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Targeted Network Meeting
Anxiety disorders across the life span
Anxiety Disorders are the most common mental disorders. These disorders are most frequent between 20 and 50 years of age, but pathological anxiety may play a role across the whole life span.
Expected outputs: a proposal to the Scientific Programme Committee for a symposium to be submitted for the 33th ECNP Congress; a summary statement for the ECNP website, and a comprehensive review to be submitted to European Neuropsychopharmacology.
The programme is divided into 3 blocks:
1.) Separation anxiety disorder – the 'new adult on the block'
Before DSM-5, separation anxiety disorder was described as a childhood disorder that seldom persists into adulthood, but empirical studies have demonstrated that adult separation anxiety disorder is more common than suggested. At present, new research on adult separation anxiety disorder is just emerging. In this session, clinical, neurobiological and epidemiological aspects of the disorder will be presented.
2.) Prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders: the who, when and what
According to international treatment guidelines and meta-analyses, treatment of anxiety disorders with psychotherapy and medication is well-established, effective, and well-tolerated. Yet, little is known on the effective prevention of anxiety disorders. This session is aimed at identifying strategies for early interventions in people at risk for anxiety disorders.
3.) Anxiety Disorders: determining mental and somatic health in the long run
Although anxiety disorders are most common in mid-age adults, they may persist into old age. In elderly patients, the comorbidity with depression and somatic disorders is a challenge.
| coordinators: | Borwin Bandelow, Germany |
| Katharina Domschke, Germany |
| | Wednesday 10 October 2018
| 08:00 - 15:00
| Room 118 | | 08:00 - 09:45 | Separation anxiety disorder – the 'new adult on the block' | | | chair: | Katharina Domschke, Germany |
| | | 08:00 - 08:45 | News and views on the biology, diagnosis and treatment of separation anxiety disorder
| | | speaker: | Stefano Pini, Italy |
| | | 08:45 - 09:30 | A developmental epidemiologist's view on separation anxiety | | | speaker: | Katja Beesdo-Baum, Germany |
| | | 09:30 - 09:45 | Discussion |
| | | 09:45 - 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| | | 10:15 - 12:00 | Prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders: the who, when and what | | | chair: | Katharina Domschke, Germany |
| | | 10:15 - 11:00 | Efficacy of psychopharmacological, psychological, and other treatments in the short and long-term | | | speaker: | Borwin Bandelow, Germany |
| | | 11:00 - 11:45 | Effectiveness of Psychological and/or Educational Interventions in the Prevention of Anxiety | | | speaker: | Juan A Bellon, Spain |
| | | 11:45 - 12:00 | Discussion |
| | | 12:00 - 13:00 | Lunch |
| | | 13:00 - 14:45 | Anxiety Disorders: determining mental and somatic health in the long run | | | chair: | Borwin Bandelow, Germany |
| | | 13:00 - 13:45 | Anxiety disorders as precursors of depression and determinants of mortality | | | speaker: | Sandra Meier, Denmark |
| | | 13:45 - 14:30 | Heart rate variability in anxiety disorders | | | speaker: | Simon J.C. Davies, Canada |
| | | 14:30 - 14:45 | Discussion |
| | | 14:45 - 15:00 | General discussion and closing |
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