Royal College of Psychiatrists Interest Group Meeting 12 Jan, 2018

Time

Session

9.00-9.30

Registration and coffee

9.30-9.35

Welcome
Dr Riadh Abed EPSIG Chair

9.35-12.20

Morning Session
Chair: Professor George Ikkos

9.35-10.05

Evolutionary Models of Mental Disorders (I) ADHD
Dr Annie Swanepoel

10.15-10.30

Q&A

10.30-11.20

Keynote: What Clinicians Can Learn from Evolutionary Psychiatry
Professor Alfonso Troisi

11.20-11.35

Q&A

11.35-12.05

Evolutionary Models of Mental Disorders (II) Eating Disorders
Dr Riadh Abed

12.05-12.20

Q&A

12.20-13.20

Lunch

13.20-17.00

Afternoon Session: Chair: Dr David Geaney

13.20-14.10

Keynote: An Evolutionary Account of Brain Laterality
Dr Iain McGilchrist

14.10-14.25

Q&A

14.25-15.15

Keynote: Life History Theory: A Framework for the Understanding of Personality Disorder
Professor Martin Brüne

15.15-15.30

Q&A

15.30-16.00

Coffee Break

16.00-16.30

Evolutionary Models of Mental Disorder (III): The Addictions
Dr Paul St John-Smith

16.30-17.00

Q&A

17.00-17.30

General Discussion and Close