Scientific programme

The Role of ECT in Modern Psychiatric Care

Radisson Blu Latvija Hotel, Riga, Latvia

22-24 May 2024

	Wednesday, May 22
11.30 – 12.30	Lunch & Registration
12.30 – 13.00	Performing ECT at a High-Quality Level Is a Team Effort	NACT Board
13.00 – 13.30	Pre-ECT Evaluation	Sara Medved
13.30 – 14.00	Harmonizing Clinical Documentation of Electroconvulsive Therapy	Kara Hannigan
14.00 – 14.30	Leg Stretching
14.30 – 15.00	Architecture of an ECT Suit	Lauri Virtanen
15.00 – 15.30	Panel Discussion
15.30 – 16.00	Coffee Break
16.00 – 16.45	Role of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia in Forensic Psychiatry	Peter Rosenquist
16.45 – 17.30	Effect of Personality Difficulties on ECT for Depression	Declan McLoughlin
17.30 – 18.00	Panel Discussion
19.00	Dinner

  

	Thursday, May 23
09.00 – 09.45	Does Ketamine Improve ECT?	Alexander Sartorius
09.45 – 10.15	ECT vs Ketamine in Difficult to Treat Depression	Pouya Movahed
10.15 – 10.45	Coffee Break
10.45 – 11.30	Accelerated rTMS to Alleviate Refractory Depression	Eleanor Cole
11.30 – 12.00	Panel Discussion
12.00 – 13.00	Lunch
13.00 – 13.45	Seeking Biomarkers for Electroconvulsive Therapy in Depression	Miriam Zangani Jaer
13.45 – 14.30	The Use of Biomarkers in TMS: From Treatment Guidance to Outcome and Vice Versa	Jean-Marie Batail
14.30 – 15.00	Panel Discussion
15.00 – 17.00	Poster Session & Workshops
17.00 – 18.00	NACT Annual Meeting
19.30	Gala Dinner

	Friday, May 24
09.00 – 09.45	Efficacy and Safety of Electroconvulsive Therapy in Patients with Deep Brain Stimulation	Anne Sauvaget
09.45 – 10.30	Anorexia Nervosa with Comorbid Severe Depression	Adrian Desai Boström
10.30 – 11.00	Coffee Break
11.00 – 11.45	The Role of ECT in Maximum Security Forensic Psychiatry	Sara Sloth Jørgensen
11.45 – 12.30	Modernization of Latvia with ECT	Raivis Logins
12.30	Concluding Remarks & Lunch