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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
13.00–14.00 – ENIGMA-TS progress update session
14.30–15.30 – PANDAS/PANS interest group
16.00–16.45 – Patient advocacy session
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
18.30–19.30 – Social arrangement: Canal tour with snacks
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
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
9.00–9.30 – Structural variants and protein networks in Tourette Syndrome
Zeynep Tümer, Kennedy Center, Department of Clinical Genetics, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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
10.00–10.30 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)
Thomas Werge, Department of Clinical Medicine, Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri, Boserupvej, Roskilde, Copenhagen, Denmark
10.30–11.00 – Coffee break
11.00–13.00 – Immunity, environment and tic disorders
Co-chairs:
Davide Martino, University of Calgary, Canada
Pieter Hoekstra, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
11.00–11.45 – Update on PANS and PANDAS
Tanya Murphy, University of South Florida, St Petersburg, FL, US
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
12.30–13.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)
13.00–14.00 – Lunch/poster session
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
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
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
15.30–16.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)
16.15–17.15 – General Assembly meeting
18.00–19.00 – Reception at Copenhagen City Hall
From 19.30 – Dinner in Tivoli
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
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
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
9.30–10.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)
10.00–10.30 – Coffee break
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
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
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
11.30–12.00 – Oral presentations selected from submitted abstracts (TBA)
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
12.45–14.00 – Lunch/poster session
14.00–14.30 – The Professor Mary Robertson Award
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
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, UK17.30 – Closing ceremony
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.
Register your interest by 29 April 2018:
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
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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