Välkommen till 10:e Nordiska Erfarenhetsmötet! Welcome to the 10th Nordic Experience meeting Optimizing ECT treatment and preventing relapse May 21-23 2014 Meriton Spa and Conference Hotel Tallinn, Estonia Ett toppmodernt konferenshotell med Spa, sauna och alla faciliteter, centralt beläget 15 min med taxi från flygplatsen/airport Nära hamnen/ close to harbour Kongressavgift/fee: Oförändrad sedan/unchanged since 2012 Single room 790 €/person, double room 710 €/person No lodging/exklusive logi: 610 €/person Anmälan på bifogad anmälningsblankett. For registration, please fill in the attached registration form and send by e-mail to: Per Karlsten, nactmeeting@gmail.com. Tel +46155 21 26 00 Once again, welcome! Electroconvulsive Therapy – Optimizing treatment and preventing relapse Wednesday, May 21 at 1 pm 13.00 -14.00 Registration 14.00 Introduction 14.15 – 15.00 ECT in the medically ill patients (Keith Rasmussen, USA) 15.00 - 15.15 Coffee break 15.15 – 15.45 Continuation and questions 15.45 – 16.45 Nursing role in ECT (Mary Rosedale, USA) 16.45 - 17.30 Catatonia, a primary but forgotten indication for ECT (Max Fink, USA, video link) 18.00 – 19.30 Get together; SPA / guided tour 20.00 Dinner Thursday, May 22 09.00 - 09.45 Indications for ECT (Margus Löokene, Estonia) 09.45 - 10.15 ECT in forensic psychiatry (Diana Kristensen, Denmark) 10.15 - 10.45 Coffee break 10.45 - 11.30 ECT technique and patient selection (Pascal Sieneart, Belgium) 11.30 - 12.15 ECT and cognition - an update (Maria Semkovska, Ireland) 12.15 - 13.15 Lunch 13.15 - 14.15 NACT annual meeting 14.15 - 15.00 Efficiency of ECT and Continuation ECT in various patient populations (Axel Nordenskjöld, Sweden) 15.00 - 17.00 Coffee and workshops 17.00 - 18.00 Ethics in Electroconvulsive Therapy (Jan-Otto Ottosson, Sweden) 20.00 Gala Dinner Friday, May 23 09.00 - 09.45 History of the emergence of seizure therapy (Gabor Gazdag, Hungary) 09.45 - 10.30 The influence of anesthesia on the result of ECT (Alexander Sartorius, Germany) 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break 11.00 - 11.45 Biological and clinical effects of different stimulation techniques (Declan McLaughlin, Ireland) 11.45 -12.30 Future directions and development in ECT technique – (Martin Balslev Jörgensen, Swemark) 12.30 - 13.00 Concluding remarks