BRAIN STIMULATION AND REGENERATION

THE NEUROPSYCHIATRY OF VISION

AWARENESS AND CAPACITY

held at

INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH, London. Feb 15th and 16th 2001

THURSDAY 15th FEBRUARY

09.00 Registration and Coffee (Balcony)

10.20 Welcome by Prof. John Hodges

BRAIN STIMULATION AND REGENERATION - Chairman: Prof. John Hodges

10.30 Keynote address: Advances in Brain Stimulation Techniques
Professor Mark George, Medical University of South Carolina

11.30 Transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain: mechanisms and application
Dr John Rothwell, Institute of Neurology

12.00 Neural Transplants for Neuro-degenerative Diseases: a Fading Dream?
Dr Roger Barker, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair and Addenbrooke's NHS Trust

12.30 Annual General Meeting

13.00 Lunch-Winter Garden (followed by Dessert & Coffee on the Balcony)

THE NEUROPSYCHIATRY OF VISION - Chairman: Prof. Michael Trimble

14.15 The organisation of the human visual brain
Professor Semir Zeki, University College London

15.00 The functional neuropathology of 'positive' visual perceptual disorders
Dr Dominic ffytche, Institute of Psychiatry

15.30 Tea (Balcony)

16.00 Visual hallucinations in dementia
Dr Clive Ballard, Newcastle General Hospital

16.30 Keynote address: Visual agnosias and related disorders
Professor Thedi Landis, HCUC, Geneva

17.30 Close

FRIDAY 16th FEBRUARY

MEMBERS' PAPERS
1st session - Chairman: Dr Simon Fleminger
2nd session - Chairman: Prof. Mike Kopelman

09.30 Migraine auras damage the visual pathways
Dr Nigel J Legg, Hammersmith Hospital

09.45 Abnormal colour after-images in Alzheimer's disease: a defect of primary visual cortex
Dr Dennis Chan, The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery

10.00 Coloured filters and their clinical benefits
Prof. Arnold Wilkins, University of Essex

10.15 The neural mechanisms of visual conversion disorder: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Dr David J Werring (with Dr L Weston), Institute of Neurology

10.30 Genetic influences on visual perception
Dr Jonna Kuntsi, Institute of Child Health

10.45 Coffee (Balcony)

11.15 Anxiety episodes following anterior-temporal lobectomy. Panic attack or ictal panic?
Dr Michelle V Lambert, Institute of Psychiatry

11.30 Illness Awareness and Neuropsychological Functioning in First-Onset Psychosis
Mr Kevin D Morgan, Institute of Psychiatry

11.45 Insight, Social Knowledge and Working Memory in Schizophrenia
Dr Rachel Upthegrove, Lyndon Clinic, Solihull Healthcare NHS Trust

12.00 The effects of psychological therapy on brain activation in patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia
Dr John Mellers, Maudsley Hospital

12.15 The memory impairment evaluation in incipient Alzheimer's disease
Dr Adrian Ivanoiu, University of Aberdeen

12.30 A comparison of handedness in preterm born and full term born adults
Dr Maeve Rooney, Institute of Psychiatry

12.45 Lunch-Winter Garden (followed by Dessert & Coffee on balcony)

AWARENESS AND CAPACITY - Chairman: Prof. David Skuse

14.00 Lack of capacity in general hospital patients: hard cases, good medicine
Dr Matthew Hotopf, Institute of Psychiatry
And
The Legal Concept of Incapacity: Help or Hinderance (cancelled)
Professor William Bingley, University of Central Lancashire

15.00 2001 Prize Winner presentation (Awarded to Dr Werring and Dr Kuntsi)

15.15 Tea (Balcony)

15.45 Pathologies of Awareness, Neglected issues
Professor Peter Halligan, Cardiff University

16.15 Insight and awareness of illness in Neuropsychiatry
Professor Anthony David, Institute of Psychiatry

16.45 Close