Orthomolecular Medicine Conference - London - Jan 31, 2004

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Orthomolecular Medicine Conference - London - Jan 31, 2004

 

Announcement

 

This conference heralds a new era in the understanding and correction of

mental health problems. Find out about the latest research and treatment

breakthroughs for

 

ADHD • Alzheimer's • anxiety • autism • bipolar disorder • dementia •

depression • dyslexia • eating disorders • schizophrenia

 

using nutritional intervention from a world class panel of scientists and

clinicians.

 

Saturday 31st January to Monday 2nd February, 2004

at Cecil Sharp House, London NW1

 

" This is the breakthrough we've been waiting for. "

André Tylee, Professor of Primary Care Mental Health, Institute of

Psychiatry

 

 

 

 

 

Organised by

 

The Mental Health Project

In affiliation with

The Institute for Optimum Nutrition

The International Society of Orthomolecular Medicine

 

 

 

 

Conference Details

 

" Mental health problems are fast becoming the number one health issue for

the 21st

century, with one in ten people suffering at any point in time, and one in

four

people suffering at some point in their life. "

 

World Health Organisation

 

Whether you are a doctor, psychiatrist, psychologist, counsellor, health

care

worker, nutritionist, dietitian or complementary health practitioner no-one

can

afford to ignore the epidemic increase in mental health problems.

 

One of the hottest fields of advancement is understanding the biochemical

aspects

of mental health problems, and their correction with an optimum nutrition

approach.

 

Whether or not you treat patients using nutritional intervention, no-one is

the

field of mental health can afford to ignore the tell-tale signs of

biochemical

imbalance that mean a particular individual in likely to respond positively

to

nutritional intervention.

 

If you are relatively new to this field we strongly recommend you attend the

primer

" Nutrition Foundations for Mental Health " by Patrick Holford, founder of the

Institute for Optimum Nutrition, on Saturday afternoon.

 

All delegates are encouraged to read " Optimum Nutrition for the Mind " by

Patrick

Holford before coming to this conference.

 

 

 

AGENDA

 

 

Day 1 - Saturday 31st January 2pm - 5.30pm

 

NUTRITION FOUNDATIONS FOR MENTAL HEALTH - A Primer

 

Diagnosing, Treating and Assessing Mental Illness: An Introduction to the

Orthomolecular Approach - Patrick Holford

 

This primer is strongly recommended for those without a nutritional

background or clinical experience in using the optimum nutrition approach

for those with mental health problems.

 

 

Day 2 - Sunday 1st February

 

8.30am SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

9.00 Patrick Holford – Welcome and Introduction

 

9.15 Dr Mary Megson – Autistic Spectrum

 

10.15 Dr Alex Richardson – Essential Fats, Learning Difficulties and ADHD

 

11.15 BREAK – SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

11.45 Lorraine Perretta – Brain Allergies and Intolerances

 

12.30 FORUM 1 – Case Histories, Questions and Discussion with Dr Mary

Megson, Dr Alex Richardson and Lorraine Perretta

 

1.00 LUNCH - SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

2.00 Deborah Colson - Nutrient and Toxic Minerals - from Aluminium to Zinc

 

2.45 Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield – Thyroid and Mental Illness

 

3.30 BREAK - SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

4.00 Dr Peter Willatts - DHA and Intellectual Development

 

4.30 Jane Nodder - Nutritional Approaches to Eating Disorders

 

5.00 FORUM 2 - Case Histories, Questions and Discussion with Deborah Colson,

Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield, Dr Peter Willatts and Jane Nodder

 

5.30 SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

 

Join us to celebrate ION's 20th Anniversary

 

Sunday 1st February 7pm onwards

 

• with a delicious meal prepared by The Gate, London's top vegetarian

restaurant

 

• and entertainment, dancing and fun......

 

Tickets £35 with proceeds towards The Institute for Optimum Nutrition

 

- Book your place NOW

 

 

Day 3 - Monday 2nd February

 

8.30am SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

9.00 Professor André Tylee - Influencing the Nutrition Agenda in Primary

Care Mental Health

 

9.30 Patrick Holford - Depression: The Nutrition Connection

 

10.00 Dr Teodoro Bottiglieri - Homocysteine and Mental Illness

 

11.00 BREAK - SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

11.30 Dr Tapan Audhya - Neuroanalysis - Measuring, Interpreting and

Correcting Neurotransmitter Imbalances

 

12.30 FORUM 3 - Case Histories, Questions and Discussion with Patrick

Holford, Dr Tapan Audhya, Dr Teodoro Bottiglieri and Professor André Tylee

 

1.00 LUNCH - SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

2.00 Patrick Holford - Alzheimer’s and Dementia: The Nutrition

Connection

 

2.30 Dr Andrew McCaddon – Dementia, Alzheimer’s and Homocysteine

 

3.00 FORUM 4 - Case Histories, Questions and Discussion with Dr Andrew

McCaddon and Patrick Holford

 

3.15 BREAK - SPONSORS’ HALL OPEN

 

3.45 Dr Abram Hoffer - The Orthomolecular Treatment of Schizophrenia

(by video/live satellite)

 

4.30 FORUM 5 - Live Questions and Discussion with Dr Abram Hoffer and

Patrick Holford

 

5.00 CONFERENCE ENDS

 

 

Speakers:

 

We invite you to learn about the optimum nutrition approach to mental health

problems from leaders in this field:

 

Tapan Audhya PhD Professor, New York University Medical Center, NY and, Research & Development, Vitamin Diagnostics, NJ. His research

interests include neuro-endocrinology, nutritional biochemistry and in

diseases

related to metabolic disorders. He has published over 170 articles in

refereed journals

and in book chapters.

 

Teodoro Bottiglieri PhD is an Associate Professor of Neuropharmacology

at

Baylor University Medical Center, Institute of Metabolic Disease in

Dallas,Texas. He

has been on the cutting edge of research into folate, B12, homocysteine and

methylation across a range of mental health problems.

 

Deborah Colson DipION is a nutritional therapist working at the

forefront of

mental health as a clinician at the Brain Bio Centre in London. She gives

regular

talks and contributes to a number of specialist publications.

 

Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield MB, BS, LRCP, MRCS specialised in thyroid and

adrenal disorders for over 20 years at his clinic in Surrey. Passionate

about

correct diagnosis and treatment of thyroid illness and its complications,

his book

The Great Thyroid Scandal and How to Survive It has received worldwide

acclaim.

 

Dr Abram Hoffer MD, PhD, former psychiatric research director for

Saskatchewan

Canada, and president of the Canadian Schizophrenia Foundation, has fifty

years

experience treating over 4,000 people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Since

1955 he

has published 19 books and 600 papers in medical journals.

 

Patrick Holford BSc, DipION, psychologist, nutritionist and founder of

the

Institute for Optimum Nutrition, has pioneered the optimum nutrition

approach to

mental health for 20 years. He is author of 20 books including Optimum

Nutrition for

the Mind.

 

Dr Andrew McCaddon MRGCP is a GP in North Wales who specialises in the

treatment of dementia and has carried out original research, at the

University of Wales College of Medicine, into the link between dementia,

homocysteine and methylation problems, and their correction using

nutritional intervention.

 

Dr Mary Megson MD, FAAP is a developmental pediatrician and a Fellow of

the

American Academy of Pediatrics. Her practice is devoted to diagnosing and

treating

developmentally delayed children. She has conducted original research into

G-alpha

protein defects as a high-risk factor for developing autism and how to

correct this

using nutritional intervention.

 

Jane Nodder DipION, nutritional therapist, student tutor and lecturer,

has a

special interest in nutritional interventions for eating disorders and

weight

management. She has worked on the development of the NICE clinical

guidelines for

eating disorders and regularly facilitates training seminars for health

professionals in this field.

 

Lorraine Perretta DipION is Senior Clinical Nutritionist at the Brain

Bio

Centre in London. She has specialised in the nutritional treatment of mental

health

problems for the past seven years and is author of the book, Brain Food.

Lorraine is

an international speaker and is a frequent contributor to consumer magazines

such as

Vogue and HQ.

 

Alex Richardson PhD is Senior Research Fellow at Mansfield College and

University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford, where she pioneers research

into

essential fats and mental health across a wide range of conditions.

 

Professor André Tylee MBBS, MD, FRCGP, MRCPsych, Professor of primary

care

mental health, from the Institute of Psychiatry, and Chairman of the Primary

Care

Mental Health Board of the National Institute for Mental Health in England

(NIMHE).

His role is to research and educate all doctors in the treatment of mental

health

patients.

 

Peter Willatts PhD is a Senior Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at

the

University of Dundee. He has published widely on the topic of cognitive

development

in infants and young children and has completed a series of studies

investigating

the role of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in infant cognitive

development.

 

 

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