Pre-congress Workshops

Pre-congress workshops will be held on 14th of March, Registration for these workshops is optional
(Half day 75 Euro for each workshop / Full day 150 Euro for each workshop).

Please click on course names to download detailed information.

Workshop-1
Title:	"State of the Art in Diagnosing, Assessing and Treating Bipolar Disorder" A Training Course to Become a Bipolar Expert
Description:	To provide an overview for clinicians who are new in the field of bipolar disorder, on how to diagnose, how to assess and how to treat (psychologically and pharmacologically) patients with bipolar disorder. The course will include 5 sessions of one hour each, consisting of short presentations by experts on the topics, each followed by extensive discussions and including exercises using clinical case vignettes, to ensure much interaction with the course participants.
Chair :	Dr. Willem A Nolen, The Netherlands
Date & Time :	14 March 2012	Full Day:	09:00 - 16:00
Fee:	€ 150
Minimum Number of Attendance:	15
Maximum Number of Attendance:	25

Workshop-2
Title:	"Being A Woman With Bipolar Disorder"
Description :	To educate the participants on the course of bipolar disorder throughout life cycle in female patients with a special focus on menstrual cycle/endocrinology/alcohol related problems; teaching ways of working with bipolar women in pregnancy planning, treatment plans and medication use in pregnancy; increase awareness for diagnosing and managing (including pharmacotherapy) bipolar disorder during post-partum period and lactation; updating the audience on the available screening and diagnostic tools for bipolar disorder in post-partum period.
Chair :	Dr. Ayşegül Özerdem
Date & Time :	14 March 2012	Half Day:	12:30 - 16:00
Fee:	€ 75
Minimum Number of Attendance:	50
Maximum Number of Attendance:	100

Workshop-3
Title:	"Chronotherapeutic Techniques in the Management of Bipolar Disorder"
Description:	The acute, pharmacologic treatment of manic and depressive mood states often fails to achieve quick, complete, lasting and safe remissions. Chronotherapeutic interventions which act by shifting circadian rhythms and sleep, can produce rapid and sustained reductions in affective symptoms. In this workshop, early-career and more experienced clinicians will learn how to expand their therapeutic options with sleep deprivation-based approaches, bright light therapy, dawn simulation and other rhythm-shifting methods. Starting with a brief review of circadian neurobiology and sleep regulation, the workshop will provide detailed, practical information about each chronotherapeutic modality and how they can be combined successfully with pharmacologic treatments. Presentations will include case examples and encourage clinical questions and discussion. Based on the first treatment manual published for this emerging subspecialty (Wirz-Justice et al., 2009), workshop participants will acquire the practical knowledge necessary to know how and when to administer chronotherapeutic interventions in their clinical practices.
Chair :	Dr. John Gottlieb, USA
Date & Time :	14 March 2012	Half Day:	12:30 – 16:00
Fee:	€ 75
Minimum Number of Attendance:	15
Maximum Number of Attendance:	35

Workshop-4
Title:	"Advanced Clinical Topics And Future Trends In Bipolar Disorders"
Description:	Summarize in a comprehensive presentation the new findings and trends in neurobiology, diagnostic and clinical approaches in bipolar disorders. Discuss the staging model of treatment as a useful clinical algorithm to increase early diagnosis and treatment. Understand the biological markers related to bipolar disorders and its clinical correlation. Review the proposed changes for DSM 5, regarding the mixed episode criteria, and study the new concepts of course specifiers and subsyndromal states. Analyze the dilemma of using antidepressants in bipolar population and the possible consequences they may generate in the course and characteristics of future episodes of the disorder. Review the new medications that may follow the current pharmacological options for treatment and underline the future research projects, and clinical areas of opportunity for new findings in bipolar disorders.
Chair :	Dr. Manuel Sanchez Carmona, Mexico
Date & Time :	14 March 2012	Half Day:	08:30 - 12:00
Fee:	€ 75
Minimum Number of Attendance:	15
Maximum Number of Attendance:	30

HOW TO REGISTER: Please register for workshops through the online registration form.

Please note that minimum number of participants required for a workshop to be held is 15. If there are less than 15 people interested in a workshop by January 1st, that workshop will not be offered. Such cancellations are fully refunded.

All attendees including speakers should make flexible flight reservations with cancelation option.