Events
Upcoming
Please note that the delivery of the confirmation of participation in the curriculum can take up to 6 weeks.
NEW procedure for curriculum per May 2025!
25.09.2025
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 9
Approved pharmacological interventions Annette Brühl + Sebastian Olbrich (4 credits) Ketamin: Esketamin and racemat, Different applications: iv – intranasal – subcutaneous
Titel: Technical aspects of these procedures, Effects and side effects of the methods / Specific clinical basics for the individual procedures / Current status of clinical dissemination + use/indications of the methods, evidence + efficacy / Scientific evidence and research update on these methods / safety and how to manage emergency situations
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom only
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Annette Brühl and Prof. Dr. Sebastian Olbrich
07.11.2025
Executive Board Meeting - virtual, 14.00-18.00 h
27.11.2025
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 10
Introduction of new interventions: not evidence-based methods, experimental techniques using electrical and pharmacological approaches (Speakers to be announced)
Titel: Technical aspects of these procedures, Effects and side effects of the methods / Current status of clinical dissemination + use/indications of the methods, evidence + efficacy / Scientific evidence and research update on these method /tDCS – tACS, Botox, Light technique (onto the scull) / TPS, Ultrasound / Psychedelics: Psilocybin, MDMA, LSD / Lachgas / Distickstoffmonoxid
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom only
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Olbrich, Dr. Jean-Frédéric Mall and PD Dr. Felix Müller
Curriculum 2026/27
Das Curriculum 2026/27 ist in Planung. Die Termine für 2026 sind vorläufig, einzelne Änderungen noch möglich. Bitte konsultieren Sie VOR dem geplanten Modul die Website.
The 2026/27 Curriculum is currently in planning. The dates for 2026 are provisional and subject to change. Please consult the website BEFORE the planned module.
8.1.26
5.3.26
7.5.26
3.9.26
5.11.26
Past
04.09.2025
10.00h - Executive Board Meeting, UPK Basel
11.30h - General Assembly, UPK Basel
13.30h - Symposium, UPK Basel. Detailed program HERE
27.6.2025
Executive Board Meeting - virtual. 14.00-18.00h
05.06.2025 - NEW DATE!
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 8
Electric approved or mainly approved techniques: Neurosurgery + Deep brain stimulation (DBS) Lubomir Barabas + Neurochirg. Insel and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Annette Brühl
Titel: Technical aspects of these procedures, Effects and side effects of the methods / Specific clinical basics for the individual procedures / Current status of clinical dissemination + use/indications of the methods, evidence + efficacy / Scientific evidence and research update on these methods / safety and how to manage emergency situations
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom only
Speaker: Dr. Lubomir Barabas and Prof. Dr. Annette Brühl
25.04.2025
Executive Board Meeting - virtual
27.03.2025
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 7
Titel: Indications and efficacy of TMS including patient selection and evaluation, special indications / TMS and (pre-existing) medication and concomitant therapies /
Side effects and emergency situations / Contraindications and risk patients / Preparatory diagnostics + implementation of TMS with patient information + risk management / Aspects of long term/maintenance TMS therapy / Knowledge of the evidence and effectiveness of the TMS method / Cost-benefit analysis of TMS therapy / Scientific evidence and research update on TMS / FEAST, MST
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom only /Meeting ID 864 0679 3264 - Kenncode: 604480
Speaker: Dr. Fady Rachid
30.01.2025
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 6
Titel: General introduction, Safety issues and Stimulation protocols / Neurophysiological mechanism and neurobiological issues / Motor threshold and neuronavigation / Functional anatomy using TMS + neuroimaging (incl.neurocognitive effects in healthy cohort)
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom only / Meeting-ID: 682 8597 4468 / Kenncode: 388924
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Daniela Hubl and Prof. Dr. Yosuke Morishima
17.01.2025
Executive Board Meeting - Bern
28.11.2024
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 5
ECT and (pre-existing) medication and concomitant therapies / Determination of seizure threshold, side effects and emergency situations / Contraindications and risk patients / Aspects of long term - maintainment ECT / Knowledge of the evidence and effectiveness of the method / Cost-benefit analysis / Reimbursement, TARMED and CHOP / Scientific evidence and research update on ECT
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom meeting/Meeting-ID: 637 2970 8345/Kenncode: 896294
Speaker: Dr. Jean-Frédéric Mall
13.09.2024
General Assembly, Bern
as part of the SGPP Congress at 8 a. m.
Further information here: General Assembly 2024 | SGIP-SSPI
05.09.2024 (original date: 23.05.2024)
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 3
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) in the historical context / Legal and ethical aspects of neurostimulation - political controversies and public stigma of the method / Preparatory diagnostics and implementation of ECT, including patient information and risk / Anaesthesiological aspects and cooperation
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom Meeting / Meeting-ID: 670 2891 2359 / Kenncode: 376063
Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Müller / Dr. med. Nicolas Vasey
23.08.2024
Executive Board Meeting - Murtenstrasse 21, 3008 Bern
26.04.2024
Executive Board Meeting - virtual
28.03.2024
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 2
Neuroanatomy of the central nervous system / Basics of cerebral imaging using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), functional magnetic resonance / Imaging (fMRI), nuclear medicine and electromagnetic methods and near-infrared spectroscopy NIRS) / Electrophysiology and neurobiological mechanisms of ECT
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom only / Meeting-ID: 687 2772 6060 / Kenncode: 749302
Speaker: Pr. Bogdan Draganski MD FEAN MAE
25.01.2024
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 1
History of the interventional psychiatry and international comparison / Basics of Physiology and Pathophysiology and fundamentals of the Electroencephalogram (EEG) / EEG: how to read – use in psychiatry
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom only / Meeting-ID: 660 0475 5009 / Kenncode: 270122
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Olbrich
12.01.2024
Executive Board Meeting - Murtenstrasse 21, 3008 Bern
26.09.2024
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 4
Equipment knowledge, basics of the functionality of the stimulation equipment (TMS, tDCS and ECT) / Organization of a center for brain stimulation, quality and safety standards / Different forms of ECT / Indications and efficacy of ECT incl. patient selection and evaluation (focus: pregnant, in elderly) / Special indications for ECT
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom Meeting / Meeting-ID: 414 789 4013 / Kenncode: Luu03v
Speaker: Dr. Jean-Frédéric Mall
08.11.2024