Plenary Speakers
Need Adapted Care of Mental Health Disorders - Present and Future
Together with Klaus Lehtinen we will outline the main elements of the Need Adapted Care. The preset state of Need Adapted Care is grounded on a fifty years long developmental process where main aim has been that the care should meet the changing needs of patients and those in his close network. Its origins are in the Turku Schizophrenia Project lead by late Professor Alanen. The main elements of Need Adapted care established in the 90’s are even more relevant at present.
Jukka Aaltonen
Why we should and can address trauma in psychosis
Brief description of the topics of my talk
• The role of trauma in developing psychosis• Psychological mechanisms via which trauma is associated with psychosis experiences
• How to address both trauma and trauma sequela in people with psychosis
• Trauma-informed psychological approaches (mainly CBTp), its effects, and the underlying values and assumptions of this approach
• Trauma-focused psychological approaches (e.g. EMDR, prolonged exposure, cognitive restructuring) and their effects
• Working towards a transdiagnostic integration of trauma-informed and trauma-focused interventions
• Form: In my presentation I will try to combine short video clips, with research (outcome) data, my perspectives and new and current studies that are running with regard to this topic
David van den Berg
ISPS and the Hearing Voices Movement: Shared Perspectives and Growing Common Ground
My address will include a discussion of the many shared perspectives between the Hearing Voices Network (HVN) and ISPS, and reflections on the ways in those perspectives have deepened my understanding of my voice-hearing and other unusual experiences, helping to reinforce the foundation on which I have built my continuing, unmedicated recovery.
Claire Bien
Early intervention in mental health and access to quality care: an environmental, societal and political issue.
The concepts of early intervention in mental health have had a major impact on the way we approach the treatment of psychosis and other psychiatric disorders. While a lot of improvement are still needed for these strategies to deploy their effects, we need to go further. First, beyond indicated prevention, we need to also try and act on risk factors and to tackle issues that contribute to the emergence of new patients: this is the case for climate change which is a major threat also for the mental health of populations. Second, recovery is often approached in terms of what we can do to help patients to adapt to the requirements of society: we think rather that the world should adapt to the needs of patients, for example via a project of urban remediation that we implement in Lausanne with peers, geographers, mental health professionals and the city authorities. Third, whatever the developments, nothing happens if there is not a strong lobby advocating for change at the political level: psychiatrists, psychologists and mental health professionals must play a role, alongside patient associations to increase resources attributed to mental health and to implement adequate mental health policies.
Philippe Conus
The Role of Chance. In the Power of Interaction.
When they start a new life, people with lived experience of trauma and psychoses, especially under conditions of past or present war, often ask the question: “By what coincidence did I meet you?”I will contend that the power of interaction arises from such interferences with the psychoanalyst and caregivers, giving breath, rhythm and voice to silenced abuses. I will give clinical examples, knowing that I speak in the country of the Kalevala.
Francoise Davoine
Alliance Rupture and Repair
Dr. Eubanks will describe types of alliance ruptures, including alliance ruptures that may be more common in the treatment of psychosis, and will present strategies for recognizing and repairing ruptures. She will discuss how ruptures can provide opportunities for enhancing treatment outcome.
Catherine Eubanks
How to Speak with Families
Together with Jaakko Seikkula we will describe elements of dialogues that mobilize in the optimal way the resources of the families in psychotic crises. We both have a long history of work with families in open dialogues.
Mia Kurtti
Need Adapted Care – Present and Future
Together with Jukka Aaltonen we will outline the main elements of the Need Adapted Care. The preset state of Need Adapted Care is grounded on a fifty years long developmental process where main aim has been that the care should meet the changing needs of patients and those in his close network. Its origins are in the Turku Schizophrenia Project lead by late Professor Alanen. The main elements of Need Adapted care established in the 90’s are even more relevant at present.
Klaus Lehtinen
ODDESSI, The Latest Findings
ODDESSI (Open Dialogue: Development and Evaluation of a Social Network Intervention for Severe Mental Illness) is a large-scale programme of research into crisis and continuing mental health care within the NHS.
Russell Razzaque
Family caregivers: the recovery path
In her talk, Ms. Remond provides French experiences and lessons learned from Prospect-Model. The Prospect Training Programme addresses the needs of carers - family members and friends. It enables them to gain confidence, develop coping skills, support regaining control of their lives, and improve their quality of life.
Emmanuelle Remond
Mia Kurtti and Jaakko Seikkula: How to Speak with Families
We will describe elements of dialogues that mobilize in the optimal way the resources of the families in psychotic crises. We both have a long history of work with families in open dialogues.
Jaakko Seikkula
Norman Sartorius
Safewards: A 10-year Review of the Research, Developments and Possible Directions of Travel
It is now 10 years since Professor Len Bowers launched Safewards into the world, following the 2014 reports of the successful results of the first trial of Safewards that showed reduction in conflict and containment.The freely available website materials have now been translated into something like 10 languages and people are implementing Safewards in multiple countries. The approach is being used in different mental healthcare settings and it has been adapted for use with different populations. There is a growing body of evidence and there are several systematic reviews. Prof Alan Simpson will explore and summarise the key evidence, highlight some of the strengths and limitations of Safewards, talk about some of the newer developments and consider where we may be heading next.
Alan Simpson