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British Paediatric Neurology Association (BPNA) and Paediatric Mental Health Association

Time slot
Tuesday 12 May 2026 - 13:45-16:00
Room
Hall 7B
Session type
Specialty group session

Programme

Brain (and Mind) On Fire: Paediatric Autoimmune Encephalitis. Professor Sukhvir Wright, Aston University Institute for Health and Neurodevelopment, and Honorary Consultant Paediatric Neurologist, Birmingham Children’s Hospital.

The function of functional symptoms - perplexing, paralysing or protective? Dr Joanna Begent, Consultant in Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University College London Hospital, Chair of Complex Gastro MDT and Perplexing Presentations Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Clinical Director, NHS Children and Young People’s Gender Service (London) 

Abstracts

  • Piloting a PAVES-style mental health screening programme in paediatric epilepsy clinics
  • From disruption to recovery: the impact of COVID-19 on adolescent sleep and evidence based interventions for change
  • Sudden Unexpected Deaths in Epilepsy in 16- and 17-year-olds in England over 5 years: What can we learn?
  • Mind the Gap: Reducing Variation and Standardising Discharge Practices after Acute Paediatric Seizures
  • Mental, behavioural, and educational outcomes in adolescence and young adulthood of early-onset epilepsies: a systematic review
     

Speakers

  • Dr Bo Fischer - Consultant, West Suffolk Foundation Trust 
  • Dr Jay Shetty - Consultant, Royal Hospital Edinburgh
  • Prof. Sukhvir Wright - Honorary Consultant, Birmingham Children's hospital 
  • Dr Joanna Begent - Consultant, UCL
Clinical: Mental health and neurodiversity Clinical: Sub-specialty