A gig held at Bristol Beacon on Monday 30th April. The event starts at 19:00pm.
Tickets: http://bit.ly/2G38QH6
As a child psychiatrist, Ben takes a developmental perspective to adult mental disorder and addictions. High rates of treatment resistance for PTSD and the challenge of tackling unremitting addictions with high rates of relapse leaves me feeling clinically impotent as a doctor. My work with abused children, seeing them grow into damaged and addicted adults, has brought him to the door of MDMA Therapy as psychiatry's best opportunity for a therapeutic breakthrough.
Ben will illustrate his talk with two on-going MDMA studies that he is leading in the UK. One is a study based in Bristol, an open-label feasibility study using a course of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat alcohol use disorder. The other is a controlled randomised double-blind crossover study, based in Cardiff, using fMRI neuroimaging to explore the mechanism of how MDMA works to reduce the fear response and boost empathy in patients with PTSD.
Dr Ben Sessa (MBBS BSc MRCPsych) is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working in adult addiction services and with custodial detained young people in a secure adolescent setting. He trained at UCL medical school, graduating in 1997. He is interested in the developmental trajectory from child maltreatment to adult mental health disorders. Dr Sessa is currently a senior research fellow at Bristol, Cardiff and Imperial College London Universities, where he is conducting the UK's first clinical studies with MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of PTSD and alcohol dependence syndrome.
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Funzing Talks is a new concept which aims to re-invent your after work drinks. We've pulled together an impressive array of leading entrepreneurs, intellectuals, bright thinkers and incredible individuals to inspire your evenings.
Held in a hand picked range of venues across Bristol, a Funzing Talks event makes the perfect after work activity.
Delve into a totally new subject and challenge your perspectives over a beer with like-minded people. Funzing has always encouraged you to do something different with your free time, so we say do just that - you never know where it may lead you!
Please note: this talk may be filmed for use as a short highlights video on Funzing.com & social media channels
See venue for accessibility information.
Entry requirements:
As a child psychiatrist, Ben takes a developmental perspective to adult mental disorder and addictions. High rates of treatment resistance for PTSD and the challenge of tackling unremitting addictions with high rates of relapse leaves me feeling clinically impotent as a doctor. My work with abused children, seeing them grow into damaged and addicted adults, has brought him to the door of MDMA Therapy as psychiatry's best opportunity for a therapeutic breakthrough.
Ben will illustrate his talk with two on-going MDMA studies that he is leading in the UK. One is a study based in Bristol, an open-label feasibility study using a course of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy to treat alcohol use disorder. The other is a controlled randomised double-blind crossover study, based in Cardiff, using fMRI neuroimaging to explore the mechanism of how MDMA works to reduce the fear response and boost empathy in patients with PTSD.
Dr Ben Sessa (MBBS BSc MRCPsych) is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist working in adult addiction services and with custodial detained young people in a secure adolescent setting. He trained at UCL medical school, graduating in 1997. He is interested in the developmental trajectory from child maltreatment to adult mental health disorders. Dr Sessa is currently a senior research fellow at Bristol, Cardiff and Imperial College London Universities, where he is conducting the UK's first clinical studies with MDMA-assisted therapy for the treatment of PTSD and alcohol dependence syndrome.
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Funzing Talks is a new concept which aims to re-invent your after work drinks. We've pulled together an impressive array of leading entrepreneurs, intellectuals, bright thinkers and incredible individuals to inspire your evenings.
Held in a hand picked range of venues across Bristol, a Funzing Talks event makes the perfect after work activity.
Delve into a totally new subject and challenge your perspectives over a beer with like-minded people. Funzing has always encouraged you to do something different with your free time, so we say do just that - you never know where it may lead you!
Please note: this talk may be filmed for use as a short highlights video on Funzing.com & social media channels
See venue for accessibility information.
Entry requirements: