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The first to speak was the Deputy Director for Mental Health , Martin Hollý, MBA. He introduced the seventy guests and colleagues who had found the time and the way to the conference to the topic of multidisciplinary care, which has been gradually introduced within the centre since its opening in June this year.
The second speaker was the leading Czech psychiatrist and psychotherapist Prof. Ján Praško Pavlov, M.D., CSc., who was also the guarantor of the conference. He presented the topic of psychotherapy options for more complicated cases and work with so-called borderline patients.
After a break, during which the participants could refresh themselves, the programme continued. MUDr. Boris Dvořáček, a psychiatrist who joined the CDR team of experts only in July this year, took the floor. The audience was introduced to fascinating new developments in the neurobiology of schizophrenia. His lecture also focused on the latest research findings in this scientific field and outlined the perspectives for future research.
"My main focus was on recent studies of imaging methods - structural and functional magnetic resonance imaging and its current applications, including a range of post-processing methods that subsequently lead to imaging findings in patients with schizophrenia. I also discussed current hypotheses directly related to the neurobiology of schizophrenia - for example, the dopamine and glutamate hypotheses, the developmental hypothesis, the disconnectivity hypothesis, impaired salience and prediction error," the doctor said.
The conference was concluded by neurologist and psychosomatic physician David Pánek, M.D., Ph.D., when he presented the possibilities of the framework use of virtual reality in psychiatry, from the experimental phase to its application in actual practice. This topic attracted, for example, Dana Hajna, PhD, psychologist at the Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy Clinic in Řevnice and Radotín.
"I wanted to thank you for the excellent organization of the event. The lectures were inspiring, I was especially interested in Dr. Pánek's lecture on the use of virtual reality - these are great treatment options. Overall, I am impressed with the modern equipment of the centre, which I believe will enable treatment and research of serious mental illnesses," said the experienced Central Bohemian psychologist about the conference.
