SIXTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 
ON BIPOLAR DISORDER

June 16-18, 2005


David L. Lawrence Convention Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


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DAY 1: THURSDAY, JUNE 16, 2005
7:45 a.m. Registration
Continental Breakfast
 
8:30 a.m. Introduction
David J. Kupfer, M.D.
Bio  |  Video  |  Audio   
 
  Setting the Stage
Lydia Lewis
Bio  |  Video  |  Audio 
 
8:45 a.m.

Symposium I
Rational Polypharmacy: Can We Treat Bipolar Disorder with Fewer Than Five Medications?
--Chair: Samuel Gershon, MD                                      
Bio 
Video  |  Audio  

"Polypharmacy for Treatment of Acute Mania:  Is It Rational Prescribing or Pill Pushing?"
--Lakshmi N. Yatham, M.B., FRCPC
Bio  | 
Abstract  |   Video   |   Audio 

"Evaluating Treatment Sequences for Bipolar Depression"
--Michael E. Thase, M.D.
Bio 
Abstract   |  Video  |   Audio

"Simplifying the Complex:  Maintenance Treatment of Bipolar Disorder"
--Paul E. Keck, Jr., M.D
.
Bio  | 
Abstract  |  Video |  Audio   

Q&A 
Video  |  Audio 
 

10:15 a.m. Break
 
10:40 a.m.

Symposium II 
What Can Neurobiology, Imaging and Genetics Tell Us about Treatment of Bipolar Disorder?
--Chair: Edward M. Scolnick, M.D.

Bio 
Video  |  Audio

"Similarities and Differences in the Epidemiology, Genetics, and Imaging of Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia"
--Robin M. Murray, M.D.

Bio  |   
Abstract  |   Video   | Audio 

"What Can Genetics Tell Us about Treatment of Bipolar Disorder"

--J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., M.D.

Bio 
|   Abstract  |  Video  |  Audio      

"Combined Genomic and Proteomic Studies Identify Novel Targets in the Treatment of Severe Mood Disorders"
--Husseini K. Manji, M.D.

Bio  |  Abstract 
Video  |  Audio    

"Autoimmune Thyroiditis, a Possible Endophenotype of Bipolar Disorder?"

--Willem Nolen, M.D., Ph.D.

Bio  |   AbstractVideo  |  Audio      

Q&A Video  |  Audio

12:00 p.m. Lunch (on your own)
 
1:00 p.m.  Report from National Institute of Mental Health
- Thomas R. Insel, M.D.
Bio 
Abstract  |  Video  |  Audio      
 
2:30 p.m. Break
 
2:45 p.m. Concurrent Sessions I

T1.  Stanley Bipolar Network Update

Lori Altshuler, M.D  Bio  |  Audio

Mark Frye, M.D.  Bio  Audio
Ralph W. Kupka, M.D.
Bio 
Audio
Robert M. Post, M.D.
 Audio

T2.  The Use of Antidepressants in the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder
John R. Geddes, M.D., FRCPsych 
Bio Audio
Philip Mitchell, M.D., FRANZC, FRCPsych 
Bio
Audio
Q&A   Audio

T3.  Minimizing Polypharmacy: Strategies and Tactics

Charles L. Bowden, M.D.
Bio  |  Audio
Q&A Audio

T4.  Treatment Algorithms for Bipolar  Disorder

Sagar V. Parikh, M.D., FRCPC  Bio 
Audio
Trisha  Suppes, M.D, Ph.D. 
 Bio  Audio

T5.  Placebos in Clinical Trials:  Design and Ethical Considerations
Helena Kraemer, Ph.D.
Bio Audio
Fouzia Laghrissi-Thode, M.D. (unable to attend)
Laura Roberts, M.D.
   Bio 
Audio
Q&A   Audio 

T6.  What Are the Limits of Psychosocial Treatment for Bipolar Disorder?
Francesc Colom, Psy.D., M.Sc., Ph.D. Bio
Audio
David J. Miklowitz, Ph.D. 
Bio   | 
Audio
Jan Scott, M.D., FRCPsych
 
Bio  Audio  
Q&A  
Audio

T7.  Managing Substance Abuse in Patients with Bipolar Disorder

Omar Elhaj, M.D.   Bio
Audio
Valentim Gentil, M.D., Ph.D.
Bio 
Audio
Ihsan Salloum, M.D. 
Bio  |  Audio 
 
4:15 p.m. Adjournment
 
4:30 p.m. -
6:00 p.m.
Poster Session
Abstract Book [PDF] (Bipolar Disorders, Volume 1, Supplement 2)
 
7:00 p.m. -
10:00 p.m.
Reception: Senator John Heinz Regional History Center
    Screening of Film "Troubled Minds -- The Lithium Revolution"

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