AGM Information

British Neuropsychiatry 25th Anniversary AGM,

9th and 10th February 2012

Institute of Child Health, London

 

The BNPA will hold a two-day annual meeting in 2012. This will be in association with the International Neuropsychiatry Association which will contribute a symposium on the first day – details to follow.

We have introduced some changes to the structure of the 2012 meeting which we hope will meet the approval of the membership. Over recent years we have received relatively few abstracts and as a consequence we have reduced the session time for member’s papers and restricted this to 3 presentations of high quality projects, each of which will receive an Alwyn Lishman prize of £250. These projects and other abstract submissions will be, as usual, on display as posters throughout the meeting.

In the remaining time, we propose to hold a ‘Neuropsychiatry Research Update’ session. Here speakers will present new findings from the literature in 3-4 area of neuropsychiatry. So, if you have a burning topic you would like to present, please contact Hugh Rickards (Hugh.Rickards@bsmhft.nhs.uk ) or Eileen Joyce (e.joyce@ion.ucl.ac.uk).     

The symposia on the first two mornings will continue as before. There have been several requests from the membership for a symposium on Huntington’s disease and this will take place on the first morning. We have an eminent group of speakers who will cover new research ranging from molecular biology to disease modifying therapies as well as clinically relevant topics of differential diagnosis and management. On the second morning the symposium will be devoted to the theme of brain networks, oscillations and neuroplasticity in health and disease (e.g. Parkinson’s disease and schizophrenia).

Finally our Friday afternoon session will again address topics which are thought provoking and challenging. The title of this year’s session is ‘What the eye does not see...’. We are delighted that Kevin O’Regan, Director, Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Institut Paris Descartes de Neurosciences et Cognition, Paris has agreed to speak on ‘Change Blindness’ and James Freeman of the Magic Circle on ‘the Neuropsychology of Magic’.

 

Chairman - Professor Eileen Joyce

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