Friday, 12 December 2008

6:30pm Pre-dinner drinks

7:00pm Dinner Commences

7:20pm Welcome
Prof Dinesh Arya, President

7:40pm Opening of the Conference by
Hon Daniel Andrews
Minister of Health, Victorian Government

Australian Launch of the 'Asian Journal of Psychiatry'
The Official International Journal of the Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations

Professor M. Keshavan, Harvard University, Boston, USA - Editor-in-Chief

• A Professor Suresh Sundram, Australia - Co-Editor
• Professor B. N. Gangdhar, India - Co-Editor
• Professor Dongfeng Zhou, PRChina - Co-Editor
• Dr. Russell D'Souza - Managing Editor

7:55pm Vote of Thanks
Prof Saji Damadoran

8:00pm Introduction by Chair
Prof Suresh Sundram

8:05pmKeynote Lecture- Anxiety, Hope and Politics
The Health Reform and the National Mental Health Strategy
Hon Dr. Geoff Gallop

Saturday, 13 December 2008

8:55am Call to Order and Welcome Introduction
Dr Russell D'Souza
Dignatories: Suresh Sundram, Saji Damadoran, Dinesh Arya, Moham Gilhotra and Geoff Gallop

9:05am Address and Opening
Ms Fran Thorn
Secretary, Department of Human Services

9:15am Address by Chair of the Scientific Committee
Prof Suresh Sundram

9:25amVote of Thanks
Prof Saji Damadoran

9:30am Prophylaxis for Bipolar Disorder: Why, When and with What?
Presenter: Prof Lakhsmi Yatham
Chair: Prof Dinesh Arya

10:20am
Questions to the Expert
Prof Lakshmi Yatham

10:30am Morning Tea

10:55am What can treatment resistance inform us about the pathology of schizophrenia?
Presenter: Prof Suresh Sundram
Chair: Prof Sadanand Rajkumar

11:30am World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation Australia New Zealand Symposium

Proudly sponsored by CRS

Welcome and Introduction
Dr Russell D'Souza

WAPR ANZ Report
Mr Umit Agis

11:50am Vote of Thanks
Ms Barbara Hocking
Vice President
WAPR- ANZ

11:55am Recovery from Mental Illness and Controversies in its understanding
Presenter: Prof Mohan Isaac
Chair: Mr Paul Bennett

12:15am Recovery from Mental Illness is still not priority in Australia
Presenter: Prof Ian Hickie
Chair: Ms Barbara Hocking

12:30 Mental Health, recovery and employment: the role of vocational rehabilitation
Presenter: Ms Pat McAlpine
Chair: Mr Umit Agis

12:45 WARP-ANZ Panel on Disability, Recovery Rehabilitation
Panel Experts
1. Hon Dr. Geoff Gallop, Australian Health Reform Strategy
2. Prof Ian Hickie, Mental Health Council
3. Ms Kim Koop, VicServ
4. Prof K. Vadaddi, Southern Health Rehab
5. Prof Mohan Isaac, UWA
6. Ms Pat McAlpine, CRS

Chair: Dr Russell D'Souza

1:15pm Lunch

2:00pm Symposium Spirituality, Postive Emotions and Well-being

Positive Emotions Spirituality and Dynamic Psychotherapy
Presenter: Prof George Vaillant

2:30pm Towards a secular spirituality: Conversational Model and Monet's quest for reality
Presenter: Prof Russell Meares
Chair: Prof Mohan Gilhotra

3:10pm Understanding the Science of Well-being- The evidence of its need in Mental Health care and recovery
Presenter: Dr Russell Meares
Chair: Prof George Vaillant

3:30 ISBD Symposium
New Treatments in Bipolar Disorders
Prof Lakshmi Yatham

4:00pm
Glutathione and Oxidative biology: from pathophysiology to novel treatments
Prof Michael Berk

4:30pm Afternoon Tea

4:45pm Great Debate
All Depression are the same, there is no need for seperate guidelines for bipolar depression

Sunday, 14 December 2008

Examination Training - Workshop
Sathya Rao, Saji Damadoran, Raju Lakshmanan

Leadership and Management Competencies in Psychiatry -Workshop
Mohan Gilhotra, Russell D'Souza, Dinesh Arya