Targeted Network Meeting
Adult separation anxiety disorder: boundaries, causes and potential treatments


 
coordinators: David S. Baldwin, United Kingdom
Stefano Pini, Italy
 
Wednesday 22 October 2014

08:00 - 15:00

Room M2
08:00 - 09:45 Experimental models of attachment and anxiety disorders
 chairs: David S. Baldwin, United Kingdom
 Stefano Pini, Italy
 
08:00 - 08:30The development and neurobiology of infant attachment and fear
 presenter: Regina Sullivan, United States
 
08:30 - 09:00Influence of oxytocin and vasopresin on attachment and anxiety
 discussant: Bice Chini, Italy
 
09:00 - 09:30The 7.5% CO2 challenge experimental medicine model
 discussant: David S. Baldwin, United Kingdom
 
09:30 - 09:45Discussion
 
09:45 - 10:15Break
 
10:15 - 12:00From childhood to adult separation anxiety disorder: epidemiological aspects and relationships with other mental disorders
 chair: Stefano Pallanti, Italy
 
10:15 - 10:45Separation anxiety disorder: findings from general population studies
 presenter: Katja Beesdo-Baum, Germany
 
10:45 - 11:15Frequency and correlates of adult separation anxiety in clinical settings
 discussant: Stefano Pini, Italy
 
11:15 - 11:45Distinguishing separation anxiety disorder from anxiety and personality disorders
 discussant: Borwin Bandelow, Germany
 
11:45 - 12:00Discussion
 
12:00 - 13:00Lunch
 
13:00 - 14:45From bench to practice: implications for treatment approaches
 chair: Peter Zwanzger, Germany
 
13:00 - 13:30Genetic 'dissection' of anxiety disorders
 presenter: Katharina Domschke, Germany
 
13:30 - 14:00Oxytocin effects on the human brain: findings, questions, and future directions
 discussant: Omri Weisman, United States
 
14:00 - 14:30New directions in pharmacological approaches to anxiety disorders
 discussant: David Nutt, United Kingdom
 
14:30 - 14:45Discussion
 
14:45 - 15:00General discussion and closing