The 2027 British Neuropsychiatry Association Annual Conference will be happening on 11–12 March 2027 at the 30 Euston Square conference venue in London.
Our conference will be packed with fascinating talks, compelling debate, a chance of present the best of your own neuropsychiatry research, and an opportunity to be part of the UK and international neuropsychiatry community with our evening social event and meetings across the two days.
Call for abstracts now open
Please see details and submit your abstracts to present your best research on our call for abstracts page.
Conference preview
What will clinical practice in psychiatry, psychology, and neurology look like when neural implants and brain-computer interfaces become mainstream? Paul Shotbolt from the Maudsley Neurotechnology centre will discuss what we know from extensive data and new trials of DBS implants. Ignacio Saez from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine will discuss the developing field of cognitive prosthetics – the use of brain computer interfaces to extend cognitive functions.
Musicians can develop musician-specific movement problems – known as task-specific dystonias – that occur only during highly practised playing actions, revealing a complex interaction between intention, movement, brain and performance. Performance scientist Anna Détári from the Royal College of Music will discuss their presentation and psychosocial aspects in musicians, and neurologist Anna Sadnicka from the National Hospital will discuss the neurology.
The JNNP lecture will be delivered by psychiatrist Katie Marwick, discussing severe mental health problems and their interaction with sex hormone levels, introducing us to the importance of an integrative approach to body and mind in reproductive psychiatry.
We will have a session on complex motor disorders in neuropsychiatry, Tom Pollack will discuss the latest on stiff-person syndrome – an emerging movement disorder with frequent neuropsychiatric complications, and Jonathan Rodgers will cover the latest on the long-neglected but now fast-moving field of catatonia.
Dissociation is one of the oldest concepts in psychiatry and neurology, but what is dissociation? We will have a session that will cover the latest research on mechanisms and also consider whether we’re talking about a unitary phenomenon – bringing together perspectives from cognitive neuroscience, clinical psychology, philosophy and medicine.
The BNPA Medal Lecture will be delivered by neurologist Jon Stone, discussing the transformation in our understanding of functional neurological disorder during the history of neuropsychiatry – one of the most remarkable in the history of medicine.
The Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to Ted Reynolds, neurologist, pioneering epileptologist, historian of medicine of Ancient Sumeria, and founding member of the BNPA.
We will also have a session on the latest advances in understanding secondary psychosis, covering new research on identifying secondary psychosis (Graham Blackman), genetic disorders (Akshay Nair), and epilepsy-related psychotic disorders (Simona Balestrini).
More talks will be announced, alongside the Lishman Prize talks, prizes, posters, discussion and opportunities to meet colleagues throughout. Our Thursday night social event is open to all conference attendees and is included in the price of registration,
Our 2027 meeting promises a stimulating and wide-ranging two days.