• Dr Niruj Agrawal, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, St George's Hospital, London

• Dr Steven Reid, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist, St Mary’s Hospital, London

About this Course:

• This long-awaited course is aimed at Consultants, Registrars and Staff Grades working in Psychiatry

• A practical focus on the assessment and management of difficult medical neurological disorders relevant to Psychiatric practice – what you won’t find in the textbooks

• Focuses on the day-to-day medical neurological psychiatrist problems

• Lectures by leading Neurologists

• Four Discussion Forums for practical discussion of grey cases in Psychiatric practice, involving the neurological topics addressed in the morning lectures – in depth analysis of real cases.

The Faculty includes:

All consultants with a proven track record in the
dissemination of medical know-how to front-line Clinicians

• Dr Michael J Donaghy, Consultant, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Reader
  in Clinical Neurology, Oxford University

• Dr Michael Samuel, Consultant Neurologist, King’s College, London

• Dr Tim von Oertzen, Consultant Neurologist/Epileptologist, St George’s Hospital, London

• Dr Phillip Rich, Consultant Neuroradiologist, St George’s Hospital, London

• Dr Howard Ring, Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Cambridge and
  Cambridge & Peterborough Foundation Trust

• Dr John Moriarty, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

This is a practical Course with Lectures and Discussion Forums on the management
of the more difficult neurological conditions that you encounter in your day-to-day practice.

Welcome and introduction by Chair
Dr Niruj Agrawal, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, St George's Hospital, London

Neurological Examination and Investigations
Dr Michael J Donaghy, Consultant, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford and Reader in Clinical Neurology, Oxford University

-- Neurological examinations in psychiatric settings
-- Diagnosis and management of neurological conditions, such as headaches, dizziness and neuropathy

Movement Disorders, Demyelination & Degenerative Disorders
Dr Michael Samuel, Consultant Neurologist, King’s College, London

-- Assessing abnormal movements
-- Parkinson’s Disease - diagnosis and management
-- What you need to know about antibasal ganglia antibodies
-- Drug induced movement disorders – assessment and management
-- Multiple sclerosis, Motor Neurone Disease, Tremors

Seizures
Dr Tim von Oertzen, Consultant Neurologist/Epileptologist, St George’s Hospital, London

-- Epilepsy – investigation, diagnosis and management
-- Neuropsychiatric consequences of epilepsy
-- Anticonvulsants
-- Guide to the EEG
-- Cognitive problems

Neuro-imaging in psychiatry
Dr Phillip Rich, Consultant Neuroradiologist, St George’s Hospital, London

-- Different kinds of imaging available, how it assist, when to order?
-- Excluding neurological causes – is it psychiatric or neurological?
-- Tumours, dementia and other detectable conditions
-- Understanding the report, MRI sequences & their usefulness.

The Discussion Forums
Delegates split into four groups.
Each group rotates for the four Forums, A, B, C & D,
so each delegate attends every Forum.  Each Forum involves practical discussion of grey cases in
Psychiatric practice, involving the topics addressed in the morning lectures – in depth analysis
leading to what should a Psychiatrist do next?

Discussion Forum A - Neurological Examination & Investigation
Dr Howard Ring, Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Cambridge and Cambridge & Peterborough
Foundation Trust Dr Michael J Donaghy, Consultant, Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford and Reader
in Clinical Neurology, Oxford University

Discussion Forum B - Movement Disorders & Demyelination Disorders
Facilitated by Dr John Moriarty, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, South London and Maudsley
NHS Foundation Trust with Dr Michael Samuel, Consultant Neurologist, King’s College, London

Discussion Forum C - Seizures
Facilitated by Dr Niruj Agrawal, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist, St George's Hospital, London, and
Dr Tim von Oertzen, Consultant Neurologist/Epileptologist, St George’s Hospital, London

Discussion Forum D - Neuro-Imaging in Psychiatry
Facilitated by Consultant Neuropsychiatrist (TBC) and Dr Phillip Rich,
Consultant Neuroradiologist,St George’s Hospital, London

If you require further information please call us: +44 (0)20 8228 1295 or email us