Unique Psychiatry and Neurology Congress - MIND & BRAIN - 65th INPC May 21st-24th, 2026. Park Plaza Histria, Pula, Croatia.

Program

PROGRAM 2026

Confirmed lectures: 

Plenary Session
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
Chairs: Kurt Niederkorn and Thomas Gattringer

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 


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

3rd Symposium on Neurodevelopmental Disorders

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

PROGRAM

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Program-at-glance
Program Booklet
Abstract Book 


Thursday, 21.5.2026


 Friday, 22.5.2026 .


 Saturday, 23.5.2026
 


Sunday, 24.5.2026  .  

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

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