16th National Congress of the South African Society of Psychiatrists (SASOP)

List of abstracts and authors:1. Antipsychotics in anxiety disordersChrister Allgulander2. Anxiety in somatic disordersChrister Allgulander3. Community rehabilitation of the schizophrenic patientOrlando Alonso Betancourt, Maricela Morales Herrera4. Dual diagnosis: A theory-driven multidisciplinary approach for integrative careDavid Blackbeard5. The emotional language of the gut - when 'psyche' meets 'soma'Helen Clark6. The Psychotherapy of bipolar disorderFranco Colin7. The Psychotherapy of bipolar disorderFranco Colin8. Developing and adopting mental health policies and plans in Africa: Lessons from South Africa, Uganda and ZambiaSara Cooper, Sharon Kleintjes, Cynthia Isaacs, Fred Kigozi, Sheila Ndyanabangi, Augustus Kapungwe, John Mayeya, Michelle Funk, Natalie Drew, Crick Lund9. The importance of relapse prevention in schizophreniaRobin Emsley10. Mental Health care act: Fact or fiction?Helmut Erlacher, M Nagdee11. Does a dedicated 72-hour observation facility in a district hospital reduce the need for involuntary admissions to a psychiatric hospital?Lennart Eriksson12. The incidence and risk factors for dementia in the Ibadan study of ageingOye Gureje, Lola Kola, Adesola Ogunniyi, Taiwo Abiona13. Is depression a disease of inflammation?Angelos Halaris14. Paediatric bipolar disorder: More heat than light?Sue Hawkridge15. EBM: Anova ConundrumElizabeth L (Hoepie) Howell16. Tracking the legal status of a cohort of inpatients on discharge from a 72-hour assessment unitBernard Janse van Rensburg17. Dual diagnosis units in psychiatric facilities: Opportunities and challengesYasmien Jeenah18. Alcohol-induced psychotic disorder: A comparative study on the clinical characteristics of patients with alcohol dependence and schizophreniaGerhard Jordaan, D G Nel, R Hewlett, R Emsley19. Anxiety disorders: the first evidence for a role in preventive psychiatryAndre F Joubert20. The end of risk assessment and the beginning of startSean Kaliski21. Psychiatric disorders abd psychosocial correlates of high HIV risk sexual behaviour in war-effected Eatern UgandaE Kinyada, H A Weiss, M Mungherera, P Onyango Mangen, E Ngabirano, R Kajungu, J Kagugube, W Muhwezi, J Muron, V Patel22. One year of Forensic Psychiatric assessment in the Northern Cape: A comparison with an established assessment service in the Eastern CapeN K Kirimi, C Visser23. Mental Health service user priorities for service delivery in South AfricaSharon Kleintjes, Crick Lund, Leslie Swartz, Alan Flisher and MHa