Department of Psychiatry,Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

www.psychiatrie.ukaachen.de

LocationUniklinik RWTH AachenDepartment of Psychiatry,Psychotherapy and PsychosomaticsUniv.-Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. soc. Frank SchneiderPauwelsstraße 3052074 AachenLecture room 6 (main floor)

Organisation and ContactMichael GrözingerJessica JungerYvonne Balloumimgroezinger@ukaachen.de yballoumi@ukaachen.de Tel.: +49 241 80-89763 and -37088

Registration The workshop is free of charge, Friday evening dinner has to be paid individually.Please register at mgroezinger@ukaachen.de and let us know about your participation in the dinner.

DirectionsBy carAt Aachener Kreuz take Holland-Linie in the direction of Antwerpen/Heerlen (A4), leave motorway at exit ramp no. 2 ”Aachen-Laurensberg“, follow Kohlscheider Straße on L260, via Toledoring and Pariser Ring. Follow signs ”Uniklinik“ until reaching Pauwelstraße 30 in 52074 Aachen. Fee-based parking in front of Uniklinik RWTH Aachen.

By train and busAachen has an ICE rail station and is well connected to the national train service. Bus stops are to be found at station square in front of the station.From here, bus number 3B (bus stop 2) leaves towards Uniklinik RWTH Aachen at regular intervals. If you go by bus, get off the bus at bus stop ”Aachen, Uniklinik” in front of the main building of the hospital (from Aachen station 8 stops). Latest timetables and further bus connection in Aachen available at www.aseag.de.

19. ECT-Workshop

of the German Speaking Countries

in Cooperation withthe ECT-Groups of the Netherlands and Belgium

March 24th and 25th, 2017

11:30 – 12:00 Registration and Coffee

12:00 – 12:15 Address of Welcome Frank Schneider, Aachen

12:15 – 12:30 Program and Announcements Michael Grözinger, Aachen

12:30 – 14:00 Chair: Bas Verwey Arnheim, The Netherlands

12:30 – 13:00 The Effects of ECT on Brain Structure in Depression: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

D. S. Scheepens and J. B. Zantvoord, Amsterdam

13:00 – 13:30 Neurotrophic Effects of ECT: Detectable by Structural MRI? Thomas Nickl-Jockschat, Aachen

13:30 – 14:00 Jasmien Obbels, Kortenberg ECT-related Anxiety: A Review

14:00 – 14:30 Break

14:30 – 16:30 Chair: Pascal Sienaert Kortenberg, Belgium

14:30 – 15:00 Effects of Stimulus Intensity on Seizure Quality: A Comparison of Brief vs. Ultrabrief Pulse ECT Miriam Brunner, Aachen

15:00 – 15:30 The Impact of Seizure Quality onECTTreatmentEfficacy Hildegard Janouschek, Aachen

15:30 – 16:00 Ictal Parameters as Response Predictors Alexander Sartorius, Mannheim

16:00 – 16:30 Prediction of ECT Response and Remission in Major Depression: A Meta-analysis Linda van Diermen, Amsterdam

16:30 – 17:00 Break

17:00 – 18:40 Chair: Michael Grözinger Aachen, Germany

17:00 – 17:20 Spontaneous Seizure from Remifentanil Induction during Electroconvulsive Therapy

Mustafa Cicek, Oberwil-Zug

17:20 – 17:40 ECT as an Effective Treatment of Organic Pseudo-Hallucination in an Elderly Patient G. Goebel-Troschel and Ch. Först, Bad Zwischenahn

17:40 – 18:00 Treatment of Chronic Catatonia in a 16-year Old Girl H. Himmighoffen and A. Brühl, Zürich

18:00 – 18:20 ECT in a 12-Year-Old Depressed Boy with High Suicide Risk B. Haarman and H. Warning, Groningen

18:20 – 18:40 ECT against the Natural Will: An Example Anja Ludwig-Zahl, Aachen

18:45 Departure for Dinner Waldrestaurant Gut Entenpfuhl Entenpfuhler Weg 11, 52074 Aachen Tel.: 0241 71393

Saturday, March 25th, 2017

08:30 – 09:00 Coffee

09:00 – 10:30 Chair: Jan Di Pauli, Rankweil, Austria

09:00 – 09:30 InfluenceofAgeontheEfficacyofECTin Major Depression T. K. Birkenhager, Rotterdam

09:30 – 10:00 Late Life Depression: Brain Characteristics and Response to ECT Max Stek, Amsterdam

10:00 – 10:30 ECT and Functional Neurological Symp-toms: the Importance of Thorough Exami-nation of Phenomenology

Didi Rhebergen, Amsterdam

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 12:30 Chair: Annette Brühl Zurich, Switzerland

11:00 – 11:30 Electroconvulsive Therapy Augmentation in Clozapine-resistant Schizophrenia: New Hope or False Dawn? J. B. Zantvoord, Amsterdam

11:30 – 12:00 ECT and Cognitive Functioning in Patients with Schizophrenia Thorsten Folsche, Göttingen

12:00 – 12:30 Homocysteine, Vitamin B12, Folic Acid and S100-Plasma-Level in the Course of ECT Treatments Hannah Maier, Hannover

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 – 15:00 Chair: Claudius Rautmann Bruneck, Italy

13:30 – 14:00 Changes in ECT Practice in the Last 12 Years in Hungary Gabor Gazdag, Budapest

14:00 – 14:30 Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of ECT in the Netherlands. Results of a Questionnaire Study from 2015 Bas Verwey, Arnheim

14:30 – 15:00 Electroconvulsive Therapy for Depression and its Effect of Remission on Autobio graphical Memory Loss Marc Burgers, Amsterdam

15:00 – 15:30 Resume and Outlook Michael Grözinger, Aachen

Friday, March 24th, 2017