Belgium)

  • 12:30 – 13:00 CONUNDRUM

    Should we offer ECT to patients requesting euthanasia?
    Joris Vandenberghe (Belgium) & Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)

  • 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break

  • 14:00 – 14:30 Special Guest Lecture

    Charles Kellner – USA

    Querying AI About ECT: Intelligent Answers That Don't Seem Artificial

  • Clinical Practice

    Chair: Martin B. Jørgensen

    14:30 – 14:50 | Consistency in ECT practice: a Danish story
    Martin Balslev Jørgensen (Denmark)

    14:50 - 15:10 | Can VR reduce ECT-related anxiety
    Jasmien Obbels (Belgium)

    15:10 – 15:30 | ECT training: simulation for dummies
    Joseph Campling (United Kingdom)

    15:30 – 15:50 | The effect of benzodiazepines on catatonia: a meta-analysis towards ECT prevention
    Lilian Bot (The Netherlands)

    15:50 - 16:10 | A Tale of Two Ages: Inflammation's Divergent Role in ECT Outcomes
    Kara Drexler (The Netherlands), Eric van Exel (The Netherlands)

    16:10 – 16:30 | Flumazenil Augmentation in ECT: Efficacy and Safety
    Amy Dam Petersen (Denmark), Gstav Bizik (Denmark)

    Closing remarks

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