At the successful 10th Annual Meeting of EFFECT, held at the psychiatric department of the Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, the eminent Em prof Jan-Otto Ottosson gave a lecture reviewing the literature on ECT technique. Summarizing the recent evidence in favor of RUL ECT, he said that we should be polite to …
The ISEN Meeting will take place in San Diego, MAY 21ST, 2017 at THE WESTIN SAN DIEGO GASLAMP QUARTER HOTEL. To register online, https://www.isen-ect.org/ect-certificate-course#registration. 8:30 a.m. Morning Symposium—Understanding and Improving the Cognitive Outcomes of ECT [Colleen Loo, MBBS, FRANZCP, MD—Chair] - Cognitive Effects of ECT: A Patient’s Perspective [Carol Kivler, MS, CSP, …
ECT-Workshop of the German Speaking Countries in Cooperation with the ECT-Groups of The Netherlands and Belgium March 24th and 25th, 2017 Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Uniklinik RWTH Aachen Friday, 24.03.2017 11.30 – 12.00 Registration and Coffee 12.00 – 12.15 Address of Welcome Frank Schneider – Aachen 12.15 – …
“Once Kyle’s treatment started, a whole new person emerged”, a mother of a boy with autism and self-injurious behavior says. “As time went on, he just kept on getting better and better.” In the October issue of The Atlantic, Apoorva Mandavilli publishes an interesting account on the sometimes life-saving use …
Several symposia, including a high number of EFFECT-members, are accepted for the WFSBP meeting in june 2017. On June 18 (14:30 h) Grözinger and Frieling (Germany) co-chair a symposium on ‘Effects and Side-effects of ECT’ Effects of ECT on the oxygen saturation in the frontal brain (M. Grözinger, Germany) DNA …
Barcelona is the host city for the 2nd International Brain Stimulation meeting, 5 – 8 March 2017 in NH Hesperia Towers. The conference is organized by Elsevier and sponsored by the journal Brain Stimulation. The first meeting, in Singapore was very successful and stimulating. Visit the conference website. On march 5th, a 10 …
Electroconvulsive therapy – does it work? the Irish Times titles in an interview with Prof Declan McLoughlin, research professor of psychiatry at St Patrick’s University Hospital and Trinity College Dublin, and board member of EFFECT. “It’s an odd treatment in that it’s actually been around for 80 years, so a …
On March 24-25, 2017, a European Workshop on Electroconvulsive Therapy will be held in the border triangle at Aachen. Schedule: Friday, March 24th, 2017, 12:00 to Saturday, 25th, 14:30 Location: Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapie and Psychosomatics, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, Aachen The meeting is sponsored by the ECT groups of Austria, …
On monday Aug 31, 2015, the 9th Annual Meeting of EFFECT was held at the ‘Nieuwe Valeriuskliniek’ in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Our host, prof dr Max Stek (The Netherlands) introduced the audience to the research data from the Belgian-Dutch research Consortium ResPECT (Research in Psychiatry and ECT). Following topics were discussed– Current trends in …
