About.
What is the Maudsley Mediterranean Forum (MMF)?
Since 2007, the Institute of Psychiatry of King's College London has regularly exported its worldwide reputation for psychiatric research and clinical care to the centre of the Mediterranean. Thus, in this tradition of new learning and new experiences, 5th MMF will provide an update on social, psychological and biological aspects of psychiatric disorders, reviewing both advances in understanding the disorders and exciting new methods of treatment.
Registrations for the Fifth Edition of The Maudsley Mediterranean Forum (the 5th MMF) are now open!
The meeting will take place in the enchanting city of Palermo, Sicily, from the 21st to the 24th of May 2018.
The 5th MMF is organised by Professor Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research and Dr Marta Di Forti, Clinical Scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, together with Professor Daniele La Barbera, Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Palermo Medical School, Dr Anton Grech, Director of Mental Health Services in Malta and Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta, and Professor Nikos Stefanis, Professor of Psychiatry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School and vice-director of the University Mental Health Research Institute in Greece.
What will the Forum cover?
The speakers are clinical psychiatrists and psychologists, who are well known international experts. They will present the most recent advances in Hot Topics in the fields of Psychotic and Mood Disorders, Addiction, Pharmacological and Psychological Treatment Interventions, Eating Disorders, Genetics and Epigenetics in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging and Neurocognition, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Who is the Forum for?
The course is intended for Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, other Mental Health Professionals as well as Neuroscientists and Students who want to know the latest developments in psychiatry. We expect about 70 participants from Europe and further afield. So there will be plenty of opportunity for interaction with the speakers and other participants. Both new knowledge and lots of fun!
“We invite delegates who wish to present a poster to let us know at the time of registration. This is a great way to all share our research interest and data”
Location
The International Course will be entirely in English and it will start on the 21st of May in the “Sala Martorana” of Palazzo Comitini, a magnificient example of Sicilian Baroque and home to the Sicilian Government. On the 24th , for the last morning we will step back in time to the 14th century and end the forum as guests in “Complesso Monumentale dello Steri", “Sala delle Capriate”, once home to the Spanish Inquisition and now the Deanery of Palermo University.
Since 2007, the Institute of Psychiatry of King's College London has regularly exported its worldwide reputation for psychiatric research and clinical care to the centre of the Mediterranean. Thus, in this tradition of new learning and new experiences, 5th MMF will provide an update on social, psychological and biological aspects of psychiatric disorders, reviewing both advances in understanding the disorders and exciting new methods of treatment.
Registrations for the Fifth Edition of The Maudsley Mediterranean Forum (the 5th MMF) are now open!
The meeting will take place in the enchanting city of Palermo, Sicily, from the 21st to the 24th of May 2018.
The 5th MMF is organised by Professor Sir Robin Murray, Professor of Psychiatric Research and Dr Marta Di Forti, Clinical Scientist at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, together with Professor Daniele La Barbera, Head of the Department of Psychiatry, Palermo Medical School, Dr Anton Grech, Director of Mental Health Services in Malta and Senior Lecturer at the University of Malta, and Professor Nikos Stefanis, Professor of Psychiatry at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School and vice-director of the University Mental Health Research Institute in Greece.
What will the Forum cover?
The speakers are clinical psychiatrists and psychologists, who are well known international experts. They will present the most recent advances in Hot Topics in the fields of Psychotic and Mood Disorders, Addiction, Pharmacological and Psychological Treatment Interventions, Eating Disorders, Genetics and Epigenetics in Psychiatry, Neuroimaging and Neurocognition, and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Who is the Forum for?
The course is intended for Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, other Mental Health Professionals as well as Neuroscientists and Students who want to know the latest developments in psychiatry. We expect about 70 participants from Europe and further afield. So there will be plenty of opportunity for interaction with the speakers and other participants. Both new knowledge and lots of fun!
“We invite delegates who wish to present a poster to let us know at the time of registration. This is a great way to all share our research interest and data”
Location
The International Course will be entirely in English and it will start on the 21st of May in the “Sala Martorana” of Palazzo Comitini, a magnificient example of Sicilian Baroque and home to the Sicilian Government. On the 24th , for the last morning we will step back in time to the 14th century and end the forum as guests in “Complesso Monumentale dello Steri", “Sala delle Capriate”, once home to the Spanish Inquisition and now the Deanery of Palermo University.
Palermo, 21-24 May 2018
Registrations for the 5th MMF are now open!
For registration fee enquires (Students discounts places available) and accommodation advice please contact:
Dr Nicoletta Giganti: ngiganti@tiscali.it
Dr Olesya Ajnakina: olesya.ajnakina@kcl.ac.uk
Dr Nicoletta Giganti: ngiganti@tiscali.it
Dr Olesya Ajnakina: olesya.ajnakina@kcl.ac.uk
International Programme Committee.
Prof Robin Murray, FRS
King's College London |
Dr Marta Di Forti, MD, PhD
King's College London |
Prof Daniele La Barbera, MD
University of Palermo |
Prof Nikos Stefanis, MD, FRANZCP
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
Dr Anton Grech, MD, PhD
University of Malta |
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