The lectures take place from 4-5pm (except *) in the small lecture theatre of the Kennedy Tower on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month during semester time Special lecture series - Winter 2011 All health professionals and scientific staff are encouraged to attend. *Recent advances in antipsychotic medication – a pharmacist’s perspective Speaker is David Taylor, Institute of Psychiatry, London. Host: Stephen Lawrie sponsored by Janssen Thursday 22 September 2011, 2.00pm Thursday 22 September 2011, 3.00pm Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital Contrasting Compulsive Hoarding and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Speaker is Dr Martina Papmeyer, Division of Psychiatry, Edinburgh. Host: Andrew McIntosh. Wednesday 5 October 2011, 4.00pm Wednesday 5 October 2011, 5.00pm Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital Overvalued ideas – A lost concept? Speaker is Dr Millia Begum, Behavioural Psychotherapy Service, NHS Forth Valley. Host: Jeremy Hall, sponsored by SMHRN. Wednesday 19 October 2011, 4.00pm Wednesday 19 October 2011, 5.00pm Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital The harm of GBL and the benefit of baclofen Speakers are Drs Rebecca Lawrence, Sarah Kennedy and Rachel Petrie, NHS Lothian. Host: Stephen Lawrie, sponsored by SMHRN. Wednesday 2 November 2011, 5.00pm Wednesday 2 November 2011, 6.00pm Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital Caring for Carers Speaker is Professor Elizabeth Kuipers, Institute of Psychiatry, London. Host: Lindsay Thomson, sponsored by SMHRN Wednesday 16 November 2011, 5.00pm Wednesday 16 November 2011, 6.00pm Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital Validating endophenotypes for schizophrenia: The Genetic Overlap between Neurocognition, Prefrontal Cortex and Schizophrenia Speaker is Dr Timothea Toulopoulou, Institute of Psychiatry, London. Host: Stephen Lawrie. Wednesday 7 December 2011, 5.00pm Wednesday 7 December 2011, 6.00pm Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital Gifts, Goodwill and Grafts: Transplant Psychiatry in 2012? Speakers are Drs Steve Potts and Roger Smyth, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Host: Jeremy Hall. Wednesday 21 December 2011, 5.00pm Wednesday 21 December 2011, 6.00pm Small lecture theatre, Kennedy Tower, Royal Edinburgh Hospital NB Also of interest: 8th & 9th September, 'Neurodevelopmental Disorders Across the Lifespan' symposium in Edinburgh Tuesday 27th September, SMHRN Research Day, REH Wed 12th October, Patrick Wild Centre for research into Autism, Fragile X, Annual meeting Wed 12th October, (evening), Make Me A Scientist Show for schools at George Square Lecture Theatre Tues 6th December (evening), University of Edinburgh Christmas Lecture at George Square Lecture Theatre Wed 7th December (6 pm), Edinburgh Neuroscience Christmas Lecture at George Square Lecture Theatre Thursday Thursday 8th December, SMHRN Annual Scientific Meeting, Royal College of Physicians Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
