2026 PROGRAM
PROGRAM 2026
MIND&BRAIN - 65th International Neuropsychiatric Congress
PROGRAM
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Thursday, 21.5.2026
| 16:00-19:00 | Registration |
| 17:00-18:30 | PNEI simpozij: Psihijatrija u neurologiji / Psychiatry in Neurology (in Croatian) Moderatori / Chairpersons: Lana Mužinić Marinić (Zagreb, Croatia) & Branka Aukst Margetić (Zagreb, Croatia) |
| Branka Aukst Margetić (Zagreb, Croatia): Depresija i lumbosakralni sindrom / Depression and lumbosacral syndrome | |
| Igor Marinić (Zagreb, Croatia): Depresivni poremećaj u osoba koje boluju od epilepsije / Depressive disorder in people with epilepsy | |
| Stipe Drmić (Zagreb, Croatia): Psihofarmakološki izazovi u Parkinsonovoj bolesti / Psychopharmacological challenges in Parkinson's disease | |
| Tea Plišić/Lana Mužinić Marinić (Zagreb, Croatia): Uloga konzilijarnog psihijatra u dijagnostici i liječenju neuroloških bolesnika / The role of the consulting psychiatrist in the diagnosis and treatment of neurological patients |
| 17:00-18:30 | 8th HISPA (Hypertension, Infarction & Stroke Prevention Association) SYMPOSIUM - LIFESTYLE & SUPPLEMENTATION 4 HEALTH Chairpersons: Sandra Morovic (Zagreb, Croatia) & Anna Maria Malagoni (Ferrara, Italy) |
| Ivan MIškulin (Osijek, Croatia): The Burden of Neurological Disorders in Ageing Populations: Evidence from Europe and Croatia | |
| Anna Maria Malagoni (Ferrara, Italy) - Comparative Effects Of High Intensity Interval Training And Continuous Training On Carotid Intima-Media Thickness In Clinical Populations With ASCVD Risk Factors | |
| Ana Sruk (Zagreb, Croatia) - Supplementation In Epilepsy | |
| Sandra Morović (Zagreb, Croatia) -Traumatic Brain Injury & Neuronutrition | |
| Igor Mošič (Rijeka, Croatia): The Greatest Secret of the Human Mind: A Practical Framework Inspired by Tibetan Neuroscience |
| 09:00-10:30 | PNEI simpozij - Adolescentna psihijatrija / Adolescent psychiatry (in Croatian) Moderator / Chaiperson: Ivica Šain (Pula, Croatia) |
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| Aldo Špelić (Pula, Croatia): Psihoanalitička psihoterapija autizma danas u svijetlu suvremenih trendova u znanosti / Psychoanalytic psychotherapy of autism today in light of contemporary trends in science |
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| Ana Kaštelan (Rijeka, Croatia): Suicidalnost u adolescenata / Suicidality in adolescents | ||
| Ivica Begovac (Zagreb, Croatia): Izazovi psihoterapijskog liječenja adolescenata / Challenges of psychotherapy treatment of adolescents | ||
| Tomislav Peharda (Pula, Croatia): Mentalizacija, stres i sagorjevanje kod medicinskih sestara OB Pula -evaluacija grupnog programa / Mentalization, stress and burnout in Pula General Hospital nurses - evaluation of a group program | ||
| 09:00-10:30 | Neuropsychiatry - Neurology (selected topics) Chairpersons: Marjan Zaletel (Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
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| Vladimir Rendevski (Skopje, N. Macedonia): Surgical outcomes and clinical profile of sphenoid ridge meningiomas: the Skopje multi-centar neurosurgical departments experience | ||
| Ana Sruk (Zagreb, Croatia): The Neurologist's Role in Psychogenic Non_Epileptic Seizures: From Diagnosis to Therapeutic Engagement | ||
| Vesna Đermanović Dobrota (Zagreb, Croatia): Restless Legs Syndrome and Painful Diabetic Polyneuropathy | ||
| Iskra Šimpraga (Zagreb, Croatia): Anti-CD20 Therapy and Pregnancy Outcomes in a Patient with Highly Active Multiple Sclerosis | ||
| 10:30-12:00 | PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY PSYCHIATRY Chairpersons: Darko Marčinko (Zagreb, Croatia) & Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany) |
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| Simone Cheli (Rome, Italy): The Temptation to be (Un)alike: Personality Pathology and the Breakdown of Multilevel Selection | ||
| Darko Marčinko/Filip Mustač (Zagreb, Croatia): From Loneliness to Good Relationships | ||
| Duško Rudan/Vedran Bilić (Zagreb, Croatia): Personality Disorders and Interpersonal Relationships | ||
| Polona Rus Prelog (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Indirect Prediction of Suicidality Using Non-Suicide-Specific Indicators: Evidence Across Samples | ||
| 10:30-12:00 | PNEI simpozij-Neurologija / Neurology (in Croatian) Moderator / Chairperson: Dolores Janko Labinac (Pula, Croatia) |
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| Katharina Jažić (Zagreb, Croatia): Autonomna disfunkcija u Parkinsonovoj bolesti / Autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease | ||
| Filip Đerke (Zagreb, Croatia): Suvremeni klasifikacijski sustavi demencija: Od kliničkog sindroma do biomarkera / Modern dementia classification systems: From clinical syndrome to biomarkers |
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| Barbara Kercan (Rovinj, Croatia): Transitorna ishemijska ataka: kada se mozak oporavi, ali pacijent ne / Transient ischemic attack: when the brain recovers, but the patient does not |
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| Dolores Janko Labinac (Pula, Croatia): Neuroprotektivni učinak vitamina D kod multiple skleroze / Neuroprotective effect of vitamin D in multiple sclerosis | ||
| 12:00-13:00 | Opening & Academic Lecture Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia): Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology in Clinical Practice |
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| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-15:30 | 3rd Neurodevelopment Symposium - Autism: From Clinical Practice to Neuroscience and Innovation Chairpersons: Leonard Schilbach (Düsseldorf, Germany) & Raphael Bene (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
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| Nadia Chabane (Lausanne, Switzerland): Ten Years On: Bridging Clinics and Research to Advance Care in Autism | ||
| Chloé Peter (Lausanne, Switzerland): E-Coaching for Parents of Young Children with Autism: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Borja Rodríguez-Herreros (Lausanne, Switzerland): Using EEG to Challenge Autism Clinical Heterogeneity | ||
| Marija Đurović (Belgrade, Serbia): Advantages and disadvantages of inpatient and outpatient treatment of adolescents suffering from eating disorders | ||
| Leonard Schilbach (Düsseldorf, Germany): The Underactive Social Brain in Autism: Problem or Possibility? | ||
| 14:00-15:30 | PNEI Simpozij / Symposium: Klinička psiho-neuro-endokrino-imunologija: nova paradigma liječenja / Clinical Psycho-Neuro-Endocrine-Immunology: A New Paradigm of Treatment (in Croatian) Moderatori / Chairpersons: Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia) & Sanja Toljan (Zagreb, Croatia) |
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| Sanja Toljan (Zagreb, Croatia): Psiho-neuro-endokrino-imunologija: Dijagnostika i terapija - što je isto, a što drugačije? / Psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology: Diagnostics and therapy - what is the same and what is different? | ||
| Branimira Pašalić (Zagreb, Croatia): Cirkadijani ritam: ritam bez kojeg se ne može - ritam zdravlja i bolesti / Circadian rhythm: the rhythm you can't live without - the rhythm of health and disease | ||
| Snježana Cenić Stojaković (Zagreb, Croatia): Osovina “mozak-probavni trakt” - terapijski izazov za velike rezultate/ The “brain-gut” axis - a therapeutic challenge for great results | ||
| Ljiljana Josipović (Zabok, Croatia): Povećanje otpornosti na stres kao medicinski izazov i terapijski cilj / Increasing stress resistance as a medical challenge and therapeutic goal | ||
| 15:30-16:00 | Abbvie Satelitski simpozij | |
| 16:00-18:00 | 3rd Neurodevelopment Symposium - Pharmacology of Neurodevelopmental Disorder Chairpersons: Leonard Schilbach (Düsseldorf, Germany) & Raphael Bene (Lausanne, Switzerland) |
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| Raphaël Béné (Lausanne, Switzerland): The two questions before and after prescribing medication in Autism | ||
| Marc-Antoine Crocq (Mulhouse, France): New Horizons in the Pharmacology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders | ||
| Benoît Dutray (Lausanne, Switzerland): Pharmacological Approaches to ADHD in the Transition to Adulthood | ||
| Krešimir Radić (Zagreb, Croatia): Underdiagnosed ADHD: When Attention and Executive Difficulties Are Overlooked | ||
| Ivan Zečević (Zagreb, Croatia): Misdiagnosed ADHD: When Attention and Executive Difficulties Are Not ADHD | ||
| 16:00-18.00 | Stroke & Migraine Symposium Chairpersons: Bojana Žvan (Ljubljana, Slovenia) & Milija Mijajlović (Belgrade, Serbia) |
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| Bojana Žvan (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Telemedicine in migraine: bridging primary care and specialist expertise (MigrenaPhone) | ||
| Marjan Zaletel (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Integrative Management of Migraine: Combining CGRP Antagonists with Targeted Trigger Point Therapy. | ||
| Maja Relja (Zagreb, Croatia): Botulinum toxin type A in chronic migraine treatment 2026 | ||
| Milija Mijajlovic (Belgrade, Serbia): Stroke and epilepsy - bidirectional association | ||
| Željko Živanović (Novi Sad, Serbia); New treatment options in intracerebral hemorrhage | ||
| 18:00-18:30 | Astra Zeneca satelitski simpozij | |
| 18:30-20:00 | Posters's Session Chairpersons: Martin Brüne, Kurt Niederkorn, Ivica Šain, Željko Živanović |
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| 21:00-23:00 | Cocktail | |
Saturday, 23.5.2026
| 09:00-10:30 | PLENARY SESSION Chairpersons: Francesco Benedetti (Milan, Italy) & Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany) |
| Amos Korczyn (Tel Aviv, Israel): Alzheimer's disease: misuse of the term | |
| Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany): Experimental inflammation and social behaviour: how (and why) sickness impacts on empathy for another's pain | |
| Francesco Benedetti (Milan, Italy): Immune/inflammatory setpoints in postpartum depression: pathogenetic mechanisms and predictive biomarkers | |
| Milan Latas (Belgrade, Serbia): Cyberchondria: Psychiatric Perspectives on Digital Health Anxiety | |
| Marina Roje Bedeković (Zagreb, Croatia): Neurology and artificial intelligence | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Angel's Sattelite Symposium |
| 11:00-12:30 | Graz Stroke Symposium: Update on Stroke Prevention and Treatment Chairpersons: Kurt Niederkorn (Graz, Austria) and Thomas Gattringer (Graz, Austria) |
| Thomas Gattringer (Graz, Austria): Diagnosis and Management of Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis | |
| Hannes Deutschmann (Graz, Austria): Endovascular Stroke Treatment | |
| Alexander Pichler (Graz, Austria): Intracerebral Hemorrhage | |
| 11:00-12:30 | Psychopathology Summer School Chairpersons: Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany) |
| Margherita Bechi (Milan, Italy): Cognitive impairment in Anorexia nervosa: Can integrating cognitive remediation enhance treatment outcomes? | |
| Giulia Agostoni (Milan, Italy): Cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: where are we now and what comes next? | |
| Jacopo Sapienza (Milan, Italy): Cognitive remediation in alcohol use disorder: preliminary findings | |
| 12:30-13:00 | Novartis Satelitski simpozij |
| 13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Neuropsychiatry - Psychiatry (selected topics) Johannes Schröder (Heidelberg, Germany) & Maja Relja (Zagreb, Croatia) |
| Johannes Schröder (Heidelberg, Germany): The decreasing prevalence of MCI in the “young” old and its potential causes. Results from a population-based cohort study over two decades | |
| Zdravko Lacković (Zagreb, Croatia): Paradigm Shift in the Brain and Immune System Cross-Talk | |
| Zdenko Herceg (Lyon, France): Epigenetic Links Between the Social Environment and Health | |
| 14:00-15:30 | Neurodegenerative and Demyelinating Disorders Symposium Chairpersons:Gabriela Novotni (Skopje, N. Macedonia) & Uros Rot (Ljubljana, Slovenia) |
| Vladimir Knežević (Novi Sad, Serbia): Are functional neurological disorders (FND) neurological or psychiatric disorders? | |
| Gabriela Novotni (Skopje, N. Macedonia): "How Old is Your Brain?" - on Brain Ageing, Dementia and the Exposome | |
| Uros Rot (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Body fluid biomarkers and prognosis of multiple sclerosis | |
| Vladimira Vuletić (Rijeka, Croatia): Dystonia | |
| 15:30-17:00 | Best Posters' Awards Session Closing |
| 09:00-11:00 Hall A |
INPC KURATORIUM; MIZMO & CEESS MEETING |
Hall A= Bianca Istriana
Hall B = Belica
Hall C= Ulika
Program-at-glance
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