HAMLETT-OPHELIA symposium | UMCG

On Monday, May 11th, we will gather in Groningen for a symposium organised by the HAMLETT-OPHELIA consortium, celebrating nine years of research into first-episode psychosis. Afterwards, we will visit the Brainstorm exhibition at the University Museum and attend the PhD defense of our very own HAMLETT researcher, Franciska de Beer. To conclude the day, we will head back to the University Museum for a reception. 

The HAMLETT-OPHELIA study is the world’s largest study investigating the short- and long-term effects of early tapering of antipsychotic medication. What have we learned over nine years of the HAMLETT-OPHELIA study, and what are the implications for the treatment of first-episode psychosis?

Symposium speakers and subjects

• Lan Zhou

  Childhood trauma in First Episode Psychosis

• Prof. dr. Wim Veling
  Symptoms and side-effects in daily diary measurments

• Prof. dr. Iris Sommer
  Early antipsychotic dose reduction versus maintenance treatment

• Franciska de Beer
  Predictors of relapse and recovery after antipsychotic tapering

• Prof. dr. Sir Robin Murray
  An etiological approach to the treatment of psychosis