Congress of psychiatry

003
  A shift in teaching psychiatric symptomatology 
– from patients to professional actors
Heike Anderson-Schmidt, Germany
004
  Values-based practice and evidence-based  
practice in the Oxford medical student curriculum
Kenneth William Fulford, United Kingdom
Ashok Handa
SP-06 
Special Session
15:15 – 16:15
 
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Room  M2 / M3
TOPIC 18:
 Pharmacotherapy
Future perspectives of pharmacotherapy
Chairs: 
Berend Malchow, Germany 
Franziska Baessler, Germany
Speaker: 
Isabella Heuser, Germany
S-312 Symposium
15:15 – 16:45
 
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Room M1
TOPIC 24:
 Forensic psychiatry and assessment
Forensic psychiatry: hot topics for early career 
psychiatrists 
›
 WPA Section: Early Career Psychiatrists
›
 WPA Section: Forensic Psychiatry
Chairs: 
Hussien Elkholy, Egypt 
Norbert Konrad, Germany
001
  The WPA section forensic psychiatry curricu-
lum for mental health professionals to promote and 
improve mental health care for prisoners
Norbert Konrad, Germany
002
  Stalkers: characteristics, evaluation, risk assess-
ment, and interventions
Britta Ostermeyer, USA
003
  Forensic psychiatry in Egypt: service and train-
ing overview
Hussien Elkholy, Egypt
004
  The trainee experience of forensic psychiatry in 
UK
Howard Ryland, United Kingdom
S-328 Symposium
17:00 – 18:30
 
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Room M1
TOPIC 22:
 Community and social psychiatry
Refugees and mental health: a cultural and medical 
dilemma
Chairs: 
Ekin Sönmez, Turkey 
Marc Augustin, Germany
001
  Experience from a novel outpatient service for 
refugees
Jakob Kaminski, Germany
002
  Mental health of refugees: risk groups, inequal-
ities and vulnerabilities
Ekin Sönmez, Turkey
003
  Psychiatry in the Arab region: a transcultural 
perspective
Hussien Elkholy, Egypt
004
  Challenges for refugees on the route: experi-
ence of mental health professionals from a transit 
country
Vlastela Partaloska, F.Y. Republic of Macedonia

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 German language Session 
 Q & A  Modul
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› Thursday, 12 October 2017
S-353 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 
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Room M1
TOPIC 25:
 Training and continuing education
Which is the current status of education and train-
ing on academic psychiatry? A world perspective
›
 WPA Section: Education in Psychiatry
Chairs: 
Allan Tasman, USA 
Andrea Fiorillo, Italy
001
  Academic development in psychiatry:  
preliminary results from an online survey
Andrea Fiorillo, Italy
002
  Teaching how to teach professionalism and 
other hidden curriculum subjects
Nikos Christodoulou, United Kingdom
003
  Challenges of psychiatry undergraduate  
education in low and middle income countries
Hussien Elkholy, Egypt
WS-26 Workshop
08:15 – 09:45
 
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Room M8
TOPIC 25:
 Training and continuing education
Enhancing creativity and innovation of young psy-
chiatrists
›
 WPA Section: Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Chair: 
Bethany Halbreich, USA
Speaker: 
Uriel Halbreich, USA
ME-06 Meet-the-Expert
10:00 – 11:00
 
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Room  M2 / M3
TOPIC 17:
 Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy – an integral part of psychiatry
Chairs: 
Ekin Sönmez, Turkey 
Anna-Karina Jakovljevic, Germany
Speaker: 
Fritz Hohagen, Germany
S-371 Symposium
10:00 – 11:30
 
|
 
Room M1
TOPIC 9:
 Comorbidity of somatic and mental disorders, 
psychosomatics
How much of somatic medicine do we need in 
psychiatry?
Chairs: 
Sibylle Häfner, Germany 
Alkomiet Hasan, Germany
001
  Case 1
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, India
002
  Case 2
Rolf Wynn, Norway
Trygve Nissen
003
  Case 3
Alkomiet Hasan, Germany
004
  Case 4
Erlend Bugge, Norway
S-389 Symposium
11:45 – 13:15
 
|
 
Room M1
TOPIC 25:
 Training and continuing education
Psychiatric education of medical students: perspec-
tives from the WPA education section
›
 WPA Section: Early Career Psychiatrists
›
 WPA Section: Education in Psychiatry
Chairs: 
Renato Alarcon, USA 
Allan Tasman, USA
001
  Curricular content
Pichet Udomratn, Thailand
002
  Didactic methodologies
Ziad Kronfol, Qatar
Adriana Mihai, Florian Riese
003
  Adaptability to different world regions
Hussien Elkholy, Egypt
004
  Future challenges
Renato Alarcon, USA
Pub Crawl 
Spend a relaxed evening with like-minded 
people and at the same time see Berlin from 
its best side – sounds like fun, doesn't it? If 
you agree, then simply join the others at the 
end of the speed dating event or come direct-
ly to the meeting point at the Spree at 9 pm.
When: October 10, 2017 at 9 pm
Where:  Zollpackhof, Elisabeth-Abegg-Str. 1, 
10557 Berlin (meeting point)
More information available on Facebook:  
www.facebook.com/wpa2017berlin 
Contacts: Jakob Kaminski, Florian Rückert

Alles über einen der spannendsten Berufe der Medizin: Generation PSY – die neue 
Nachwuchsinitiative der DGPPN. Uns fasziniert das Rätsel Mensch und all die 
Faktoren, welche die Seele aus dem Lot bringen können. Uns verbindet die unstill-
bare Neugier am Zusammenspiel von Körper und Psyche. Wir brennen darauf, die 
Zukunft des Faches Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie zu gestalten. Bist du dabei? 
Unsere 
Gesellschaft 
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Psychiater.
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Alles über einen der spannendsten Berufe der Medizin: Generation PSY – die neue 
Nachwuchsinitiative der DGPPN. Uns fasziniert das Rätsel Mensch und all die 
Faktoren, welche die Seele aus dem Lot bringen können. Uns verbindet die unstill-
bare Neugier am Zusammenspiel von Körper und Psyche. Wir brennen darauf, die 
Zukunft des Faches Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie zu gestalten. Bist du dabei? 
Unsere 
Gesellschaft 
braucht junge 
Psychiater.
Wir brauchen dich: generation-psy.de
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NACHWUCHS WANTED: GENERATION PSY.
Immer mehr Menschen mit psychischen Erkrankungen suchen sich professionelle  
Hilfe. Das ist gut, denn so erhalten sie die richtige Diagnose und Therapie. Gleich- 
zeitig zeichnet sich in Deutschland unter Ärzten – und ganz besonders unter  
Psychiatern – ein starker Mangel ab. Das ist deine Chance. Unsere Gesellschaft 
braucht junge Psychiater. Wir brauchen dich.
DU UND WIR GEMEINSAM.
Generation PSY, das seid zuallererst ihr. Ihr Schüler, Medizinstudierenden, Assistenz-
ärzte oder jungen Fachärzte. Generation PSY, das sind auch wir. Ein hochmotiviertes 
Team aus Nachwuchskräften. Wir sind eure Klassensprecher, eure Botschafter und 
eure Ansprechpartner innerhalb des Faches Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie – und 
wollen unsere Begeisterung an euch weitergeben.
UNSERE MISSION.
Für uns stehen die Bedürfnisse des Nachwuchses an erster Stelle. Deshalb unter- 
stützen wir junge Psychiater und solche, die es werden wollen, mit maßgeschneider-
ten Projekten und Angeboten. Wir vernetzen die verschiedenen Disziplinen und  
sorgen dafür, dass Wissen und Praxis von einer Generation zur nächsten fließen.
DEIN VORTEIL.
Du willst Einblicke in das Fachgebiet gewinnen, dich frühzeitig über den Beruf infor-
mieren und ein professionelles Netzwerk aufbauen? Triff uns auf dem Weltkongress 
2017 in der Messe Berlin. An allen Kongresstagen stehen wir dir am DGPPN-Stand  
mit Rat und Tat zur Seite und beantworten deine Fragen. Abends kannst du Berlin
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During WPA XVII WORLD CONGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY a free 
childcare service will be offered that will provide fun experiences 
for the children of registered congress participants. Participants 
with children up to 12 years are able to make use of this service. 
However, pre-registration is required due to a limited number of  
places. 
The Childcare Service – KIDS Betreuung 
(www.Kidsbetreuung.com
) 
is located in Cube Club on level 1 in CityCube Berlin. 
Exciting activities will keep boredom at bay:
Congress kindergarten
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Opening hours
Monday 
 9  Oct  2017 
08:00 – 20:00
Tuesday 
10  Oct  2017 
08:00 – 20:00
Wednesday 
11  Oct  2017 
08:00 – 20:00
Thursday 
12  Oct  2017 
08:00 – 18:00
Face painting
 Painting and crafts
 Singing and dancing games
 “My Town” play mat carpet 
for playing cars
Bobbycar course
Lego building bricks
Play tunnel
Bouncy castle
Play parachute
Baby toys

Scientific Programme
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SP-01 
Special Session
17:30 – 19:15
 | 
Hall B
 
Opening ceremony
Chair: 
Dinesh Bhugra, United Kingdom
001
  Welcome address WPA and DGPPN
Dinesh Bhugra, United Kingdom 
Andreas Heinz, Germany
002
  Introduction to the congress
Peter Falkai, Germany
003
  What do we do with a problem like Nigel?
Sir Simon Wessely, United Kingdom
004
  Award Ceremony Jean Delay Prize
Laudation: 
Dinesh Bhugra, United Kingdom
005
  Speech of the Jean Delay Laureate
Jules Angst, Switzerland
006
  Bavarian Doctors Orchestra (BÄO) 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart “Prague Symphony”, 
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K. 504
Conductor: 
Reinhard Steinberg
007
  Closing statement WPA President and  
Networking reception
Dinesh Bhugra, United Kingdom
› Monday, 9 October 2017
ST-01 (d) 
State-of-the-Art-Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall A3
 
TOPIC 8:
 Disorders closely related to childhood and 
adolescence
 
Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen im Kindes-, 
Jugend- und Erwachsenenalter
Chairs: 
Kai Vogeley, Germany 
Helmut Remschmidt, Germany
001
  Kinder und Jugendliche mit hochfunktionalem 
Autismus
Helmut Remschmidt, Germany
002
  Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen im  
Erwachsenenalter
Kai Vogeley, Germany
S-001 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall  A6 / A7
 
TOPIC 3:
 Psychotic disorders
Cannabis consumption and mental disease: the hen 
or egg question in a disastrous relationship
Chairs: 
Peter Falkai, Germany 
Hannelore Ehrenreich, Germany
001
  Traditional marijuana, high potency cannabis, 
and synthetic cannabinoids – increasing risk of 
psychosis
Sir Robin Murray, United Kingdom
002
  What is modulated by cannabis consumption: 
understanding basics of the brain cannabinoid sys-
tem
Beat Lutz, Germany
003
  Cannabis consumption around puberty 
dose-dependently reduces age at schizophrenia 
onset
Hannelore Ehrenreich, Germany
004
  How to approach prevention of cannabis abuse 
in young people
Eva Hoch, Germany
S-002 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall A8
 
TOPIC 7:
 Personality disorders
The ICD-11 classification of personality disorder: 
implications for selection of treatment
›
 WPA Section: Personality Disorders
Chairs: 
Peter Tyrer, United Kingdom 
Roger Mulder, New Zealand
001
  SASPD: a reliable assessment of the severity of 
personality disorder
Mike Crawford, United Kingdom
002
  Domains: their justification and value in man-
agement
Roger Mulder, New Zealand
003
  Psychological treatment of anxiety: why per-
sonality status matters
Peter Tyrer, United Kingdom
004
  Borderline personality disorder: classification 
and treatment selection
Dusica Lecic-Tosevski, Serbia
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S-003-PF Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall A5
 
TOPIC 22:
 Community and social psychiatry
Person centered care – a forward-looking approach 
in psychiatric nursing
›
 DGPPN Section: Psychiatric Nursing
Chairs: 
André Nienaber, Germany 
Susanne Schoppmann, Switzerland
001
  Person-centeredness – the perspective of Horatio 
 – European Psychiatric Nurses
Martin Ward, Malta
002
  Person-centered care in the Finnish mental 
health care system
Heikki Ellilä, Finland
003
  Person-centeredness in the stress field of  
evidence-based practice and the importance of  
narrative approaches in psychiatric care
Michael Schulz, Germany
S-004 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall A1
 
TOPIC 26:
 Ethics and philosophy
Clinical ethics consultation in psychiatry – interna-
tional concepts and experiences
Chairs: 
Jochen Vollmann, Germany 
Guy Widdershoven, The Netherlands
001
  Clinical ethics in psychiatry in the Netherlands: 
experiences with moral case deliberation
Guy Widdershoven, The Netherlands
002
  Does psychiatry need ethics consultation?  
A reflection of Swiss experiences
Jan Schuermann, Switzerland
Stella Reiter-Theil
003
  Clinical ethics support in Norwegian psychiatric 
hospitals – what has been done and does it make a 
difference?
Reidar Pedersen, Norway
004
  Clinical ethics consultation in psychiatric  
hospitals in Germany – new empirical data
Jakov Gather, Germany
Sarah Kaufmann, Ina Otte, Georg Juckel, Jan 
Schildmann, Jochen Vollmann
S-005 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall A2
 
TOPIC 28:
 History, art and cultural sciences
Language, culture and person-centered health care
›
 WPA Section: Classification, Diagnostic Assessment  
& Nomenclature
›
 WPA Section: Psychoanalysis in Psychiatry
Chairs: 
Juan E. Mezzich, USA 
Ekaterina Sukhanova, USA
001
  Narrative, empathy and inter-subjectivity in 
person-centered clinical practice
Michel Botbol, France
003
  Person and health in Cervantes' Don Quijote 
and Horacio Quiroga's Cuentos
Pedro Ruggero, Argentina
004
  Comrade Hamlet: personality disorders in con-
temporary Russian fiction
Ekaterina Sukhanova, USA
S-006 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall A4
 
TOPIC 5:
 Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform 
disorders
The key role of inhibitory learning for the treatment 
of anxiety and depression
Chairs: 
Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Germany 
Andre Pittig, Germany
001
  Individual differences in extinction learning in 
patients with anxiety disorders and its association 
to exposure based treatment
Jan Richter, Germany
002
  The neural signatures of delayed fear extinction 
and recall in panic disorder
Ulrike Lüken, Germany
Nina Kleint, Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Andreas Ströhle
003
  The role of motivational factors for extinction 
learning in anxiety disorders
Andre Pittig, Germany
004
  The key role of inhibitory learning for the treat-
ment of anxiety and depression
Hans-Ulrich Wittchen, Germany

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S-007 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall Helsinki 1
 
TOPIC 31:
 Suicide and psychiatric emergencies
Comparison of procedures in acute psychiatry in 
different countries
›
 DGPPN Section: Emergency Psychiatry
Chairs: 
Peter Neu, Germany 
Roland Freudenmann, Germany
001
  Comparison of procedures in acute psychiatry 
in different countries – Germany
Peter Neu, Germany
002
  Comparison of procedures in acute psychiatry 
in different countries – United Kingdom
Robert Fisher, United Kingdom
003
  Procedures in acute psychiatry in Switzerland
Matthias Jäger, Switzerland
004
  Comparison of procedures in acute psychiatry 
in different countries – New Zealand
Alain Marcuse, New Zealand
S-008 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall Helsinki 2
 
TOPIC 35:
 Psychiatry and society
Psychiatry and national security: challenges in a 
time of terrorism
Chairs: 
Dinesh Bhugra, United Kingdom 
Paul Summergrad, USA
Discussant: 
Paul Summergrad, USA
001
  Confronting the Nazi era – lessons from the 
German experience
Frank Schneider, Germany
002
  The European experience
Wolfgang Gaebel, Germany
003
  The French experience
Gisèle Apter, France
004
  The United States experience
Paul Appelbaum, USA
S-009 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall Paris 1
 
TOPIC 3:
 Psychotic disorders
Computational methods in psychosis research
Chairs: 
Andreas Heinz, Germany 
John H. Krystal, USA
001
  Computational assays of perception in psychosis
Klaas Enno Stephan, Switzerland
002
  A computational approach to perception  
reveals hierarchical mechanisms of hallucination
Philip R. Corlett, USA
003
  Computational models of altered learning  
processes in psychosis
Florian Schlagenhauf, Germany
004
  The jumping to conclusions bias in early 
psychosis is due to a higher cost of information 
sampling: behavioural and computational modelling 
evidence
Graham Murray, United Kingdom
005
  Computational methods in psychosis research
Andreas Heinz, Germany
S-010 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall Paris 2
 
TOPIC 6:
 Eating disorders, sleep disorders and other 
disorders of this category
Psychiatry and sleep disorders medicine
›
 WPA Section: Psychiatry & Sleep Wakefulness Disorders
Chairs: 
Martin Hatzinger, Switzerland 
Constantin Soldatos, Greece
001
  Diagnosing sleep disorders
Christoph Nissen, Switzerland
002
  Sleep in (neuro)-psychiatric disorders
Ulrich Hemmeter, Switzerland
003
  Psychopathology in sleep disorders
Constantin Soldatos, Greece
S-011 Symposium
08:15 – 09:45
 | 
Hall Berlin 1
 
TOPIC 10:
 Gerontopsychiatry
Addiction in the elderly: opportunities and limits of 
guideline supported treatment
Chairs: 
Hubertus Friederich, Germany 
Gerhard Längle, Germany
001