ECT: a modernist approach
13th Annual Meeting
European Forum for ECT (EFFECT)
Barcelona, Spain, Sat., October 7, 2023
Venue
Recinte Modernista Sant Pau
Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
C/ de Sant Antoni Maria Claret, 167
Registration
This meeting is for ECT practitioners, prescribers and researchers. All eligible participants need to register via www.theeffect.eu, with your name, full clinical/academic affiliation details and address, and e-mail.
Your registration is complete after transfer of €100 to the following account:
EFFECT Z.org KU Leuven vzw
Address: Leuvensesteenweg 517 – 3070 Kortenberg – Belgium
Account number: BE94 7795 9036 9114
IBAN: BIC GKCCBEBB.
Scientific meeting Saturday, October 7th
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 09:40 Introduction and welcome
Narcis Cardoner (Spain), Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)
ECT in Spain – past, present and future
Chair: Gabor Gazdag (Hungary)
09:40 – 10:05 ECT in Spain
Carlo Alemany (Spain)
10:05 – 10:30 ECT research in Spain: alive and kicking
Aida de Arriba Arnau (Spain)
Discussion Forum
10:30 – 11:15 “Stigma and ECT: how should we deal with it?”
Moderator: Declan McLoughlin (Ireland)
Discussant 1 – 5’ – Sameer Jauhar (UK) – Beliefs and attitudes about electroconvulsive therapy posted on Twitter
Discussant 2 – 5’ – Gabor Gazdag (Hungary) – Lay people’s attitudes towards and knowledge about electroconvulsive therapy in Hungary)
11:15 – 11:45 Refreshment Break
Translational research update
Chair: Carles Soriano Mas (Spain)
11:45 – 12:05 Brain imaging – What have we learned about ECT’s mechanism of action?
Jean-Baptiste Belge (Belgium)
12:05 – 12:25 Molecular mechanisms?
Martin-Balslev Jørgensen (Denmark)
12:25 – 12:45 Does nimodipine or acetaminophen influence postictal phenomena after electroconvulsive therapy?
Julia Pottkämper & Joey Verdijk (the Netherlands)
12:45-13:05 The Dutch ECT consortium, first results.
Annemiek Dols (the Netherlands)
13.05 – 14.00 Lunch Break
Clinical Practice Nuggets – first serving
Chair: Esmee Verwijk (The Netherlands)
14:00 – 14:20 Pre-ECT work-up: what is necessary and why?
Sara Medved (Croatia)
14:20 – 14:40 Cognitive effects: which assessment is necessary?
Esmee Verwijk (The Netherlands)
14:40 – 15:00 Optimising the seizure: do’s and don’ts
Alexander Sartorius (Germany)
Discussion Forum
15:00 – 15:40 Is there a place for ketamine in ECT-practice?
Moderator: George Kirov (UK)
Discussant 1 – 5‘ Pouya Movahed Rad (Sweden)
Discussant 2 – 5‘ Javier de Diego (Spain)
15:40 – 16:10 Refreshment Break
Clinical Practice Nuggets – second serving
Chair: Mikel Urretavizcaya (Spain)
16:10 – 16:30 The key to successful ECT: nursing
Kara Hannighan (UK)
16:30 – 16:50 Unraveling trajectories of depressive symptom improvement during ECT
Emma De Schuytteneer (Belgium)
The image of ECT
Chair:
16:50 – 17:10 ECT in international movies: based on a true story?
Pascal Sienaert (Belgium)
17:10 – 17:40 A documentary movie from Copenhagen.
Benjamin Fischermann (Denmark)
17:40 – 18:30 Looking back and looking ahead: important changes in the practice of ECT – an interview with Charles Kellner
Interviewer – Narcis Cardoner & Daniel Porta (Spain)
Questions from the public
18:30 Closing remarks