Κολέγιο CITY College
Main Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece
23 March 2023
Successful event on ADHD by CITY College and the Municipality of Thessaloniki
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A full house event at Thessaloniki’s City Hall well-attended by parents, educators and general public interested in learning more about ADHD
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Particularly interesting presentations on ADHD and neurofeedback therapy by Dr Manousos Klados and Dr Lito Eleni Michalopoulou
- A live neurofeedback workshop led by Dr Klados and Mr. Stergiadis
A very successful event on Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was organised by CITY College, University of York Europe Campus and the Municipality of Thessaloniki, drawing a full house at Thessaloniki’s City Hall on 15 March 2023.
The event featured distinguished speakers from the academic field of Psychology – namely Dr Manousos Klados, Associate Professor in Psychology and Director of MSc/MA in Cognitive/Clinical Neuropsychology of the Department of Psychology of CITY College, Dr Lito Eleni Michalopoulou, Assistant Professor at the Department of Developmental and School Psychology of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Mr Christos Stergiadis, PhD student in Applied Neuroscience at the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology of the University of York - who have done significant research in ADHD and shared useful insights with the audience.
The event was split into three interdependent parts. In the beginning, Dr. Michalopoulou made an introduction to ADHD explaining the main symptomatology of the two most common types of the disorder (Inattentive and Hyperactive). She presented the diagnostic criteria of both types, according to DSM-5, and highlighted the heterogeneity in the presentation of ADHD across different individuals. Dr. Michalopoulou ended her talk by reporting the main causes, the comorbidities and the supporting needs of individuals with ADHD. The second part of the talk, presented by Dr. Klados, focused around the neurobiological correlates of ADHD, highlighting the importance of the frontal cortex, the limbic system and the RAS. Then, Dr. Klados introduced neurofeedback training and explained the benefits of this type of therapy against the conventional pharmacological approaches. The final part of the event constituted of a live neurofeedback session, delivered by Dr. Klados and Mr. Stergiadis. In this session the audience had the chance to observe and try how a real neurofeedback session is being conducted and how an individual is able to actively modulate his/hers brain activity, through an interactive procedure.
The event was well-attended by parents, caregivers, educators, professionals, and everyone who was interested in learning more about ADHD.
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