Addiction Psychiatry

Andrew J Ashworth is a General Medical Practitioner with experience of Combat. His interests include rapid neurological management of anxiety on which he has presented at a previous conference. He has graduated from Leeds University Medical School in 1980. He became a member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1985. He was a Royal Navy Medical Offi cer between 1980 and 19994 with experience including combat in the Falklands Confl ict and in submarines at sea. He is dual qualifi ed in Occupational Medicine. His special interest is in the treatment of Psychological Trauma and is qualified in Brainspotting as well as CBT. He works as an NHS General Practitioner in Scotland as well as providing occupational medical services and carrying out research on trauma and anxiety. Mr Dutton is a retired clinical Psychologist with expertise in managing complex trauma who has been involved with many high profile incidents. Both use these neurobiological techniques in their clinical practice.

Stress, Anxiety

She studied medicine at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received the title of psychiatrist's specialty in 2004. She attended for one year the ASM13 postgraduate psychotherapeutic program in Paris (2004-2005), attended seminars of the Paris Psychoanalytic Society (SPP) and the seminar “Psychanalyse et Psychotherapie” of the “Centre de psychanalyse et de psychotherapie Evelyne et Jean Kestemberg”, ASM 13. She worked as a psychiatrist at the unit of Eating Disorders of the Institut National Marcel Riviere in Paris (2005-2008). Since October 2008 she has been working as a psychiatrist at the ANASA Day Care Center for Eating Disorders in Athens, and since February 2015 she has been Head of the Scientific Team of ANASA Day Care Centre. She has obtained her Phd in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki with a dissertation theme: " The psychiatric comorbidity of anorexia nervosa: a comparative study in a population of French and Greek anorexic patients”. She has written the chapter "Troubles des conduites alimentaires" in the collective psychiatric textbook "Manuel de psychiatry clinique et psychopathologique de l'adulte" (Presses Universitaires de France, 2012), she has published articles in international and Greek journals and has participated with lectures in medical conferences.

Eating Disorders

Torie S. Sepah, MD is a physician psychiatrist, with Board Certification by the ABPN in Adult Psychiatry. She completed undergraduate at UCLA with a BA in Political Science and medical school at Tulane School of Medicine, where she was inducted into the Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society for exemplifying humanistic care. She completed internship in Family Medicine at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center and residency in Psychiatry at LA County-University of Southern California. Dr. Sepah was a Chief Resident during residency at which time she conducted research on physician burnout among two departments, from the resident to attending level. As an outgrowth of this, she spearheaded resident and fellow peer to peer to burnout prevention groups during the workweek at USC for psychiatry residents and some Ob/gyn programs. Following residency, Dr. Sepah has worked for five years in Correctional Psychiatry, from the County, Federal to State levels. Most recently, she was Chief Psychiatrist at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s California Institution for Women—one of two facilities within the 29 prison system to house two licensed inpatient psychiatric facilities. During her tenure, she facilitated the implementation of the State’s only Medication Assistant Treatment Program for female inmates, which made Naltrexone IM as well as other medications used for the treatment of substance use disorders available for the first time in the state’s history. This program represented a shift in paradigm, as treatment of substance use disorders in correctional settings has not been the mainstay of care provided, despite the overwhelming number of inmates with substance related charges and complications from illicit substance use while incarcerated. Access and the delivery of care is one of Dr. Sepahs areas of interest. In particular, how eliminating the many silos that exist between substance use treatment, mental health treatment and primary care would increase access to treatment and care, thereby reducing morbidity. Ideally, mental health treatment and medication assisted treatment would exist on a continuum with primary care, thereby both reducing the stigma associated with the former two areas of care, and pragmatically, increasing access by making treatment more visible, more available. She also continues to work on understanding the phenomenon of physician burnout through the administration of a physician only burnout group online with 1k+ members. The goal of this group is to provide physicians with a peer group support forum to share their views openly, and in doing so, for the group to build camaraderie, and create solutions to remedy burnout that are physician driven. Prior to attending medical school, Dr. Sepah worked as a journalist, she was the Assistant Editor of Ms. Magazine in New York City. She continues to write articles on the physician experience. Currently, she is Physician Specialist as well as Associate Clinical Professor at USC’s Department of Psychiatry.

Depression and anxiety

Javier Fiz Perez Ph.D., Psychotherapist and Professor of Psychology at the European University of Rome, where he cooperates also as Delegate for International Research Development. He is Co-Director of the Laboratory of Applied Business and Health (Organizational Psychology) being also Member of the Board of Coaching Teachers (RENACOP; graduated in Philosophy, Psychology and Social Bioethics, obtaining specialization in Executive Business Administration (EMBA) after his PhD. He is a Member of the Advisory Board of the Academic Senate of the Accademia Tiberina. Professor Fiz Perez is Coordinator of the Scientific Committee of The International School of Economics and Ethics (Italy) and collaborates with the International Academy for Economic and Social Development (AISES), for which he has been Vice President for Spain and Latin America. He is a Scientific Research Director for the European Institute of Positive Psychology in Madrid (IEPP) and also a Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Institute Jacques Maritain. He is a Member of several Committees of Scientific Journals and Director of the International Network for Social and Integrated Development (INSID). Professor Fiz Perez has more than 200 national and international publications. He is Chief Editor of “Sviluppo Integrale” (Persiani Editori, Bologna), “Human Sciences: From Training to Practice” (NeP Edizioni, Roma) and also collaborates with Aleteia-Org. as Director of the International Scientific Committee, actually being International Director for Development in Italy, Spain and Latin America for SoEI - UK (Society of Emotional Intelligence - UK).

Research Interest: Life Span, Integral Formation and Developmental Psychology; Vocational Rehabilitation,; Social Reintegration; Cross cultural intelligence; Cognitive and behavioral Psychotherapy; Quality of life; Positive Psychology, workplace and work life balance; Emotional intelligence; Education.; Soft skills.

Karen Nolan Kuehl, MD is an emergency physician and full-time clinical faculty at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, Virginia. She currently serves as the medical director of emergency psychiatry at Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and has set up multiple processes to improve the care of psychiatry patients within the emergency department, which sees almost 100,000 patients annually. Dr. Kuehl is also serving on the community-based Opioid Task Force and the Medical Screening Work Group for Mental Health Patients. She attended medical school at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center and trained in emergency medicine at the Stanford/Kaiser Emergency Medicine residency program in Stanford, California.

Disorders