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ISPS UK and Lancashire Early Intervention Service one day conferenceHopeHealthRecoveryPsychosis, trauma and dissociationnew insights and new approachesTuesday 7 th December 20109:45 am to 4.45 pm(registration from 9:00am)WESTLEIGH CONFERENCE CENTRE, PRESTON, LANCASHIREA conference for professionals of all disciplines who work in psychosis or psychological therapy services,and for service users and carers. Participants will have opportunity to reflect on different models forunderstanding psychosis, to consider implications for their own practice, and approaches which areeffective, cost-effective and acceptable to clients.SpeakersRichard Bentall, Trevor Eyles, Angela Kennedy,Brian Martindale, Simone Reinders, Anders SchakowProgramme contentsContemporary thinking about trauma, dissociation and psychosisIs psychosis a dissociative disorder? Are psychosis services a dissociative response?Can we distinguish psychosis and dissociation?Service user and carer perspectives. Neurobiological aspects.Different conceptual approaches -cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic, voice dialogue, systemic, arts therapiesIf you are interested in making a poster presentation please contact admin@ispsuk.orgISPS UK MEMBERS: £55.00 before 7.10.10 | £80.00 after 7.10.10NON-MEMBERS: £80.00. before 7.10.10 | £105.00 after 7.10.10.SERVICE USERS AND CARERS: £30.00 (Please also enquire about free places)Fee includes light lunch and refreshmentsTo book, please complete the attached application form and forward toAli Haddock, admin@ispsuk.org Tel: 0845 166 4168Artwork thanks to Startmc, part of Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust

Psychosis, trauma and dissociation: new insights and new approachesTuesday 7 th December 2010Westleigh Conference Centre, Lea Road, Preston PR4 0RB.Conference overviewLay opinion sees schizophrenia as a split personality, or a personality flipping between parts.Professionals have traditionally protested that this Jekyll and Hyde situation is not the case.Dissociation is a word used to describe varieties of experience in which parts becomeseparated from the whole personality; a self divided. States currently classified as dissociative(conversion) disorders in the World Health Organization's Classification include states thatwere once called hysterical, such as paralyses and fugues, but do not include schizophrenia orother psychoses. Dissociation may also be an everyday experience. We may all have times ofpsychic overload or the 'head too full syndrome' in which we feel unable to concentrate on thenext social task expected of us, and become preoccupied by a cacophony of internal events. .There is now evidence that both "dissociation" and "psychosis" are associated with variousforms of trauma. Could it be that psychosis and schizophrenia are best understood asdissociative experiences? Does therapy which addresses splitting and dissociation offer betterhope of recovery? This conference aims to bring together a diverse group of people seeking tointegrate multiple perspectives on this issue and explore possible ways forward.Conceptual and therapeutic overlaps between dissociation and psychosisDr Angela KennedyAngela will present evidence for role of dissociation in psychosis, and discuss what theories canbe drawn on to disentangle the two concepts, and implications for therapists.Dissociative disorders and schizophrenia: Similarities and differencesDr A.A.T.Simone Reinders and Andrew MoskowitzAs the DSM‐V schizophrenia committee is recommending that auditory hallucinations – acommon symptom in dissociative disorders and schizophrenia – be de‐emphasized in thefuture diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia, the time is right for a consideration of our currentknowledge about the overlap between the dissociative disorders and schizophrenia. In thispresentation, recent empirical research using rating scales, psychological instruments andcognitive tasks, to compare persons with dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia, willbe reviewed. In addition, novel data from an ongoing study directed by Simone Reinders willbe presented for the first time. Research reveals areas of similarity between the disorders,particularly with regard to auditory hallucinations (probably a dissociative symptom) andchildhood trauma, but also important differences, notably in (other) dissociative symptomssuch as amnesia, and in interpersonal relatedness and cognitiveNew approaches to working with voices in state‐run services.Trevor Eyles and Anders SchakowRecovery‐oriented practice has become the norm in Aarhus Kommunes’ social‐psychiatricservices. In respect of hearing negative/distressing voices, the aim has been to provide a broadspectrum of ideas from which the users themselves can choose, according to their own specificand respective needs. We work very closely with the service user. Main areas of focus are selfhelpgroups, systematic individual work (i.e. Maastricht Interview), or simple informal one‐toonesessions to identify options and/or problems. Results have persuaded management toestablish, and develop this area of work.

Psychosis: How to succeed and fail at creating a new realityDr Brian MartindaleBrian will be proposing that it is possible that dissociation / splitting (of too painful personalreality) is the central mechanism in all psychosis. Like Heinz products, splitting comes in atleast 57 varieties. The skill lies in recognising what is being dissociated and in which part of themind/ brain it is taking place and what mental processes are involved in further disguisingpersonal ‘reality’.Specific types of adversity affect specific cognitive and emotional processes, leading tospecific symptoms: The case of trauma, dissociation and hallucinationsProfessor Richard BentallFor the past century researchers and clinicians have attempted to explain severe mental illnessby trying to find common biological or psychological abnormalities underlying a wide range ofsymptoms grouped together under a single diagnosis such as 'schizophrenia'. This approachhas failed and there is growing evidence that specific types of unusual experiences ('symptoms'in the language of psychiatry) are the consequence of specific psychological and emotionalmechanisms, which in turn are influenced by events early in life. This talk will illustrate thisapproach by contrasting the processes involved in paranoid beliefs and hallucinatory voices,focusing on recent studies which show specific associations between trauma, dissociation andvoices.

Psychosis, trauma and dissociation: new insights and new approachesTuesday 7 th December 2010Westleigh Conference Centre, Lea Road, Preston PR4 0RB.Conference workshopsThe workshops will offer participants chance to digest and discuss the morning’s presentationsand to consider the topics from a particular theoretical perspective. Discussion will befacilitated by an individual with expertise in the area.WorkshopArts therapiesCognitive behaviouralPsychodynamicSystemicIssues for psychiatristsWorking with voicesFacilitatorSheila GrandisonArt Psychotherapist and Borough Head of ArtsTherapies, East London NHS Foundation Trust.Warren LarkinLead Consultant Clinical Psychologist, EarlyIntervention Service, Lancashire Care NHS FoundationTrust.Brian MartindaleConsultant Psychiatrist, Chair of ISPS International andHon President of the European Federation ofPsychoanalytic Psychotherapy.Jeni Webster and Judith VarleySystemic therapist in private practice, and carer.Christopher FindlayConsultant psychiatrist, Five Boroughs Partnership.Trevor EylesDevelopment Consultant, Social Psychiatric Services,Aarhus, Denmark.

Psychosis, trauma and dissociation: new insights and new approachesTuesday 7 th December 2010Westleigh Conference Centre, Lea Road, Preston PR4 0RB.Application formEarly bird rate (payment received by 7 th October)Non‐members £80.00 ISPS UK member £55.00 Standard rateNon‐members £105.00 ISPS UK member £80.00 Service users and carers £30.00 (limited places only)A small number of free places are available for service users and carers – please contactadmin@ispsuk.org. As places are limited, please enquire early.To join ISPS UK and qualify for reduced rates, contact admin@ispsuk.orgTitle:______________ Name:_________________________________________________________Job Title: ______________________Organisation: ___________________________________Email address (please print clearly): ____________________________________________________Contact address: ______________________________________________________________Town: __________________________________________ Postcode__________________________Telephone (daytime): ________________________________________________________________Special dietary requirements: _________________________________________________________Access needs: _______________________________________________________________________Payment must be made at the time of booking by one of the following methods: cheque payable to ISPS UK bank transfer ‐ details on request credit card details:Card type: ………………………………..Start date: ………………………………..uName on card:……………………………Card number:………………………Expiry Date:………………………..3 digit security number:……………………..invoice: name/address for invoice if different from above……………………………………..……Please return to:Ali Haddock, Administrator, ISPS UK at admin@ispsuk.orgISPS UK, PO Box 7383, Bozeat, Wellingborough, Northants, NN8 9FB.Tel: 0845 166 4168