International event · São Paulo, Brazil
One evening with world-renowned psychiatrists on the most effective yet underused interventions in clinical practice: lithium, clozapine, ECT, diagnosis, and much more.
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From 6 PM to 10 PM Eastern Time (7 PM to 11 PM Brasília time), during the week of Brazil's largest psychiatry congress.
An international scientific round table followed by a special book launch.
Why this symposium
In clinical practice, the most comfortable protocol is not always the most effective one. Treatments backed by decades of robust evidence remain underprescribed due to inherited fears, training myths, and practical barriers. In this evening, national and international experts show what the evidence really supports, how it changes diagnosis, and how to bring these interventions back into your practice.
Dr. Pedro do Prado Lima opens the evening and moderates the panel
Lithium, clozapine and ECT: why psychiatry's three highest-impact interventions remain at the margins of daily practice.
On the table · Dr. Elias Ajub
How to prescribe it and how to build a reference electroconvulsive therapy service.
On the table · Dr. Márcia Kauer-Sant'Anna
The reference antipsychotic for refractory cases, used far below what the evidence supports.
“When should clinicians consider clozapine?”
Márcia Kauer-Sant'Anna, on The Psychiatry Letter podcast
On the table · Dr. Nassir Ghaemi
The most effective intervention in mood disorders and one of the least prescribed.
“If you can't or won't use lithium, you should get out of the business of treating bipolar illness.”
Frederick Goodwin, former NIMH director and Dr. Nassir Ghaemi's mentor. And Dr. Ghaemi goes further: “if you can't or won't use lithium, then you can't treat psychiatric illness well in general, including outside bipolar illness”
Closing · Dr. Pedro and Dr. Nassir
Two clinicians, face to face, on what comes before the prescription: recognizing the right illness.
“Treat the disease, not just the symptoms.”
The Hippocratic principle Dr. Nassir Ghaemi has defended for decades
Because between the comfortable protocol and real remission lies a path few master. Five moments, four experts, and an open discussion about what the evidence supports and practice has yet to reach.
International guest
One of the most influential voices in world psychiatry, a speaker at congresses around the globe. Live in Brazil, for one night only.
Confirmed speakers
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Harvard · formerly Tufts Medical Center (USA)
Psychiatrist · PhD in Biochemistry (UFRGS)
Professor of Psychiatry · UFRGS
Psychiatrist · Neuromodulation (USP/NAPEN)
The evening
Reception and start of the scientific program.
Lithium, clozapine and ECT: the underused high-efficacy interventions, followed by a conversation about diagnosis in psychiatry.
A special book launch following the international round table.
End of the program.
Online access · pre-sale
Follow the complete scientific program live, with real-time English captions and access to the recordings after the event.
Most speakers will present in Portuguese. Simultaneous English subtitles will be available throughout the event.
Your purchase gives you access to the live stream of the complete scientific program, from 6 PM to 10 PM Eastern Time (7 PM to 11 PM Brasília time). Access instructions will be sent to registered attendees before the event.
Yes. Real-time English captions will be available throughout the event, since most speakers will present in Portuguese.
Yes. Your online purchase includes the event recordings, and you can keep access to them after the live symposium.
The live program runs from 6 PM to 10 PM Eastern Time (7 PM to 11 PM Brasília time) on October 29, 2026.
The symposium is designed for physicians, psychiatrists, residents, and mental-health professionals interested in evidence-based clinical psychopharmacology.
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