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Meeting Announcement
IPA's 10th International Congress

Co-sponsored by
French Society of Psychogeriatrics
Psychiatry and Medical Psychology Clinic
Memory Center University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis

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IPA's Tenth International Congress, "Bridging the Gap Between Brain and Mind," will address the important issue of building bridges between neuroscience and the practical psychosocial applications to caring for patients and their families. The interaction, sharing, and interchange among participants at the Tenth Congress will prepare us all to face the challenges of understanding and making the connection between rapidly advancing scientific research and its practical outcome, to benefit those whose lives we are committed to improve. 

Nice, the jewel of the French Riviera, epitomizes the best of French hospitality, and is an ideal setting to present the diversity and richness of psychogeriatrics. Join us there to celebrate this opportunity for professional and intellectual develop-ment while savoring the many delights of the South of France.

PRELIMINARY TOPICS

* Psychopathology and neuroscience: gap or bridge?

* Cognitive approach to consciousness

* Consciousness in persons with dementia

* Relationship between emotion and cognition (neuropsychological approach)

* Psychopharmacology of emotion

* Frontal dysfunction in elderly subjects with or without dementia

* Sleep disturbances in older persons

* BPSD (Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia

* BPSD, cognition, and activities of daily living

* Cognition and quality of life in the elderly

* Pharmacological treatment of BPSD

* Mild cognitive impairment

* Pharmacological treatment of cognitive disturbances

* Special care units: do they work?