Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference 1995

Friday 6ndto Sunday 8th October Latimer House

Friday 6th October - afternoon

Chairman Professor Peter Redfern, University of Bath
Theme - Schizophrenia - the story continues

Schizophrenia - a neurodevelopmental or affective disorder - Prof. Robin Murray, Institute of Psychiatry
Imaging studies in schizophrenia - Dr. Lyn Pilowsky, Institute of Psychiatry
Movement disorders and neuroleptics - Prof. Larry Cohen, University of Oaklahoma
Drug withdrawal syndromes (would have been given by Prof. Larry Ereshefsky, University of Texas, but he had to withdraw due to family ilness) Evening symposia on atypical antipsychotics, development, properties and place in practice.

Saturday 7th October

Chairman - Ann Lewis, Past President, RPSGB

Pharmacist presentations
Treatment of drug resistant epilepsy - Dr Ley Sander, Institute of Neurology
Interface between psychiatric illness and epilepsy - Dr Ring, Royal London Hospital
Carbamazepine - a drug for all ills? - Carol Paton (Bexley) and Dave Branford (Leicester)

Workshops:


  • Movement disorders
  • Literature evaluation
  • Optimising clozapine therapy
  • How to interview a patient and do a drug history
  • Drug interactions in psychiatry
  • Mental health Law
  • Psychotropics in pregnancy and breast feeding
  • Care into the community
  • What service users want from pharmacists
AGM
Reception, Dinner and disco

Sunday 8th October

Chairman - Rose Marie Parr, Director, SCPPE
Theme: should we use drugs to treat...

Autism? Dr. Paul Shattock, University of Sunderland
Alcoholism? Dr. A. Khan, Birmingham
Eating disorders? Dr. R. Palmer, Leicester
Schizophrenia? Prof. Nicholas Tarrier, University of Manchester


General view of the new venue.


Lynn Haygarth with RPSGB President Ann Lewis and the Pharmacy in a new age document


Prize winners Clare Daly (Norwich, joint first prize for posters), Morag Martin (Glasgow), Hiram Wildgust (Lilly, presenting) and Rosie Lapsley (Stevenage).

Photographs by Stephen Bazire.