The conference on trauma, dissociation, and psychosis

09.00-09.30

Opening - the hospital director, Sørlandet Hospital

Cultural performance

09.30-10.00

Gry Stålsett, clinical psychologist, PhD, Modum Bad
- Many things we will encounter, and many things we will master

10.00-10.50

Ruth Lanius, M.D. PhD, Psychiatry Professor, Western University of Canada
– How do early relational disturbances and trauma affect us developmentally

10.50-11.10

Break

11.10-12.00

Katherine Berry, professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester
- How attachment theory can inform understanding of the development and maintenance of psychosis

12.00-12.20

Experience facilitator with dissociative disorder – how to understand the disorder and the person's "being in the world" in light of life history and relational experiences.

12.20 – 13.20

Lunch

13.20- 14.20

Parallel sessions

Session 1: Substance use, trauma, and psychosis

Henrik Myhre Ihler, chief physician, PhD, TIPS Sør-Øst
- Substance use and negative symptoms. Trauma in interaction with substance use and other vulnerability factors in psychotic disorders.

Kristine Fiksdal Abel, clinical psychologist, PhD, OUS: EMDR for concurrent substance use and trauma disorders

Session 2: Trauma, Trauma-Related Disorders, and Psychosis in Individuals with Autism or Intellectual Disabilities: Understanding and Treatment

Arvid Kihldal, clinical psychologist, PhD, NKUP, OU:
- How to understand and treat

Session 3: The significance of relationships for the change of dissociative disorders

14.20 – 14.40

Break

14.40-15.30

Anabel Gonzalez, MD, PhD, CHUAC – Dissociation, personality disorders, and psychosis in light of childhood trauma.

15.30-15.50

Lise Baklund, researcher, philosopher, and family therapist,
Lukas Eek Hansen, experience consultant, Vestre Viken:
- Not quite present - when something about the experience of oneself and the world does not match

15.50-16.10

Break

16.10-17.00

Ruth Lanius, M.D., Ph.D, Psychiatry Professor, Western University of Canada – Deep Brain Reorienting: A New Emerging Frontier in Treating Childhood Trauma.

19.00-....

Tapas and mingling - Skybar Caledonien

08.45 - 09.00

Welcome to day 2 – cultural performance

09.00-09.40

Interview with Lukas Eek Hansen and experience facilitator from the dissociation field:
- What has been important for recovery? Aspects of treatment and other factors

09.40- 10.30

Anabel Gonzalez, MD, PhD, CHUAC – Working with voices in dissociative and psychotic disorders. Differences and similarities.

10.30 -10.50

10.50- 11.40

Katherine Berry, professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Manchester - How can attachment theory inform therapies for people experiencing psychosis

11.40 -12.40

Lunch

12.40-13.40

Parallel sessions

Session 1: Treatment of severe dissociation at Modum Bad.

Session 2: KIT - Integrated trauma treatment in psychosis. Ongoing research project.

Project leaders KIT: Else Marie Løberg, department head, professor, clinical psychologist, PhD, Haukeland University Hospital and Nina Mørkved, clinical psychologist, research and innovation manager, PhD, Helgeland Hospital.

Session 3: Unified Protocol for transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders

Magnus J. Engen, clinical psychologist, PhD, Nydalen DPS: Experiences from group treatment at Nydalen DPS of individuals with bipolar disorder.

13.40 -14.00

Break

14.00 -14.40

Annabel Gonzales and Katherine Berry:

Panel discussion on treatment methods for dissociation and psychosis.

14.45-15.15

Peter McGovern, chief physician, Modum Bad: The time we live in - Significance for mental health and treatment services.

15.15 – 15.30

Closing and safe travels home