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

Program

PROGRAM 2026

MIND&BRAIN - 65th International Neuropsychiatric Congress

1. Hrvatski kongres o psihoneuroendokrinoimunologiji

PROGRAM

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



Thursday, 21.5.2026
 


16:00-20:00 Registration

 
 
17:00-18:30 PNEI: Simpozij" Psihijatrija u neurologiji"
Moderatori:  Lana Mužinić Marinić, Branka Aukst Margetić
  Branka Aukst Margetić: Depresija i lumbosakralni sindrom
  Igor Marinić: Depresivni poremećaj u osoba koje boluju od epilepsije
  Stipe Drmić: Psihofarmakološki izazovi  u Parkinsonovoj bolesti.
  Tea Plišić, Lana Mužinić Marinić: Uloga konzilijarnog psihijatra u dijagnostici i liječenju neuroloških bolesnika 
 
17:00-18:30 8th HISPA (Hypertension, Infarction & Stroke Prevention Association) SYMPOSIUM - LIFESTYLE & SUPPLEMENTATION 4 HEALTH
Chairpersons: Sandra Morovic & Anna Maria Malagoni
  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
  Marina Milošević (Zagreb, Croatia) - The Importance Of Omega 3 Fatty Acids In Neurology
  Sandra Morović (Zagreb, Croatia) -Traumatic Brain Injury & Neuronutrition
 

 Friday, 22.5.2026 .

 09:00-10:30 PNEI simpozij - Adolescentna psihijatrija
Moderator: Ivica Šain
  Aldo Špelić (Pula, Croatia): Psihoanalitička psihoterapija autizma danas u svijetlu suvremenih trendova u znanosti
  Ana Kaštelan (Rijeka, Croatia): Suicidalnost u adolescenata
  Ivica Begovac (Zagreb, Croatia): Izazovi psihoterapijskog liječenja adolescenata
  Tomislav Peharda: Mentalizacija, stres i sagorjevanje kod medicinskih sestara OB Pula -evaluacija grupnog programa

 
09:00-10:30 Neuropsychiatry -  Neurology (selected topics ) 
Chairpersons:  
  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 &  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
  Duško Rudan/Vedran Bilić (Zagreb, Croatia): Personality Disorders and Interpersonal Relationships
  Igor Mošič (Rijeka, Croatia): The Greatest Secret of the Human Mind: A Practical Framework Inspired by Tibetan Neuroscience

10:30-12:00 PNEI-Neurogija
Moderator: Dolores Janko Labinac
  Katharina Jažić (Zagreb, Croatia): Autonomna disfunkcija u Parkinsonovoj bolesti
  Filip Đerke (Zagreb, Croatia): Suvremeni klasifikacijski sustavi demencija: Od kliničkog sindroma do biomarkera
  Barbara Kercan (Rovinj, Croatia): Transitorna ishemijska ataka: kada se mozak oporavi, ali pacijent ne
  Dolores Janko Labinac (Pula, Croatia): Neuroprotektivni učinak vitamina D kod multiple  skleroze
 
12:00-12:30 Satelitski simpozij

12:30-13:30 Opening  
Academic Lecture

Vida Demarin (Zagreb): Psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology in Clinical Practice

13:30-14:30 Lunch
 
 
14:30-16:00 3rd Neurodevelopment Symposium (Part 1)
Part I :Autism: From Clinical Practice to Neuroscience and Innovation
Chairpersons: Leonard Schilbach & Raphael Bene
  Nadia Chabane: Ten Years On: Bridging Clinics and Research to Advance Care in Autism
  Chloé Peter: E-Coaching for Parents of Young Children with Autism: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial
  Borja Rodríguez-Herreros: 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: The Underactive Social Brain in Autism: Problem or Possibility?
 
14:30-16:00 Osnove PNEI - Klinička psiho-neuro-endokrino-imunologija: nova paradigma
liječenja

Moderatori: Vida Demarin & Sanja Toljan
  Sanja Toljan: Psiho-neuro-endokrino-imunologija: Dijagnostika i terapija - što je isto, a
što drugačije?
  Branimira Pašalić: Cirkadijani ritam: ritam bez kojeg se ne može - ritam zdravlja i bolesti
  Snježana Cenić Stojaković: Osovina “mozak-probavni trakt” - terapijski izazov za velike rezultate
  Ljiljana Josipović: Povećanje otpornosti na stres kao medicinski izazov i terapijski cilj

16:00-16:30 AbbVie Satelitski simpozij

16:30-18:00 3rd Neurodevelopment Symposium Part 2
Pharmacology of Neurodevelopmental Disorder
Chairpersons: Leonard Schilbach & Raphael Bene
  Raphaël Béné: The two questions before and after prescribing medication in Autism
  Marc-Antoine Crocq: New Horizons in the Pharmacology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  Benoît Dutray: 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

16:30-18.30 Stroke & Migraine Symposium
CHairpersons: Bojana Žvan & Milija Mijajlović
  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

 
18:30-19:00 Astra Zeneca Satelitski simpozij

19:00-20:30 Posters's Session
Chairpersons: Martin Brüne, Kurt Niederkorn, Ivica Šain, 

21:00-23:00 Cocktail

 Saturday, 23.5.2026
09:00-11:00 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

11:00-12:30 Graz Stroke Symposium: Update on Strbehaviorntion and Treatment
Chairpersons: 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 

11:00-12:30 Psychopathology Summer School
Chairperson: 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 

12:30-13:00 Satelitski simpozij

13:00-14:00 Lunch

14:00-15:30 Neuropsychiatry - Psychiatry (selected topics)
Johannes Schröder
  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
  Polona Rus Prelog (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Indirect Prediction of Suicidality Using Non-Suicide-Specific Indicators: Evidence Across Samples
  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 & Uros Rot
  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): Body fluid biomarkers and prognosis of multiple sclerosis
  Vladimira Vuletić (Rijeka, Croatia): Dystonia

15:30-16:00 Satelitski simpozij

16:00-17:00 Best Posters' Awards Session
Closing


Sunday, 24.5.2026  .  

09:00-11:00
Hall A
INPC KURATORIUM; MIZMO & CEESS MEETING 
   
 

Hall A= Bianca Istriana
Hall B = Belica
Hall C= Ulika

Program-at-glance
 

   



 

 

 

 

 

 
Igor Mošić (Rijeka, Croatia): The Greatest Secret of the Human Mind: A Practical Framework Inspired by Tibetan Neuroscience
Igor Mošić (Rijeka, Croatia): The Greatest Secret of the Human Mind: A Practical Framework Inspired by Tibetan Neuroscience

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