The National University Hospital of Iceland hosts an annual interdisciplinary conference where research and projects from the Icelandic psychiatric services are presented.

Geðdagur’s agenda 2025

• 8:30-8:45 Opening

• 8:45-9 PM Sleep Medicine. Magnús Haraldsson, Psychiatrist

• 9-9:30 Prevalence of trauma and PTSD among Icelandic women. Edda Björk Þórðardóttir, clinical psychologist

• 9:30-10 Better Sleep. Erla Björnsdóttir, PhD in Life Sciences and Medicine

10 - 10:15 Coffee

• 10:15-10:30 Development of admissions for 13-25 year olds for addiction. Benedikt Burkni Þ. Hjarðar, medical student

• 10:30-10:45 Traumas, depression and substance abuse: How these factors are handled in Teigs day care at the National University Hospital. Hjördís B. Tryggvadóttir, specialist in clinical psychology

• 10:45-11 Study of used syringes in Reykjavík. Unnur Elísabet Stefánsdóttir, specialist in the laboratory of pharmaceutical and toxicology

• 11-11:15 Newly created benzodiazepines on the Icelandic drug market — a case of overdose of bromazolam. Adam Erik Bauer, project manager at the pharmaceutical and toxicology laboratory.

• 11:15-11:30 Presentation of the Geriatric Psychiatric Team. Gudrídur Ringsted, nurse

• 11:30-11:45 Screening of depression and suicidal ideation in the elderly at the Emergency Room at Landspítali National University Hospital in Fossvogur. Þórey Rósa Einarsdóttir, nurse

• 11:45-12 ADHD is overdiagnosed in Iceland. Oddur Ingimarsson, psychiatrist

12-12:40 Lunch

• 12:40-13 Briefing on lithium, indications, development and follow-up. Engilbert Sigurðsson, psychiatrist

• 13 - 15:15 The welfare of the staff of the psychiatric ward at LSH and the challenging behaviour of patients. Sólveig Fríða Kjærnested, specialist in clinical psychology

• 13:15-13:30 Support after violence in the workplace in the psychiatric ward. Guðfinna Betty Hilmarsdóttir, psychiatric nurse

• 13:30-13:45 Experience of counselors in the psychiatric ward of LSH on management responses to incidents of violence. Erna Valdís Jónsdóttir, case manager in the Social Psychiatric Team

• 13:45-14 The impact of job satisfaction in psychiatric wards on staff and the quality of service. Fanney Viktoría Kristjánsdóttir, psychiatric nurse

14-14:15 Coffee

• 14:15-14:30 The experience of people with psychosis of being admitted to a psychiatric ward. Systematic theoretical review and thematic innovation. Bryndís Berg, psychiatric nurse

• 14:30-14:45 DAM approach in the ward, a collaboration between 33C and the DAM team. Guðrún Edda Hauksdóttir and Sigrún Halldórsdóttir, nurses

• 14:45-15 Clinical behaviourists at the psychiatric ward at Landspítali University Hospital. Bára Denný Ívarsdóttir and Berglind Sveinbjörnsdóttir, clinical behaviourists

• 15-15:15 The results of IPS functional rehabilitation at the National University Hospital of Iceland. Magnús Haraldsson, psychiatrist

• 15:15-15:30 Kúnstpása - Creative industries, the experience of the work and the future. Hlynur Jónsson, project manager of IPS and Kúnstpása