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Curriculum 2026/27
Termine / dates 2026
8th January 2026 - date is confirmed
5th March 2026 - date is confirmed
16th July 2026 - date is confirmed
3rd September 2026 - date is confirmed
5th November 2026 - date is confirmed
Die Termine für 2027 sind in Planung. Sie werden baldmöglichst publiziert.
The dates for 2027 are currently being planned. They will be published as soon as possible.
20.11.2026
SGIP-SSPI General Assembly
14.00h - virtual
20.11.2026
Executive Board Meeting - virtual, 15.00-16.00 h
13.11.2026
Lausanne Interventional Psychiatry Day – 1st edition
Friday, 13 November 2026 · 08:30–17:15
Auditorium Christian Müller, Psychiatric Hospital, Route de Cery 60, 1008 Prilly (Lausanne)
Organised by the Service of Old-Age Psychiatry, CHUV
Interventional psychiatry is undergoing remarkable growth, with approaches such as ECT, rTMS, ketamine-based therapies and DBS becoming increasingly central to modern psychiatric care. This first edition brings together specialists and practising clinicians to strengthen dialogue, clarify indications and better integrate these treatments into everyday practice.
Morning session (in French) – Clinical perspectives, 08:30–12:30
Current state of rTMS and ECT in psychiatry, followed by a panel discussion of complex clinical cases and treatment-resistant situations.
Speakers: Fady Rachid, Jean-Frédéric Mall, Kevin Swierkosz-Lenart.
Afternoon session (in English) – Translational and neuroscience perspectives, 14:00–17:15
Interventional psychiatry at the crossroads of clinical neuroscience, OCD circuits and DBS, and biomarkers in interventional psychiatry.
Speakers: Pierre Marquet, Luc Mallet, Éric Burguière, Sebastian Olbrich.
Flyer - DOWNLOAD
Credits: 4 credits (SSPI, SSPP, SPPA) per half day
Fees: CHF 50 half day / CHF 75 full day · Free for DP-CHUV members
Registration: by 10 November via the QR code on the flyer
5th November 2026
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 5
Technique, safety & organisation: Equipment knowledge and basics of the stimulation equipment (TMS, tDCS, ECT); organisation of a centre for brain stimulation, quality and safety standards; ECT and (pre-existing) medication and concomitant therapies; patient selection and evaluation, contraindications and risk patients; determination of seizure threshold, side effects and emergency situations.
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom Meeting - LINK will be sent shortly before the webinar. Payment must arrive 3 days before
Speaker: Dr. Jean-Frédéric Mall
>> Please check www.sgip-sspi.ch > Weiterbildung/Weiterbildungsprogramm for registration and payment details.
Past Events…
3rd September 2026
Interventional Psychiatry Curriculum 4
Indications, efficacy & evidence
J.-F. Mall: indications, efficacy and different forms of ECT; special indications; ECT in specific populations (focus: pregnancy, elderly).
A. Brühl: long-term / maintenance ECT; evidence and effectiveness of the method; cost-benefit analysis; reimbursement, TARMED and CHOP; scientific evidence and research update.
Time: 1400-1800
Place: Zoom Meeting - LINK will be sent shortly before the webinar. Payment must arrive 3 days before
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Annette Brühl / Dr. Jean-Frédéric Mall
>> Please check www.sgip-sspi.ch > Weiterbildung/Weiterbildungsprogramm for registration and payment details.
16.07.2026
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 - LINK will be sent shortly before the webinar. Payment must arrive 3 days before
Speakers: Dr. med. Lubomír Barabáš / Dr. Nicolas Vasey
>> Please check www.sgip-sspi.ch > Weiterbildung/Weiterbildungsprogramm for registration and payment details.
26.06.2026
Executive Board Meeting - 14.00-16.00 h, Bern
Uni Bern, Hörsaal in der Mu21, 4. Stock
08.05.2026
Executive Board Meeting - virtual, 14.00-16.00 h
5 March 2026
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 - LINK will be sent shortly before the webinar. Payment must arrive 3 days before
Speaker: Prof. Bogdan Draganski, MD MAE
>> Please check www.sgip-sspi.ch > Weiterbildung/Weiterbildungsprogramm for registration and payment details.
20.02.2026
Executive Board Meeting - virtual, 14.00-16.00 h
08.01.2026
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
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Olbrich
>> Please check www.sgip-sspi.ch > Weiterbildung/Weiterbildungsprogramm for registration and payment details.
NEW DATE: 11.12.2025 (27.11.2025)
Due to a time collision with the DGPPN Congress in Berlin the curriculum had to be rescheduled.
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 and PD Dr. Felix Müller
07.11.2025
Executive Board Meeting - virtual, 14.00-18.00 h
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
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