Psychiatric Pharmacy Conference 1998
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th October Latimer House
Friday 2nd October 1998
Afternoon session - Theme "Management of treatment-resistant mental illness"- Chairman - Peter Pratt, Community Health Sheffield
- Depression - Prof. Stuart Checkley, Institute of Psychiatry, London
- Bipolar Disorder - Dr. Joanna Moncrief, Institute of Psychiatry, London
- Epilepsy - Dr. David Branford, Derby Community Trust
- Schizophrenia - Dr. Mike Launer, Burnley
Friday evening symposium on new treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
Saturday 3rd October
Morning session- Chairman: Prof. Larry Cohen, Oklahoma
- Short reports of results of research projects
- UKPPG-Zeneca Travel Award
- Symposium: Outcomes Research in mental health Care:
- Outcomes research in depression - John Donoghue, Liverpool
- Outcomes research in schizophrenia - David Taylor, Maudsley, London
- Outcomes research in Alzheimer's Disease - Prof. Marion McMurdo, Dundee
Afternoon workshops:
- Introduction to the Internet - Paul Hardy
- How to get your paper published - Carol Paton
- Dealing with questions from the public - Robyn McCaskill and Sara Simms
- Plasma level determination and drug-drug interactions - Walter Broekema
- Benzodiazepine clinics - John Donoghue
- Help for carers in dementia - Mary Tompkins
- Running a lithium clinic - Janine Acomb and Moira Cookson
- Bench-marking in Psychiatry - Peter Pratt
- Evidence-based medicine in psychiatry - Phil Wiffen
- Reporting to the CSM - Karen Fraser
- Running group medication Education programmes - Stephen Bazire
- Mental Health Act and Consent to treatment - Allan Milligan
- 24-hour outreach provision of medicines and support - Kathie Flowers and Hilary Garforth
General view of the conference dinner
Dr David Branford receiving the first ever Chairman's Award for a lifetime achievement in Psychiatric Pharmacy.
It was chosen and presented by David Taylor. Paul Hardy looks at the camera pensively.
Sunday 4th October
Chairman - Helen Remington, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Theme: Should pharmacists take responsibility for:
- Prescribing? Dr. Bill Benefield, San Antonio, Texas
- Supervising Dispensing? Keith Farrar, Wirral
- Reviewing individual drug therapy? Dr Peter Jarret, Bexley
- Counselling patients? Dr. Theo Rayner, Leeds
- Supervising nurse prescribing?