OPSYRIS 2015
Organisation for PSYchological Research Into Stroke
Monday, 12 October 2015, St Martin’s Hospital, Canterbury
Provisional Programme
9.45am – 10.15am
Registration and Refreshments
10.15am – 10.20am
Welcome from local organiser, Gina Carter
Session 1:
10.10am – 10.30am
Stroke Workshops (title to be confirmed), Mel George
10.30am – 10.50am
A Service Evaluation of the Salford Consultation- Based Stepped Care Model
of Psychological Care, Caroline Kinney and Sladjana Ivanis
10.50am – 11.30am
Defining and measuring the components of a complex neuro-rehabilitation
intervention for aphasia, Madeline Harrison, University of Sheffield – to be
confirmed
11.30am – 11.45am
Refreshment Break
Session 2:
11.45am – 12.05pm
Predictors of Post-traumatic Growth - Grace Kelly
12.05pm – 12.25pm
Investigating the Relationship between Fatigue and Cognition after Stroke Christodouli Lagogianni
12.25pm – 1.05pm
Challenges in Assessment of Cognition Following Stroke
Nele
1.05pm – 1.40pm
Lunch and informal opportunity to view posters
Session 3: Posters
1.40pm – 2.10pm
Each presenter will summarise protocol/evaluation plan in five minutes.
Discuss and take questions for five minutes
Correlates and predictors of apathy, depression and fatigue post-stroke
Cliodhna Carroll, Kent Clinical Neuropsychology Service
Tailoring relaxation techniques for stroke survivors: findings from a patient and public involvement
project, Suzie Xu Wang, University of Leeds
Post stroke emotional disorders and cognitive dysfunctions in Saudi Arabia
Sami Alarjan, University of Nottingham
Behavioural Outcomes of Anxiety Scale (title still to be confirmed)
Alicia Eccles, South Wales Clinical Training Programme
Session 4:
2.10pm – 2.30pm
ACT Group (title to be confirmed), Jenna Ivey
2.30pm – 2.50pm
Mindfulness Group (title to be confirmed), Sarah Bircham-Walker
2.50pm – 3.30pm
Behavioural activation therapy for depression after stroke (BEADS): a
feasibility randomised controlled pilot trial of a psychological intervention for
post-stroke depression, Shirley Thomas
3.30pm – 4pm Coffee and cake break with OPSYRIS Business meeting
4pm – 4.15pm Closing remarks from OPSYRIS Chair, Caroline Watkins
Prize giving
4.15pm
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