Program

THE XXVII SIGNE AND ANE GYLLENBERG SYMPOSIUM

Psychosomatic medicine revisited

September 19th-20th 2024

at the Hanasaari Cultural Centre, Espoo, Finland

8.15-9.00

Registration at Hanasaari

Theme 1

Welcome and introduction – Chair: Henrik Enckell

9.00-9.10

Welcome from the organizers

Per-Henrik Groop

Professor of Internal Medicine

Chairman of the Board

Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation

9.10-9.55

Keynote lecture: Mentalization, Resilience and Psychosomatic Symptoms, Professor Peter Fonagy

9.55-10.40

Keynote lecture: Relations between Mind, Brain and Body, Professor Richard Davidson

10.40-11.10

Coffee break

11.10-11.50

Keynote lecture: Current understanding and management of functional somatic symptoms, Professor Peter Henningsen

11.50-12.00

Q&A and discussion

12.00-13.30

Lunch

Theme 2

Mechanisms – Chair: Tom Pettersson

13.30-14.15

Keynote lecture: The media and the Medical Profession – an unholy alliance dedicated to producing somatic symptoms, Professor Simon Wessely

14.15-14.45

Stress, Fatigue, and Illness Behaviour, Professor Mats Lekander

14.45-15.15

Structural and functional autonomic disorders are not on the same PAG, Professor Thomas Chelimsky

15.15-15.45

Coffee break

15.45-16.15

Placebo and Nocebo, Professor Luana Colloca

16.15-16.45

Placebos and Placebo Effects: Making Sense of the Conceptual Confusion, Professor Pekka Louhiala

16.45-17.15

From Mechanisms to Clinical Practice, Adjunct Professor Helena Liira

17.30-19.00

Buffet dinner at Hanasaari

Friday 20th September 2024

Theme 3

Clinical syndromes – Chair: Markku Sainio

9.00-9.30

Functional Neurological Disorders - Past, Present and Future, Professor Jon Stone

9.30-10.00

Environmental Intolerance, Adjunct Professor Markku Sainio

10.00-10.30

Why does pain persist?, Professor Eija Kalso

10.30-11.00

How can challenges be turned into opportunities? The unique legacy of getting it right for people with functional symptoms, Professor Mark J Edwards

11.00-11.30

Coffee break

11.30-12.00

The neurobiology of stress mediated gastrointestinal dysfunction in disorders of gut brain interaction, Professor Qasim Aziz

12.00-12.15

The Non-pharmacological Management of Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction (DGBI), Professor Gisela Chelimsky

12.15-12.45

Long COVID and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Professor Markku Partinen

12.45-14.00

Lunch

Theme 4

Clinical care and management of functional disorders –Chair: Viveca Söderström-Anttila

14.00-14.30

Frida’s pain: a biopsychosocial perspective, Professor Judith Rosmalen

14.30-15.00

A novel, concentrated treatment approach for chronic health challenges. Can we expect our interventions to work?, Professor Gerd Kvale

15.00-15.50

Panel discussion with short introductions:

Implementations into Practice

-Somatic Symptoms and Syndromes in Healthcare Systems

-Somatic Symptoms and Syndromes and Health Insurance

-What’s next?

Chair: Professor Markku Partinen

Participants: Professor Helena Liira, Associate professor Lena Thorn, Professor Jon Stone, Professor Simon Wessely

15.50-16.00

Closing remarks – Professor Tom Pettersson

Signe and Ane Gyllenberg Foundation