The Age of Anxiety
Public Engagement Event
The Age of Anxiety is a free public event that is taking place at the Wellcome Collection in London during Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research.
The event includes consultation groups and workshops focusing on specific aspects of anxiety disorders, invited lectures, and open discussion forum.
This public engagement project aims to engage patients, members of the public and experts from different fields, including physicians, neuroscientists and psychologists, in discussion focusing on anxiety disorders. Dr Katerina Fotopoulou, Director of the London Neuropsychoanalysis Centre, will give a short talk on how anxiety affects the body.
Programme
4-4:30 pm Start/Activities
4:30-5 pm Welcome Dr Jasmina Jovanovic – UCL School of Pharmacy
Short Talks: Pathways to Recovery Melanie Davis &
The REST Project Jilly Moore – Mind in Camden Charity
5-5:30 pm Talk: Past, Current and Future Drug Treatments for Anxiety
Dr Gerry Dawson – P1vital
5:30-6 pm Coffee /Activities
6-6:50 pm Workshop: Parenting and Anxiety
Dr Jennifer Allen – UCL Institute of Education
Dr Delia Belleli – Dundee University
6-6:50 pm Workshop: Body Perception in Anxiety
Dr Aikaterini Fotopoulou – UCL Psychology
Dr Sarah Chapman – UCL School of Pharmacy
7-7:50 pm Workshop: Fear versus Resilience
Prof Naz Derakshan – Birkbeck Psychology
Dr Nick Grey – South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
7-7:50 pm Workshop Habits and Biology of Anxiety
Dr Colette Hirsch – King’s College Institute of Psychiatry
Dr Audrey Mercer – UCL School of Pharmacy
8-8:30 pm Talk: Anxiety Treatments
Prof Steve Pilling – UCL Psychology
8:30-9:30 pm Open Forum Discussion
Leader: Prof David Taylor – UCL School of Pharmacy
Sponsored by UCL School of Pharmacy and Society for Neuroscience London Chapter
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday, 18 March 2016 from 16:00 to 21:30 (GMT)
Wellcome Collection – 183 Euston Road London NW1 2BE GB