16-18JANUARY

S A V E T H E D A T E3RD MASTERCLASS PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY Conrad Hotel, Dubai - UAE

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The scientific program will be delivered by speakers from The British Association of Psychopharmacology.

Who should attend• Psychiatrists• Family medicine doctors with

interest in mental health

CME AccreditationThe course is under the process of accreditation by the Dubai Health Authority (DHA), the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi (DOH) and the European accreditation (EACCME).

Accreditation under process

Organized By

Dr. Samer MakhoulM.D. FRCPsychMasterclass ChairmanConsultant PsychiatristAmerican Center for Psychiatry and NeurologyAbu Dhabi - UAE

Prof. Richard Hamish McAllister-WilliamsHonorary Consultant Psychiatrist, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle University, UK

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE SPEAKERS

Prof. David BaldwinProfessor of Psychiatry and Head of the Mental Health

Group - Southampton, United Kingdom

Prof. Julia Sinclair Professor of Addiction Psychiatry in the Faculty of Medicine at the

University of Southampton, United Kingdom

Dr. Lynne M Drummond Consultant Psychiatrist - South West London and St George’s NHS Mental

Health Trust, United Kingdom

Prof. Nicol Ferrier BSc, MD, FRCP, FRCPsych

Emeritus Professor of PsychiatryInstitute of Neuroscience

Newcastle University,United Kingdom

Prof. Thomas R. E. Barnes MB BS MD FRCPsych DSc

Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Imperial College

London, United Kingdom

AGENDA

Friday, 17th January 2020

08:30 – 09:40 AM “Reconceptualizing TRD as ‘difficult to treat depression’ (DTI)-Purely a semantic nicety or clinical relevance”

Prof. Hamish McAllister Williams

09:40– 10:10 AM Coffee Break

10:10– 11:20 AM “OCD; Does it matter and what can we do about it?”

Dr. Lynne Drummond 11:20 – 12:10 PM Symposium 1

12:10– 13:50 PM Friday Prayer and Lunch

13:50 – 14:20 PM Opening ceremony

14:20 – 15:20 PM Keynote Speech by the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists-

"Social Prescribing" Prof. Wendy Burn

15:20 – 15:45 PM Coffee Break

15:45 – 17:00 PM “The pharmacological treatment of schizophrenia”

Prof. Thomas Barnes

Saturday, 18th January 2020 (no parallel sessions)

08:30 – 09:40 AM “Update on ECT and rTMS” Prof. Nicol Ferrier

09:40 – 10:10 AM Coffee Break

10:10– 11:20 AM “Advances in understanding of the aetiology and treatment of generalized anxiety disorder”

Prof. David Baldwin 11:20 – 12:00 PM Symposium 2

12:00– 12:45 PM Lunch

12:45 – 14:00 PM “Managing substance use disorder co-morbidity in mental illness”

Prof. Julia Sinclair 14:00-14:40 PM Symposium 3

14:40-15:50 PM “Management of Pediatric (under 18 years) Bipolar Disorder”

Dr. Aditya Sharma 15:50-16:00 PM Final remarks, closing and

certificate collection

Professor Wendy Burn BM, MMedSc, FRCPsych

President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, London,

United Kingdom

Dr Aditya Sharma MD MRCPsych PhD

Clinical Sr. Lecturer and Hon Consultant in child and adolescent

psychiatry at Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University

United Kingdom

Prof. Richard Hamish McAllister-Williams

Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist,

Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust,

Newcastle University,United Kingdom