Preliminary programme
Wednesday, May 22
Anesthesia and Treatment Monitoring
13.00 – 14.00 Registration
14.00 – 14.15 Introduction
14.15 – 15.00 The Importance of Anesthesia in ECT – Alexander Sartorius
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 16.30 Ketamine in the Treatment of Depression and its use in ECT Anesthesia – Chittaranjan Andrade
16.30 – 17.00 Speed of Recovery from Disorientation as a Predictor of ECT Treatment Outcome – Tor Magne Bjölseth
18.00 – Dinner and Boat Trip
Thursday, May 23
Clinical Monitoring and Preventing Relapse
09.00 – 10.00 Relapse After Successful ECT Index Series – Charles Kellner
10.00 – 10.30 Coffee break
10.30 – 11.00 Individualized Maintenance and Continuation ECT – Håkan Odeberg
11.00 – 11.30 A Controlled Study of Maintenance ECT – Axel Nordenskjöld
11.30 – 12.15 Safety and Effectiveness of Maintenance ECT, the UK Perspective – George Kirov
12.15 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 14.00 Recommendations for Continuation and Maintenance ECT in Different Patient Populations – Charles Kellner
14.00 – 14.45 Nursing Role in Treatment and Monitoring – Mette Susanne Bjerkhof and Håkan Odeberg
14.45 – Coffee
15.00 – 17.00 Workshops:
EEG – Eivind Aakhus, Per Bergsholm
Clinical Monitoring and Nursing Role – Mette Susanne Bjerkhof
Getting Closer with Patients – Pia Merete Andersen
17.00 – 18.00 NACT Annual Meeting
20.00 – Gala Dinner
Friday, May 24
Mechanism of Action, Ensuring Effective Treatment and Clinical Response
09.00 – 09.45 Eliciting and Ensuring an Optimized Seizure – Per Bergsholm
09.45 – 10.30 Mechanism of Action and Biological Changes in ECT – Ute Kessler
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 11.45 Clinical Features Indicating Future Response to ECT – Pascal Sienaert
11.45 – 12.00 Concluding Remarks
12.00 Lunch and Safe Journey Home