10.00. Outline of workshop aims and wishes of attendees (Peter Tyrer)

10.30. Reports from developments at four services where environmental needs and nidotherapy are part of integrated clinical care

11.00. Questions and discussion

11.15. Coffee break

11.35. Nidotherapy as an integral part of community psychiatric services; policy changes needed (Speakers to follow)

12.15. Questions and discussion

12.30. Lunch

13.30. Forensic psychiatry symposium - Part 1: Striving for evidence in the management of prisoners with personality disorder. (Dr Richard Howard, Professors Conor Duggan and Pamela Taylor)

15.15. Tea break

15.30. New Models of Mental Health Care and their Implementation (Professor Tim Kendall

16.45. Discussion followed by Free Communications

18.15. Buffet

19.00-21.00. The Nidotherapy Concert. Unforgettable musical themes with Victoria (soprano) and Matthew (piano)

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Day 2 26th September: Expansion of nidotherapy beyond normal boundaries

9.00. Welcome

9.30. Forensic psychiatry symposium - Part 2: Managing severe personality problems in those with dual pathology (a Valdo Calocane review) (Peter Tyrer, Richard Howard, Conor Duggan, Pamela Taylor, & Marjorie Wallace (well-known broadcaster and Chief Executive of SANE)

10.45. Coffee break

11.00. Preventive nidotherapy: report from the Nottinghamshire Environmental Village Project (Village Project Team) Discussion of the implications and cost-effectiveness of the Nottinghamshire Environmental Village Project, followed by questions and comment

12.15. Lunch

13.30. Nidotherapy on a Barge. An account by Carl and Rin of their work on a rehabilitation barge moored on the River Thames. This provides an ideal environment and workplace for many with severe mental illness who have had difficulty integrating with standard services.

14.00. Discussion and questions

14.15. Tea break

14.45. Personality Disorder: a Case Study of Failure to Care (Melanie and Reece Lukeman). A blow by blow exposure of the use of a diagnosis to exclude patients from treatment.

16.30. Discussion and implications for the development of services in the East Midlands

17.00. Refreshments and informal discussion

19.00. Dinner at the Staunton Arms (maximum 16)

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Day 3. 27th September

9.00. Welcome

9.30-10.15. Galenic syndromes: their importance and implications for the treatment of both mental state and personality disorders. Peter Tyrer and Jacob King

10.15 – 11.00. The inter-relationship between sleep disturbance and personality. Jacob King, Imperial College

11.00. Coffee break

11.15. The Elephant in the Clinic Room: Diagnostic Avoidance in Child Psychiatry. Eleni Frisira, University of Nottingham

11.45. Discussion

12.00. How to Use the Media to Educate the Public. Professor Patricia Casey, University College, Dublin

12.30. Questions and discussion

13.00. Lunch

13.45. Close of workshop

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Payments to be made to NIDUS-UK, Cooperative Bank, sort code 089299, acc no.65672745
Those who attend on at least two days will receive a free copy of Adaptive Solutions to Personality Disorders:
Treating Patients with Nidotherapy to be published in September