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MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMME

 

TRAINING OF HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND OF COMMUNITY AGENTS – TRAINING OF TRAINERS

 

 

PARTS: A, B, C

(February 2003 – June 2004)

 

Held by

 

Section of Mental Health Promotion, Psychiatric Department, Athens University (Directors of the Psychiatric Department: 2002-2003: Professor G. Christodoulou; 2003-2004: Professor A. Rabavilas)

 

Section of Primary Care Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, University of London (Head: Professor A. Tylee)

 

Greek Psychiatric Association 

 

In collaboration with:

 

Educational Trust for Health Improvement through Cognitive Strategies (E.T.H.I.C.S)

Section of Preventive Psychiatry, World Psychiatric Association (WPA)

Association of Preventive Psychiatry

 

Scientific Director:  Dr Μaria Vassiliadou

 

Trainees: 121

Mental health professionals (psychologists, social workers), health professionals (primary care physicians, secondary care physicians, nurses, dieticians), clergymen, educational advisors, school tutors, jurists (lawyers, prosecutors, judges), police officers, military officers, diplomats, journalists, social science professionals, political science professionals, staff of the Psychiatric Department of Athens University

 

Time and place of implementation: February 2003-June 2004

Thursdays, 17.00-20.30

Amphitheatre of Eginition Hospital, Athens

 

Total hours: 176 (88 two-hour sessions)

 

 

CURRICULUM

 

 PART  -A-

 

 

 1st educational session: February 20, 2003

 

  • Introduction

            G. Christodoulou

 

  • Mental Health Promotion: Aims and Methods

            M. Vassiliadou

 

  • Mental Health Promotion and Psychiatric Prevention. General Perspectives

            G. Christodoulou

 

2nd educational session: February 27, 2003

 

  • Mental Health and Mental Disorders

            A. Rabavilas

 

  • Mental Processes and their Distortions

            I. Papakostas

 

3rd educational session: March 6, 2003

 

  • History of Psychiatry

           V. Alevizos

 

  • Classification of Mental Disorders 

           C. Soldatos

 

4th educational session: March 13, 2003

 

  • Etiology of Mental Disorders and Pathogenic Factors 

           H. Agelopoulos

 

  • Etiology of Mental Disorders and Pathogenic Factors 

           D. Dikaios

 

5th educational session: March 20, 2003

 

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

           G. Christodoulou

 

6th educational session: Μarch 27, 2003

 

  • Emotional Disorders 

          G. Christodoulou, V. Alevizos, E. Lykouras

 

7th educational session: April 3, 2003

 

  • General Anxiety Disorders

            G. Christodoulou, A. Rabavilas, Ch. Papageorgiou

 

8th educational session: April 10, 2003

 

  • Personality Disorders 

            G. Christodoulou, G.Vaslamatzis, V. Kontaxakis

 

9th educational session: April 17, 2003

 

  • Structure and Function of the Neural System 

            D. Vassilopoulos

 

  • Organic Psychosyndromes; Psychosomatic Disorders 

             G. Christodoulou

 

10th educational session: Μay 8, 2003

 

  • Disorders due to alcohol and addictive substances 

            I. Liappas

 

  • Disorders due to alcohol and addictive substances 

           E. Lykouras

 

11th educational session:  Μay 15, 2003

 

  • Common disorders of infancy

           E. Lazaratou

 

  • Common disorders of adolescence

           A. Roussou

 

12th educational session: Μay 22, 2003

 

  • Sleep Disorders 

           C. Soldatos

 

  • Sexual Disorders 

           N. Vaidakis

 

13th educational session:  Μay 29, 2003

 

  • The treatment of Depression. Is there a common component between widely different successful treatments? 

            Sir David Goldberg

 

  • The Educational Program of Maudsley/WPA

            M. Vassiliadou

 

14th educational session: June 5, 2003

 

  • Will we ever defeat Depression? A general practitioner’s perspective

                A.Tylee

 

15th educational session: June 12, 2003

 

  • Prevention of Mental Disorders in Primary Care

          V. Mavreas

 

  • The Harmful Patient

          P. Sakkas

 

  • Summary

          G. Christodoulou

 

 

PART  -B-

 

16th educational session: September 18, 2003

 

  • Ethical and Deontological issues in Psychiatry; Introduction

          G. Christodoulou

  • Involuntary Admission

      V. Alevizos

  • Legal Capacity of psychiatric patients

          A. Douzenis

 

17th educational session:  September 25, 2003

 

  • The psychiatric therapeutic interventions. General Principles

          G. Christodoulou

 

  • Educational video: “Somatic Presentations of Emotional Distress”; Discussion

          M. Vassiliadou

 

18th educational session:  October 2, 2003

 

Α΄ Group and Β΄ Group

  • Psychopharmacology - Introduction

          C. Soldatos

 

Α΄ Group

  • Psychopharmacology  (Minor and Major Sedatives)

           V. Alevizos

 

Β΄ Group

  • Skills for the non-psychiatric management of mental disorders (Anxiety Disorders)

                A. Douzenis

 

19th educational session: October 9, 2003

 

Α΄ Group and Β΄ Group

  • Psychological Treatments in Psychiatry: Psychoanalytic theory

          G. Vaslamatzis

 

Α΄ Group

  • Psychopharmacology (Antidepressants, anti-manic medication, prophylactic  medication)

          V. Alevizos

 

Β΄ Group

  • Skills for the non-psychiatric management of mental disorders (Emotional Disorders)

          I. Gemos

 

20th educational session: October 16, 2003

 

  • Depressive Realism

          M. Vassiliadou

 

  • Educational video: “Depression in Primary Care”. Discussion

          M. Vassiliadou

 

21st educational session:  October 23, 2003

 

  • Psychological Treatments in Psychiatry: Cognitive theory

          I. Papakostas

 

  • The management of sexual disorders

          N. Vaidakis

 

22nd educational session:  October 30, 2003

 

  • Psychological Treatments in Psychiatry: Behavioural theory

               A.Rabavilas

 

  • “The management of psychotic disorders” Schizophrenia. Introduction

          G. Christodoulou

 

  • The management of Schizophrenia

          V. Alevizos

 

23rd educational session:  November 6, 2003

 

“The management of emotional disorders”

 

  •  Introduction

           G. Christodoulou

 

  • Biological and Psychotherapeutic approach

           E. Lykouras

 

  • Psychosocial approach

           V. Tomaras

 

24th educational session: November 13, 2003

 

Α΄ Group and Β΄ Group

  • Management of depression in the elderly

          I. Chatzimanolis

 

Α΄ Group

  • Psychiatric Emergencies 

          A. Politis

 

Β΄ Group

  • Skills for the non-psychiatric management of mental disorders (Psychotic Disorders)

          E. Lykouras

 

25th educational session:  November 20, 2003

 

  • Dementia: Neurological approach

          P. Sgouropoulos

 

  • Dementia: Psychiatric approach

  • Educational Video  “The Management of Dementia in Primary Care”

          A. Politis

 

26th educational session: November 27, 2003

 

“The management of Anxiety Disorders”

 

  • Psychotherapeutic approach

          G. Vaslamatzis

 

  • Behavioral approach

          N. Vaidakis

 

  • Pharmacotherapy

          Ch. Papageorgiou

 

27th educational session: December 4, 2003

 

  • Cognitive approach of anxiety disorders

           I. Papakostas

 

  • Placebo therapeutic interventions

           I. Papakostas

 

28th educational session: December 11, 2003

 

  • Planning and providing community mental health services

          G. Thornicroft

 

  • Summary

          G. Christodoulou

 

29th educational session: December 18, 2003

 

  • De-institutionalization and social rehabilitation: Introduction

          G. Christodoulou

 

  •  De-institutionalization and social rehabilitation

          V. Kontaxakis, D. Ploumpidis

 

 

PART -C-

 

30th educational session: February 19, 2004

 

  • Prevention in Psychiatry 

           G. Christodoulou

 

  • High-risk groups 

           V. Mavreas

 

31st educational session: February 26, 2004

 

  • Primary prevention in childhood. Risk factors

           G. Kolaitis

      

  • Drug abuse in juvenile. Risk factors, prognosis, prevention

            I. Liappas

 

32nd educational session: March 4, 2004

 

  • Learning disorders: Etiology-pathogenesis, treatment methods, prevention

           D. Anagnostopoulos

 

  • Family and psychiatric prevention 

           V. Tomaras

 

33rd educational session: Μarch 11, 2004

 

  • Problems of behaviour in children and adolescents  

           S. Kotsopoulos

 

  • Case report: Justice

                A.Douzenis

 

34th educational session: Μarch 18, 2004

 

  • Eating Disorders

           E. Varsou

 

  • Psychiatric prevention in schools.  Case report: Education

           D. Anagnostopoulos

 

35th educational session:  April 1, 2004

 

  • Reasoning and indication of pharmacotherapy in mental disorders

           V. Alevizos

 

  • The psychoses’ spectrum: Prevention strategies

  • Educational video: “Psychosis in Primary Care”; Discussion

           N. Stefanis

 

36th educational session: April 22, 2004

 

  • The dying patient

           C. Soldatos

 

  • Case report: General hospital

           G. Papadimitriou

 

37th educational session: April 29, 2004

 

  • Psychological problems of  females

            I. Bergiannaki

 

  • Case report: Army

            V. Mavreas

 

38th educational session: May 6, 2004

 

  • Suicide. Genetic, psychobiological and social risk factors

             I. Gemos

 

  • Case report (Confession)

             S. Kotsopoulos

 

39th educational session: Μay 13, 2004

 

  • Compliance, cooperation of the patients: Difficulties in contact

             G. Papadimitriou

 

  • Liaison Psychiatry

  • Case report: Police

             P. Sakkas

 

40th educational session: Μay 20, 2004

 

  • Professional environment: Risk factors for the development of mental disorder

             M. Madianos

 

  • Estimation of psychiatric morbidity in the general population

             M. Madianos

 

41st educational session: Μay 27, 2004

 

  • Meta-medical parameters in the management of disease

            I. Markantonis

 

42nd educational session: June 3, 2004

 

  • Mental health and mental disease

            A. Tylee

 

  • Methodology of education: Terms and limitations

            D. Vassilopoulos

 

43rd educational session: June 10, 2004

 

  • Professional exhaustion: Burn-out syndrome 

            M. Vassiliadou

 

44th educational session: June 17, 2004

 

  • Case report: Journalism

            G. Christodoulou, M. Vassiliadou

 

  • Summary, Perspectives of the Educational Program

            G. Christodoulou, A. Rabavilas, M. Vassiliadou

 

 

LIST OF SPEAKERS (Alphabetical)

 

 

  • Αgelopoulos E., Lecturer of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Alevizos V., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Anagnostopoulos D., Lecturer in Child Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Chatzimanolis I., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Christodoulou G., Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Dikaios D., Lecturer of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Douzenis Α., Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, Athens University 

  • Zachariadis N., PhD Psychiatrist, Director, Hellenic NHS

  • Kolaitis G., PhD Child Psychiatrist, Department of Child Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Kontaxakis V., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University  

  • Kotsopoulos S., Child Psychiatrist, Emeritus Professor of the University of Calgary, Ottawa

  • Lazaratou Ε., Lecturer of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Liappas I., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Lykouras Ε., Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Madianos M., Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University Director C.C.M.H Zografou

  • Markantonis I., Emeritus Professor, Philosophical School, University of Athens

  • Mavreas V., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Ioannina

  • Bergiannaki I., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Papageorgiou Ch., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Papadimitriou G., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Papakostas I., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Ploumbidis D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Politis Α., Lecturer in Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Rabavilas A., Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University 

  • Roussou A., Child Psychiatrist, Director Hellenic NHS

  • Sakkas P., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Sir David Goldberg, Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London

  • Sgouropoulos P., Associate Professor of Neurology, Athens University

  • Soldatos K., Professor, Psychiatric Clinic, Athens University 

  • Stefanis Ν., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Gemos I., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Thornicroft G., Professor, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London

  • Tomaras V., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Tylee A., Professor of Primary Care Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London

  • Vaidakis N., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Varsou Ε., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Vaslamatzis G., Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Athens University

  • Vassiliadou M., Director, Section of Mental Health Promotion, Department of Psychiatry, Athens University; Scientific Director, European Mental Health Promotion Educational Programmes

  • Vassilopoulos D., Professor of Neurology, Athens University