Keynote speakers, programme and guidance
The conference will take place from 10am - 5.00pm.
| Schedule | Speaker and Topic |
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| 10.00 | Welcome Alan Thompson, Dean of UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences |
| 10.05 | Covid-19 and Mental Health - Gwenaëlle Douaud, SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank
- Maxime Taquet, 2-year risk trajectories of neurological and psychiatric sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection across the lifespan and the influence of different variants: retrospective cohort studies of 1.2 million patients
- Daisy Fancourt, A Double Pandemic: The psychological impact of COVID-19
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| 11.20 | Short break |
| 11.40 | Treatments for depression - Glyn Lewis, The antidepressant wars
- Steve Pilling, Weighing the Evidence – 50 years of progress in the treatment of depression
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| 12.30 | Panel discussion Discussants: Gemma Lewis and Tania Gergel |
| 13.00 | Lunch break & poster presentations |
| 14.30 | Conflict, war and trauma - Talya Greene, Trauma and mental health in conflict settings
- Tejendra Pherali, The effects of conflict on education and wellbeing
- Sir Simon Wessely, Psychiatry and War
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| 15.30 | Panel discussion Discussant: Aseel Hamid |
| 15.50 | PhD and poster prize giving |
| 16.00 | Key note: The future of psychiatry research - Tom Insel, Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health
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| 16.30 | Q&A |
| 16.40 | Closing remarks Chair: Tony David, Director of UCL Institute of Mental Health |
| 16.50 | Finish |
| 17.00 | Drinks reception |
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