Unique Psychiatry and Neurology Congress - MIND & BRAIN - 64th INPC May 29th- June 1st, 2025. Park Plaza Histria, Pula, Croatia.

Program

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM 2025

 

PROGRAM

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Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Program-at-glance
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Thursday, 29.5.2025

14:00-15:00 Registration
15:00-16:30 PULA MS DAY - Panel discussion on MS management in Croatia
Panelists: Dolores Janko Labinac (Pula, Croatia), Sanja Tomasović (Zagreb, Croatia), Lidija Dežmalj Grbelja (Zagreb, Croatia), Silva Soldo Butković (Osijek, Croatia)
15:00-16:30 DYSPHAGIA SYMPOSIUM: Multidisciplinary Approach to the Problem of Dysphagia
Chairpersons: Filip Đerke (Zagreb, Croatia) & Frane Grubišić (Zagreb, Croatia) 
  Filip Đerke (Zagreb, Croatia): What is Dysphagia? The Role of a Neurologist in Diagnosis and Treatment 
  Petar Gulin (Zagreb, Croatia: The Role of Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) in Dysphagia Diagnosis 
  Agata Ladić (Zagreb, Croatia): The Role of Manometry in Diagnosing Esophageal Phase Disorders of Swallowing 
  Jelena Popić (Zagreb, Croatia): Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS): Key Findings and Clinical Application 
  Paola Danjek (Zagreb, Croatia): Speech Therapy Maneuvers for Patients with Dysphagia 
  Frane Grubišić (Zagreb, Croatia): Physical Therapy Methods in Dysphagia Treatment 
16:30-17:00 ANGELS Satellite Symposium
16:30-17:00 Satellite Symposium
17:00-18:30 Multiple Sclerosis Symposium
Chairpersons: Uroš Rot (Ljubljana, Slovenia) & Osman Sinanović (Tuzla, BiH)
  Uroš Rot  (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Advantages and pitfalls of cerebrospinal fluid free kappa light chain determination in the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis and other neuroinflammatory diseases
  Aleksandra Ilić / Željko Živanović (Novi Sad, Serbia): Multiple sclerosis and cerebrovascular diseases
  Osman  Sinanović (Tuzla, BiH): Non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis: similarities and differences.
17:00-18:30 Dementia Symposium - Keep Fit for Cognitive Benefit
Chairpersons: Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia) & Filip Đerke (Zagreb, Croatia)
  Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia): Be ambitious about dementia prevention
  Filip Derke (Zagreb, Croatia): Challenges in detecting and managing mild cognitive impairment
  Jasna, Badžak (Zagreb, Croatia): Digital Dementia in the Internet Generation
18:30-19:00 ACADEMIC LECTURE
Ivana Rosenzweig (London, UK): The role of sleep in memory: known, unknown, unknown, not yet known to be unknown
 
 Friday, 30.5.2025 .
 
09:00-10:00 OPENING CEREMONY
10:00-11:30 PLENARY SESSION
Chairpersons: Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia) & Martin Brüne
  Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia): Arts in maintaining brain health
  Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany):  Adaptive introgression and neuropsychiatric diseases
  Karl Bechter (Gunzburg, Germany):  Updating the Peripheral CSF outflow hypothesis - now in part proven”
  Marina Roje Bedeković (Zagreb, Croatia): How did we get this far? - obesity challenges
11:30-13:00 GRAZ Stroke Symposium: Management of subarachnoid hemorrhage.
Chairpersons: Kurt Niederkorn (Graz, Austria) & Thomas Gattringer (Graz, Austria)
  Alexander Pichler (Graz, Austria): General treatment and complications of SAH
  Neurosurgeon TBD (Graz, Austria): Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - Neurosurgery
  Stefan Leber (Graz, Austria): Management of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage - Interventional Neuroradiology
  Thomas Gattringer (Graz, Austria): Convexal subarachnoid hemorrhage  
   
11:30-13:00 Neuropsychiatry Symposium: Overlapping mechanisms in neurodegeneration and mental health disorders 
Chairpersons: Jason Cannon (West Lafayette, USA)  & Ivana Munitic (Rijeka, Croatia)
  Jason Cannon (West Lafayette, USA): Intersecting monoaminergic
mechanisms of PFAS induced motor and reward alterations
  Dubravka Svob Strac (Zagreb, Croatia): Cognitive deficits in neuropsychiatric disorders: focus on monoamines and BDNF
  Daniel Foti (West Lafayette, USA): Environmental and neurophysiological
underpinnings of human mental health disorders
  Ivana Munitic (Rijeka, Croatia): Of Mice and Men: OPTN variants in
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia 
11:30-13:00 Autism / ADHD Symposium
Chairpersons: Raphael Bene (Lausanne, Switzerland)
 
Raphael Béné (Lausanne, Switzerland): Executive functions in neurodevelopmental disorders
  Leonhard Schilbach (Düsseldorf, Germany): Autism seen through the lens of social neuroscience
  Marija Bolfan (Zagreb, Croatia): Sensory challenges in Autism
  Kosjenka Petek (Autistic association ASK),  Svea Kucinic & Tomislav  Cvrtnjak: Inside look: The autistic perspective on the importance of autism diagnosis in adulthood 
   
13:00-14:00 Lunch
   
14:00-15:30 Psychiatry Symposium: Personality development and pathology in an evolutionary perspective
Chairpersons: Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany) &   
  Simone Cheli (Florence, Italy):  How evolution can inform the conceptualization and treatment of personality disorders
  Darko Marcinko (Zagreb, Croatia): Evolutionary aspects of narcissism
  Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany): Life History Strategies and Personality
 14:00-15:30 CEESS  Symposium
Chairpersons: Anita Arsovska (Skopje, N. Macedonia) & Hrvoje Budinčević (Zagreb, Croatia)
  Marija Đurović (Belgrade, Serbia): Psychiatric and psychotherapeutic approach to the patient fighting obesity
  Bartłomiej Piechowski-Jóźwiak (Canberra, Australia): Sarcopenia and ageing
  Anita Arsovska (Skopje, N. Macedonia): Specific stroke risk factors in females
  Ivan Miškulin (Osijek, Croatia): The Burden of Stroke in Croatia - Facts and Figures
15:30-16:00 Satellite Symposium
15:30-16:00 Satellite Symposium
16:00-17:30 Neurodegenerative & Neurodevelopement Symposium
Chairpersons: Miroslav Cuturic (Columbia, USA) & Gabriela Novotni (Skopje, N. Macedonia)
  Ivana Čolović Čalovski (Belgrade, Serbia): The gut microbiome and mental-behavioral disorders
  Vladimira Vuletić (Rijeka, Croatia): Integration of Technology in Movement Disorder
  Gabriela Novotni (Skopje, N. Macedonia): Decoding neurodegenerative diseases- from a clinician's perspective to precision medicine
   
   
16:00-17:30 Psychiatry Symposium: Psychiatry in neurology
Chairpersons: Lana Mužinić Marinić
  Igor Marinić: Mental disorders in multiple sclerosis
  Stipe Drmić : Psyciatric disorders in people with epilepsy
  Branka Aukst Margetić : Depression and headache
  Branimir Margetić: Depression and Alzheimer's disease
16.00-18.00 Selected Oral Presentations (up to 10 - 10 min)
  1. Tarik Hasibović (Sarajevo, BiH): RECOVERY THROUGH OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY INTERVENTIONS: A CASE REPORT
  2. Jelena Vojnic Barisic (Cork, Ireland): Risk Management Project: Monitoring the Physical Health of Older Adults Prescribed Antipsychotics and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors
  3. Antonija Vukšić: Cognitive Complaints After Stroke and TIA
  4. Iva Vukovojac (Zagreb, Croatia): Maternal Nutrition in Mothers of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or ADHD: Identifying Risk and Protective Factors
  5. Gordana Kiteva-Trenchevska (Skopje, N. Macedonia): PREVENTION, PREDICTION, AND MANAGEMENT OF LATE ONSET EPILEPSY
  6. Andrey Badalov (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan): Current aspects of the neurophysiology of narcissism
  7. Arianit Zajmi (Prishtina, Kosovo): Beyond SSRIs: Neurological Strategies in the Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
  8. Jacobo Sapienza (Milan, Italy): The Kynurenine Pathway and clozapine treatment in schizophrenia: effects on symptoms
17:30-18:00 Satellite Symposium
17:30-18:00 Satellite Symposium
18.00-19:30 Poster Session
Chairpersons: Martin Brüne, Kurt Niederkorn, Ivica Šain, Hrvoje Budinčević

 Saturday, 31.5.2025
 
09:00-10:30 PLENARY SESSION
Chairpersons: Francesco Benedetti (Milan, Italy) & Milan Latas (Belgrade, Serbia)
  Milan Latas (Belgrade): Is there a connection between psychiatry and neurology in the current system of medicine?     
  Francesco Benedetti: The kynurenine pathway at the crossroad between inflammation, neurovascular integrity, hemodynamic responses, and functional outcomes in mood disorders
  Ervina Bilić (Zagreb, Croatia): Novel treatment options for myasthenia gravis: our first results and future perspectives
  Radwa Khalil (Bremen, Germany): Achieving Harmony Among Multiple Goals Through Creative Thinking
  Johannes Schröder (Heidelberg, Germany): Neurological soft signs in transition phases of healthy aging: A decade long follow-up study of two age cohorts
10:30-11:00 PLIVA Satellite Symposium
10:30-11:00 PFIZER Satellite Symposium
11:00-12:30 Headache Symposium
Chairpersons: Bojana Zvan (Ljubljana, Slovenia) & Marijana Bosnar Puretić (Zagreb, Croatia)
  Marijana Bosnar Puretić (Zagreb, Croatia): Correlation between pain intensity and psychiatric symptoms in headache disorders 
  Bojana Zvan (Ljubljana, Slovenia): CGRP antagonism in migraine and Guidelines of migraine treatment
  Marjan Zaletel (Ljubljana, Slovenia): Gender disparities in migraine and adapting therapy to patients needs.   
  Milija Mijajlović (Belgrade, Serbia): Mysterious facial pain: treatment approach to trigeminal neuralgia 
  Sonja Antić (Aarhus, Denmark) - Challenges in treatment of posttraumatic headache
   
11:00-12:30 PNEI (psychoneuroendocrinoimmunology) approach to kynurenine pathway
metabolism dysfunction symposium

Chairpersons: Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia) & Sanja Toljan (Zagreb, Croatia)
  Vida Demarin (Zagreb, Croatia): Kynurenine pathway and mitochondrial function in promoting longevity and healthspan
  Sanja Toljan (Zagreb, Croatia): Clinical approach to dysregulated tryptophan-kynurenine pathway
  Andrija Karačić (Zagreb, Croatia): Kynurenine pathway metabolism and the microbiota-gut-brain axis
11:00-12:30 Psychiatry Symposium: Neurocognition in neuropsychiatry
Chairperson: Dalibor Karlović (Zagreb, Croatia)
  Vjekoslav Peitl (Zagreb, Croatia): Cognition in Parkinsons disease
  Ante Silić (Zagreb, Croatia): Non-moniamine hypotheses in treatment of psychiatric disorders with cognition in mind
  Darko Vlahovic (Zagreb, Croatia): TMS coilwise
   
12:30-13:00 PLIVA Satellite Symposium
12:30-13:00 Satellite Symposium
   
13:00-14:00 Lunch
   
14:00-15:30 Psychopathology Summer School - Novel approaches to schizophrenia research and
practice

Chairpersons: Karl Bechter (Günzburg, Germany) & Martin Brüne (Bochum, Germany)
  Karl Bechter (Günzburg, Germany): CSF diagnostics in psychiatry - indications based on
psychopathology
  Margherita Bechi (Milan, Italy): brief vs long metacognitive training for patients with schizophrenia
  Giulia Agostoni (Milan, Italy): A combination of cognitive remediation and physical exercise in
patients with schizophrenia
  Karl Bär ( Jena, Germany): A novel approach to structural brain morphometry in schizophrenia
   
 14:00-15:30 Epilepsy Symposium
Chairperson: Silvio Bašić (Zagreb, Croatia)
  Silvio Basic (Zagreb, Croatia): Epilepsy pharmacoresistance 
  Željka Petelin Gadže (Zagreb, Croatia): Epilepsy and cardiovascular comorbidities - new insights
  Ana Sruk: Cognitive impairment in people with epilepsy
   
14:00-15:30 HISPA & NAM Symposium
HISPA - Hypertension, Infarction, and Stroke Prevention Association Symposium - Lifestyle 4 Health

Chairpersons: Anna Maria Malagoni (Cotignola (RA), Italy) & Sandra Morovic (Zagreb, Croatia)
  Sandra Morović (Zagreb, Croatia): Neuronutrition and Brain Health
  Anna Maria Malagoni (Cotignola (RA), Italy): High-intensity interval training and brain health: from cardiovascular benefits to neuro protection.
  Fabrizio Veglia (Cotignola (RA), Italy): Progression of carotid atherosclerosis and risk of cardiovascular events: addressing a controversial issue.
  Igor Mosic (Rijeka, Croatia): Stress-relief program for healthcare professionals: NAM Emotional Hygiene and Four Foundations of Mindfulness
   
15:30-16:00 Novartis Satellite Symposium
   
15:30-16:00 Satellite Symposium
16:00-17:00 Best posters awards presentations 
Chairpersons: Vida Demarin & F. Benedetti


Sunday,  .  
 

09:00-11:00 INPC KURATORIUM; MIZMO & CEESS MEETING 
11:00-12:00 CLOSING




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