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And now it’s time for our final #IEPA12 keynote from Rodrigo A Bressan @RodrigoAffonse1 who is going to talk about Widening the clinical and geographical frontiers of neurodevelopmental studies - the Brazilian High Risk Cohort Study 
We’ve heard this statistic a few times during #IEPA12
75% of mental disorders start before age 18. Bressan adds that 50% of mental disorders start before age 14.
So “we need to understand the biology very early on, not after onset”.
75% of mental disorders start before age 18. Bressan adds that 50% of mental disorders start before age 14.
So “we need to understand the biology very early on, not after onset”.
When we start identifying people with symptoms we don’t have good predictors of trajectories, says Bressan
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Our next speaker is Louise Arseneault @L_Arseneault from King’s College London who will be talking about Early intervention for developing positive social relationships: can we prevent bullying victimization and loneliness? #IEPA12
The absence of social relationships, or problematic ones may lead to mental health problems, says Arseneault. At the same time, positive social relationships can protect our health and wellbeing. They are important malleable factors that can be target by interventions. #IEPA12
Transition periods in the human life course (starting school, relationships, jobs and retirement) are potentially tricky times, says Arseneault #IEPA12
Our next #IEPA12 plenary talk comes from Juliana Onwumere @Families_MH from King’s College London who will be sharing some “Tales from the frontline: Understanding the impact of psychosis on families”
Onwumere begins by talking about the cognitive model of caregiving in psychosis, which she published with Elizabeth Kuipers and Paul Bebbington in @TheBJPsych back in 2010 doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp… #IEPA12
We know that people with lived experience of psychosis can have significantly reduced social networks and informal carers can play an important role in these networks #IEPA12
Our first speaker in this #IEPA12 session is Cristiane Duarte (not on Twitter) from @CU_ChildPsych @ColumbiaPsych who will be talking to us about: Intergenerational Psychiatry: A New Look at a Powerful Perspective #IEPA12
Cristiane Duarte is an expert in the development of mental disorders in children, adolescents and young adults #IEPA12
Intergenerational Psychiatry
Duarte is going to talk about:
-definition, animal & human evidence
-role of adversities & perinatal period
-expanding our hypotheses (e.g. mechanisms of transmission)
-the Center for Intergenerational Psychiatry
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Duarte is going to talk about:
-definition, animal & human evidence
-role of adversities & perinatal period
-expanding our hypotheses (e.g. mechanisms of transmission)
-the Center for Intergenerational Psychiatry
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Our final speaker in this #IEPA12 session of talk is Eric Chen (not on Twitter) from the University of Hong Kong who will be speaking to us about “Youth mental health in troubled times”
Eric Chen has been leading one of the first early psychosis intervention programmes in Asia: the EASY programme (Early Assessment Service for Young People with Early Psychosis) #IEPA12 www3.ha.org.hk/easy/eng/servi…
Most mental health conditions (75%) start before the age of 25, says Chen #IEPA12
Our next talk at #IEPA12 is by @pimcuijpers from @VUamsterdam who will be focussing on preventing the onset of depressive disorders: the opportunities and challenges pimcuijpers.com/blog/
“I’m always happy to talk about research on preventing the onset of depression", as there are lots of opportunities for helping people, says Cuijpers #IEPA12
Preventing depression: a global priority
This 2012 viewpoint by Cuijpers in @JAMA made the case for depression prevention and highlighted that the global biomedical community were ready for this idea (preventing depression) #IEPA12
doi.org/10.1001/jama.2…
This 2012 viewpoint by Cuijpers in @JAMA made the case for depression prevention and highlighted that the global biomedical community were ready for this idea (preventing depression) #IEPA12
doi.org/10.1001/jama.2…
Our next talk at #IEPA12 is by @golam_khandaker from @psychiatry_ucam who will be discussing the immune system as a potential target for treatment and prevention of serious mental illness and comorbid cardiometabolic diseases
This talk will focus on the potential role of the immune system.
Is inflammation likely to be a causal risk factor for depression, psychoses and comorbid physical illness? #IEPA12
Is inflammation likely to be a causal risk factor for depression, psychoses and comorbid physical illness? #IEPA12
Inflammation: what does it mean and why is it relevant? (when a friend becomes a foe)
-innate immunity (first line of defence) this is the focus on the talk today
-cytokines are similar to neurotransmitters: they enable white blood cells to talk to each other
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-innate immunity (first line of defence) this is the focus on the talk today
-cytokines are similar to neurotransmitters: they enable white blood cells to talk to each other
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Welcome to this #IEPA12 keynote talk by Ricardo Araya @ArayaBaltra_R from @GMentalHealth who promises to tell us all about preventing emotional disorders from a global perspective
Araya starts by talking about the different types of prevention:
-primary prevention (most important) aims to prevent disease before it occurs
-secondary prevention aims to reduce impact of disease that’s already occurred
-tertiary prevention (not covered in this talk)
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-primary prevention (most important) aims to prevent disease before it occurs
-secondary prevention aims to reduce impact of disease that’s already occurred
-tertiary prevention (not covered in this talk)
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What causes depression? Are these causes modifiable? (risk factors)
When do we need to remove or counteract risk factors? (when known)
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When do we need to remove or counteract risk factors? (when known)
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Our final speaker in this #IEPA12 session is Giovanni Salum @gsalumjr Associate Professor from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Porto Alegre, Brazil #IEPA12
"Prevention & Early Intervention in Low & Middle-Income Countries: from Neuroscience to Public Health"
"Prevention & Early Intervention in Low & Middle-Income Countries: from Neuroscience to Public Health"
As a mid-career researcher, @gsalumjr was “always bothered by the local poverty, the mental illness epidemic in schools, the poor healthcare provision”. So Giovanni decided to leave research and try to make “some contributions to the city” #IEPA12
This was a major challenge because:
-Primary care (insufficient training, low coverage)
-Specialised care (very limited electronic records and EBM)
-Specialised emergencies (over capacity)
-Inpatient units
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-Primary care (insufficient training, low coverage)
-Specialised care (very limited electronic records and EBM)
-Specialised emergencies (over capacity)
-Inpatient units
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Our next speaker in this session is Jean Addington (not on Twitter) from the University of Calgary in Canada @UCalgaryMed who will be talking about the North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS), a project in which she is one of the principal investigators #IEPA12
Addington is interested in early detection & intervention in psychosis. Currently her major research focus is the examination of predictors of conversion to psychosis & the development of psychosocial interventions for those at clinical high risk of developing psychosis #IEPA12
The North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study (NAPLS), focuses on youth at high risk of psychosis. This talk will focus on psychosis-risk syndromes, which are identified by the structured interview for psychosis-risk syndromes (SIPS) #IEPA12
A very warm welcome to the first plenary session of #IEPA12 featuring Prof Patrick McGorry @PatMcGorry from the University of Melbourne: His talk is entitled: “The Next Stage for Early Intervention: Transdiagnostic, Personalized, Universal”
@PatMcGorry begins by saying that “mental health is more important than ever”. In this talk he will be talking about the transition from early intervention to a transdiagnostic approach based on clinical staging, which has been in development for more than 20 years #IEPA12
Ideas are important, says McGorry, but they need to be carefully stage-managed and implemented. Ideally we'd like to cure psychosis, but in the meantime, “bending the curve” is a good starting point #IEPA12
New frontiers in early intervention
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We’re reporting live from this international early intervention in mental health conference over the next two days. Covering 11 talks by brilliant speakers from around the world. Here’s what you have to look forward to…
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🗺 #IEPA12 🗺
We’re reporting live from this international early intervention in mental health conference over the next two days. Covering 11 talks by brilliant speakers from around the world. Here’s what you have to look forward to…
8-11pm GMT Mon 16 Nov:
@PatMcGorry - Next Stage for Early Intervention: Transdiagnostic, Personalized, Universal
Jean Addington - North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study
@gsalumjr - Prevention & Early Intervention in LMICs
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@PatMcGorry - Next Stage for Early Intervention: Transdiagnostic, Personalized, Universal
Jean Addington - North American Prodrome Longitudinal Study
@gsalumjr - Prevention & Early Intervention in LMICs
#IEPA12
9am-12pm GMT Tue 17 Nov:
@ArayaBaltra_R - Prevention of emotional disorders
@golam_khandaker - Immune system
@pimcuijpers - Preventing depression
Eric Chen - Youth mental health in troubled times
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@ArayaBaltra_R - Prevention of emotional disorders
@golam_khandaker - Immune system
@pimcuijpers - Preventing depression
Eric Chen - Youth mental health in troubled times
#IEPA12
