Program
PROGRAM 2026
Confirmed lectures:
Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia): 65th Anniversary of the International Neuropsychiatric Congress (MIND&BRAIN)
Amos Korczyn (Tel Aviv, Israel): Alzheimer 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
Stroke Symposium
Graz Stroke Symposium: Update on Stroke Prevention and Treatment
Thomas Gattringer (Graz, Austria): Diagnosis and Management of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis
Anita Arsovska (Skopje, N. Macedonia): The Brain Under Climate Stress: Extreme Temperatures and Stroke Occurrence
Željko Živanović (Novi Sad, Serbia); New treatmen options in intracerebral hemorrhage
Milija Mijajlovic (Belgrade, Serbia): Stroke and epilepsy - bidirectional association
Neurodegenerative Symposium
Gabriela Novotni (Skopje, N. Macedonia): "How Old is Your Brain?" - on Brain Ageing, Dementia and the Exposome
Vladimira Vuletić (Rijeka, Croatia): Dystonia
Multiple Sclerosis Symposium
Uros Rot (Ljubljana): Body fluid biomarkers and prognosis of multiple sclerosis
Headache Symposium
Marjan Zaletel (Ljubljana): “Integrative Management of Migraine: Combining CGRP Antagonists with Targeted Trigger Point Therapy.”
Neurodevelopement Symposium
Chairpersons: Leonard Schilbach & Raphael Bene
Part I :Autism: From Clinical Practice to Neuroscience and Innovation
Prof. Nadia Chabane, MD PhD: Ten Years On: Bridging Clinics and Research to Advance Care in Autism
Dr. sc. Chloé Peter, PhD: E-Coaching for Parents of Young Children with Autism: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
Dr. sc. Borja Rodríguez-Herreros: Using EEG to Challenge Autism Clinical Heterogeneity
Prof. Leonard Schilbach: The Underactive Social Brain in Autism: Problem or Possibility?
Part II : Pharmacology of Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Dr. Raphaël Béné: Two Questions to Ask Yourself Before and After Introducing Medication in Autistic Patients
Prof. Marc-Antoine Crocq: New Horizons in the Pharmacology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Dr. Benoît Dutray: Pharmacological Approaches to ADHD in the Transition to Adulthood
Psychiatry Symposium:
Milan Latas (Belgrade, Serbia): Cyberchondria: Psychiatric Perspectives on Digital Health Anxiety
Vladimir Knežević (Novi Sad, Serbia): Are functional neurological disorders (FND) neurological or psychiatric disorders?
Marija Đurović (Belgrade, Serbia): Advantages and disadvantages of inpatient and outpatient treatment of adolescents suffering from eating disorders
Prof. Radan Stojanović: TBA
Johannes Schröder: The decreasing prevalence of MCI in the “young” old and its potential causes. Results from a population-based cohort study over two decades
| Psychopathology Summer School Chairpersons: Martin Brüne |
| Margherita Bechi: Cognitive impairment in Anorexia nervosa: Can integrating cognitive remediation enhance treatment outcomes? |
| Giulia Agostoni: Cognitive remediation in schizophrenia: where are we now and what comes next? |
| Jacopo Sapienza: Cognitive remediation in alcohol use disorder: preliminary findings |
| TBA |
| PERSONALITY PATHOLOGY IN CONTEMPORARY PSYCHIATRY Chair: Darko Marčinko & Martin Brüne) |
| Simone Cheli: The Temptation to be (Un)alike: Personality Pathology and the Breakdown of Multilevel Selection |
| Darko Marčinko (Zagreb, Croatia): From Loneliness to Good Relationships |
| Zdenko Herceg (Lyon, France): Epigenetic Links Between the Social Environment and Health |
| Duško Rudan/Vedran Bilić (Zagreb, Croatia): Personality Disorders and Interpersonal Relationships |
1. Hrvatski kongres o psihoneuroendokrinoimunologiji
Vida Demarin: Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology in clinical practice (plenarno predavanje)
Osnove PNEI
Klinička psiho-neuro-endokrino-imunologija: nova paradigma
liječenja
1. Psiho-neuro-endokrino-imunologija: Dijagnostika i terapija - što je isto, a
što drugačije?
Sanja Toljan
2. Cirkadijani ritam: ritam bez kojeg se ne može - ritam zdravlja i bolesti
Branimira Pašalić,
3. Osovina “mozak-probavni trakt” - terapijski izazov za velike rezultate
Snježana Cenić Stojaković
4. Povećanje otpornosti na stres kao medicinski izazov i terapijski cilj
Ljiljana Josipović
PNEI Psiho
PNEI Neuro
PNEI Endokronoimuno
PNE Demencije
| Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Program-at-glance | |||
| Program Booklet | |||
| Abstract Book | |||
Thursday, 21.5.2026
Friday, 22.5.2026 .
Saturday, 23.5.2026
| 09:00-11:00 Hall A |
INPC KURATORIUM; MIZMO & CEESS MEETING |
| 11:00-12:00 Hall A |
CLOSING |
Hall A= Bianca Istriana
Hall B = Belica
Hall C= Ulika
Program-at-glance
We look forward to welcoming you to Pula in-person event! The Administrative Secretariat is pleased to assist you with further details.
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