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Wednesday 13 June

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  • 13.00–16.00 – Behavioural therapy for tic disorders: from assessment to treatment (English)

    Speakers:

    Zsanett Tarnok, Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsychologist, Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Budapest, Hungary

    Tara Murphy, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

    Jolande van der Griendt, Jolande van de Griendt: Health Psychologist/Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, TicXperts, The Netherlands

    Cara Verdellen, Clinical Psychologist/Behavioural Therapist, TicXperts and Parnassia Group/PsyQ Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  • 13.00–14.00 – ENIGMA-TS progress update session

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  • 14.30–15.30 – PANDAS/PANS interest group

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  • 16.00–16.45 – Patient advocacy session

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  • 16.45–17.30 – Opening ceremony

    Keynote lecture: In the borderland of normality – tics as models of increased perception action binding

    Alexander Münchau, Department of Pediatric and Adult Movement Disorders and Neuropsychiatry, Institute of Neurogenetics, Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Lübeck, Germany

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  • 18.30–19.30 – Social arrangement: Canal tour with snacks

Thursday 14 June

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  • SESSION I

    8.30–10.30 – Update on etiology (genetics – non-genetic risk factors)

    Co-chairs:

    Peristera Paschou, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

    Zeynep Tümer, Kennedy Center, Department of Clinical Genetics, The Juliane Marie Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital

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  • 8.30–9.00 – Updates on large scale collaborative studies for Tourette Syndrome

    Peristera Paschou, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA

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  • 9.00–9.30 – Structural variants and protein networks in Tourette Syndrome

    Zeynep Tümer, Kennedy Center, Department of Clinical Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark

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  • 9.30–10.00 – Twin studies in Tourette and other psychiatric disorders

    Thomas Werge, Department of Clinical Medicine, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri, Boserupvej, Roskilde, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • 10.00–10.30 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)

    Thomas Werge, Department of Clinical Medicine, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri, Boserupvej, Roskilde, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  • 10.30–11.00 – Coffee break

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  • SESSION II

    11.00–13.00 – Immunity, environment and tic disorders

    Co-chairs:

    Davide Martino, University of Calgary, Canada

    Pieter Hoekstra, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

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  • 11.00–11.45 – Update on PANS and PANDAS

    Tanya Murphy, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, US

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  • 11.45–12.30 – Early environmental insults and autoimmunity in tic disorders: What are we learning from population-based studies?

    David Mataix-Cols, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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  • 12.30–13.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)

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  • 13.00–14.00 – Lunch/poster session

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  • SESSION III

    14.00–16.00 – Neurobiology of Tourette Syndrome

    Co-chairs:

    Yulia Worbe, Faculté de Medecine, Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

    Christos Ganos, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany

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  • 14.00–14.45 – The role of dopamine in Tourette Syndrome: a computational account

    Tiago Maia, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

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  • 14.45–15.30 – Insights from animal models on the pathophysiology of tics and comorbid symptoms

    Izhar Bar-Gad, The Leslie and Susan Gonda Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel

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  • 15.30–16.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)

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  • 16.15–17.15 – General Assembly meeting

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  • 18.00–19.00 – Reception at Copenhagen City Hall

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  • From 19.30 – Dinner in Tivoli

Friday 15 June

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  • SESSION IV

    8.30–10.00 – Comorbidities

    Co-chairs:

    Renata Rizzo, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Child and Adolescent Neurology and Psychiatry, Catania University, Catania, Italy

    Kerstin Plessen, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Denmark & Division of Adolescent and Child Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

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  • 8.30–9.00 – Comorbidities in clinical versus non-clinical populations of children and adolescents with TS

    Elena Cravedi, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, France & Pediatric Neurology Unit, University of Firenze, Florence, Italy

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  • 9.00–9.30 – Course of Tourette Syndrome and comorbidities in a large prospective clinical study

    Camilla Groth, Paediatric Department, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

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  • 9.30–10.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)

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  • 10.00–10.30 – Coffee break

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  • SESSION V

    10.30–12.30 – TREATMENT

    Co-chairs:

    Danielle Cath, Department of Psychiatry and RGOC, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands

    Veit Roessner, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Germany

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  • 10.30–11.00 – Efficacy and safety of the cannabinoid modulator ABX-1431 in Tourette Syndrome: results from a phase 1b study

    Kirsten Müller-Vahl, Department of Psychiatry, Socialpsychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

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  • 11.00–11.30 – An update on deep brain stimulation on Tourette Syndrome

    Tom Foltynie, Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

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  • 11.30–12.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)

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  • 12.00–12.45 – Keynote lecture: Evidenced-based and emerging treatments for Tourette Syndrome

    Michael Bloch, Yale Child Study Center, Department of Psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

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  • 12.45–14.00 – Lunch/poster session

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  • 14.00–14.30 – The Professor Mary Robertson Award

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  • SESSION VI

    14.30–16.00 – Hot topics – discussion of hot topics and controversies from submitted abstracts of the meeting

    Co-chairs:

    Andrea Cavanna, Department of Neuropsychiatry, The Barberry National Centre for Mental Health, Birmingham, UK

    Nanette Mol Debes, Department of Paediatrics, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark

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  • SESSION VII

    16.00–17.30 – Clinical rounds – clinical presentation and discussion of submitted cases

    Co-chairs:

    Liselotte Skov, (Department of Paediatrics, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark)

    Tammy Hedderly, Evelina London CH, GSTT, TANDeM Clinic, UK

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  • 17.30 – Closing ceremony


 

Social events programme

On Wednesday 13 June, we will arrange a canal tour in the harbour of Copenhagen with a drink and a snack afterwards.

On Thursday 14 June, we will have a reception with pancakes in the city hall and eat dinner in a restaurant close to the city hall afterwards.

In the mornings we will arrange running/swimming tours at the beach very close to the conference hotel.

 

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The Professor Mary Robertson Award

The Professor Mary Robertson Award for Research Contribution will be presented on behalf of Tourettes Action at the European Society for the Study of Tourette Syndrome meeting in Copenhagen on 13–15 June 2018. The award will be made in honour of Professor Robertson and includes a prize of UK £250. She is the Life President of ESSTS and a Patron of Tourettes Action.

Eligibility

All junior researchers, excluding research heads, senior clinicians and previous winners of the award.

Remit

  • Original research of any kind on the Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome
  • 3,000–5,000 words excluding references
  • Published or unpublished
  • Work should also be submitted as an abstract for presentation at ESSTS. Entries can include work presented at previous ESSTS meetings, but should also cover new ground in an abstract submitted for the 2018 meeting. The winner will be invited to make a platform presentation, if not already selected to do so, through the abstract acceptance process. Please include the relevant abstract/s with your entry.
  • Must be written by the entrant with a statement indicating the role of other members of the research team, if applicable.

Senior ESSTS members – please distribute to your juniors.

Submit, or enquire about your eligibility, to Dr Jeremy Stern by 30 April 2018

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