Emotions and seizures


5th Postgraduate Practical Epilepsy School, Slovenia, Hotel Bor, Preddvor

in the tradition of Ecole Pratique Jean Bancaud, Sept 23-26, 2010

EMOTIONS AND SEIZURES – PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Thursday, September 23rd, 2010

SATELLITE: Emotion described, measured, understood – and influenced by

psychotherapy, pharmacology, other interventions

09 : 00 – 09 : 30  Neurobiology of emotion, imaging mood and emotion  (M Bresjanac, Ljubljana)

09 : 30 – 09 : 50  Emotion as understood by psychology (J Mlaka, M Smrdu et al, Ljubljana)

09 : 50 –  10 : 05  Phenomenology of emotion (U Kordeš, Ljubljana)

10 : 05 – 10 : 20  Repertoire and classification – Development  of emotions  (to be defined)

10 : 20 –  10 : 35  Self – perception / image and emotion in people with epilepsy people with epilepsy

(L Vrba, Ljubljana )

10 : 35                                      Coffee

11 : 00 – 11 : 30  Assessing mood / emotions in clinical practice / paediatric (V Krkoč, Ljubljana)

11 : 30 – 12 : 00  Assessing mood / emotions in clinical practice / adult (J Bon,  Ljubljana)

12 : 00 – 12 : 30   Perception and interpretation of emotions in people with epilepsy (P Marusič et al, Praha)

12 : 00                                       Lunch

14 : 30 – 15 : 15  Emotion as understood and handled by psychotherapy.  Psychotherapies and social

interventions affecting emotion  in people with epilepsy (Z Milivojević, Novi Sad, Ljubljana)

15 : 15 –  16 : 00  Pharmacology of mood and emotion in people with epilepsy – paediatric / adult

(H Kumperščak, B Kores Plesničar, Maribor, Ljubljana)

16 : 00 – 16 : 30  AEDs – clinically relevant interactions with psychopharmacological  drugs (M L Kržan,

M Pišljar, J Grošelj et al, Ljubljana, Idrija)

16 : 30 – 17 : 00  General discussion

5th PRACTICAL EPILEPSY SCHOOL Emotions, Mood and Seizures

18 : 30  Introducing the 5th Epilepsy School (Lord Mayor, Ministry, Slovenian League,…)

18 : 45 – 19:45 Laugh and fear : from seizure to mood : P Kahane (Grenoble)

19 : 45 – 20:45 Physiology of prefronto-temporal systems related to emotion and memory (Z Pirtošek,

Ljubljana)

20 : 45                                               Get together

Friday, September 24th, 2010

08 : 30 – 09 : 30  Anatomy of the limbic system (O Delalande, Paris)

09 : 30 – 10 : 30  Video session: recognizing emotion from video (faculty, students)

10 : 30 – 12 : 00 Small group work on clinical cases ( P Marusič, P Kahane,  IM Ravnik ( Praha, Grenoble,

Ljubljana)

12 : 30                                               Lunch

14 : 00 – 16 : 00   Small group work

16 . 00                                       Coffee

16 : 30 – 18 : 30   Plenary Workshop : presentations and discussion

18 : 30 – 18 :  45  Socio-psychological perceptions of epileptic seizure (J Bečaj, Ljubljana)

18 : 45 – 19 :  45  From seizure to mood: developmental aspects specific to children (M Fohlen, IM Ravnik

V G Tretnjak, Paris, Ljubljana)

20 : 30                                               Social event and dinner

Saturday, September 25th, 2010

08 : 00 – 09 : 00  Clinical  epileptology: differential diagnosis of psychiatric disorders (M Feucht, Vienna)

09 : 00 – 09 : 45  Other emotions and epilepsy: from anatomy to neurophysiology and clinical phenomenon ( P Kahane,  Grenoble)

09 : 45 – 10 : 30 Emotions and epilepsy : from anatomy to neurophysiology and clinical phenomenon ( P Chauvel, Marseille)

10 : 30                                              Coffee

10 : 30 – 12 : 30  Small group work on clinical cases ( M Feucht, P Chauvel, Vienna, Marseille)

12 : 30                                             Lunch

14 : 00 – 16 : 00  Students’ seminar ( P Marusič, P Kahane, B Lorber, M Kržan, Praha, Grenoble, Ljubljana)

17 : 00 – 17 : 45   Mood, emotions, aggression, auto-aggression  in people with epilepsy (M Feucht, Vienna)

18 : 00 – 18 : 30  Effects of antiepileptic drugs on mood/ emotion in people with epilepsy

(D Gosar, V G Tretnjak, IM Ravnik B Lorber, Ljubljanar)

18 : 30 – 19 : 00  Mood and emotion related to epilepsy surgery ( O Delalande and Faculty)

19 : 30              Adjourn

20 : 30   Autobiographic Monodrama “I, the Victim” (author and actor Simona Scott Semenič, Slovenian

Playwrights National Award Winner 2009 and 2010, Ljubljana)

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

09 : 00 – 10 : 00   From Psychobiology to Psychology and Philosophy of  Emotion (Patrick Chauvel, Marseille)

10 : 00 – 12 : 00   Open forum on emotions and epilepsy (P Chauvel,faculty, guests)

12 : 00                  Closure

Final programme subject to modification