Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder: Beyond Kraepelin's Divide

Andrew Sims Centre are hosting a Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Conference. The full day conference will be chaired by Dr Tariq Mahmood, Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust & Dr Maheswarappa Hosalli, Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

The programme is led by multiple expert speakers and will cover topics such as:

• Modern approaches to diagnosis: From course of illness to biomarkers - Dr Tariq Mahmood, Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• Neuroimaging Endophenotypes and other biomarkers of Schizophrenia: New Developments -      
  Professor Peter Woodruff, Professor of Psychiatry, Sheffield University
• Bipolar Disorder in Perinatal Period - Dr Rose Mozdiak, Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• New antimanic drugs - Dr John Cookson, Consultant Psychiatrist, Queen Margaret Hospital
• Drug Trials to Clinical Practice in Schizophrenia - Dr Prakash Hosalli, Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds and York
  Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
• New Antipsychotic Drugs - Michael Dixon, Lead Clinical Pharmacist, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust 
• Neurobiology of Bipolar Disorders - Dr Steven Clapcote, Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Leeds
• Migration and Psychosis - Dr Tariq Mahmood, Consultant Psychiatrist, Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Suitability 

This course offers 6 CPD points suitable for Psychiatrists, GPs, Doctors in Training, Medical Students, Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers and Psychologists.

 A reduced rate is offered to Doctors in Training, Medical Students, Nurses, Occupational Therapists and Social Workers, please contact us directly for more information: andrewsimscentre.lypft@nhs.net