The Scientific Program includes 15 Plenary Sessions:

 

P1 Molecular and neural underpinnings of stress-related disorders

(Symposium of the Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, Munich, Germany)

Chair: Darina Czamara and Natan Yusupov

  1. Cardio-insular processing shapes emotion state coding, Meryl Malezieux
  2. DNA methylation patterns of FKBP5 regulatory regions in brain and blood of humanized mice and humans, Natan Yusupov
  3. DNA-Methylation signatures of anxiety states in patients with panic disorder: can GWAS data complement EWAS data? Darina Czamara
  4. Effects of early life adversity on the reward system and fear generalization, Philipp Sämann

P2 Stress in neurological conditions

(Dr. med Edda Neele-Stiftung Symposium)

Chair: Peter Riederer and Toshikazu Saito

  1. Stress, addiction and cognition, Toshikazu Saito
  2. Impact of psychosocial and traumatic stress on cognitive functions, Mustafa al Absi
  3. New concepts for stress reduction in the field of dementia, Jens Benninghoff
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P3 Women, stress & reproductive health

Chair: Birgit Derntl and Andreas Fallgatter

  1. Estrogen pathways in stress and anxiety: Insights from rodent and human studies, Erika Comasco
  2. Stress and sleep during the peripartum period, Katharina Pittner
  3. Selected from abstract submissions
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P4 Digital interventions

Chair: Christian Jacob and Lisanne Robbemond

  1. A conversational agent to treat depression in young people (CADY), Stefan Lüttke
  2. Evaluating Virtual Reality Relaxation for psychiatric patients: RCT results and clinical implications, Lisanne Robbemond
  3. A digital stress management intervention tool – EPIGRAM, Nadja Plumbaum
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P5 Global Stress and Resilience Network: Connecting local initiatives and advancing research

Chair: Dominique de Quervain

  1. Introducing the Global Stress and Resilience Network: Aims, activities, and vision, Dominique de Quervain
  2. TBA
  3. TBA
  4. TBA

P6 Perspectives in the management of anxiety

(Symposium of the Gesellschaft für Angstforschung e.V., Wasserburg am Inn, Germany)

Chair: Katharina Domschke and Peter Zwanzger

  1. Treatment resistance – Definition and options, Katharina Domschke
  2. Potential pharmacological targets in the future – Is there anything in the pipeline? Peter Zwanzger
  3. New avenues in psychotherapy – D-Cycloserin and personalized psychotherapy, Stefan G. Hofmann
  4. Personalized treatment in Anxiety Disorders – A role for biomarkers? Miriam Schiele

P7 Psychocardiology and Coronary Artery Disease

Chair: Karl-Heinz Ladwig and Malte Meesmann

  1. Stress and inflammatory processes in coronary artery disease, Hendrik Sager
  2. Psychosocial factors in coronary artery disease – evidence from prospective studies, Christian Albus
  3. Transgenerational burden in coronary artery disease, Christiane Waller
  4. Case report on stress as the main trigger of coronary artery disease, Malte Meesmann

P8 Trauma, migration and refugees

Chair: Birgit Kleim and Veronika Engert

  1. Empathic abilities and physiological processes – Risk or protective factors in the context of war-related trauma? Christiane Wesarg
  2. Where the lines between stress and trauma blur: Psychobiological consequences of covert political repression, Ruth Marheinecke
  3. Selected from abstract submissions
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P9 Everyday life stress

Chair: Urs Nater and Andreas Schwerdtfeger

  1. Trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle, Celine Bencker
  2. Invited lecture, TBA
  3. Selected from abstract submissions
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P10 Resilience processes and dynamics in the general adult population

Chair: Lara Puhlmann and Veronika Engert

  1. Psychological Resilience: Stable trait or dynamic process? Comparison of stressor reactivity trajectories after 1.5 years, Charlotte Schenk
  2. How malleable is resilience? Mapping stable prediction and dynamic changes in the general population, Lara Puhlmann
  3. Linking affective dynamics in response to daily stressors with one-year changes in adolescent mental health, Paula Philippi
  4. Ecological momentary assessment of stress in youths: A systematic review, Laura Meine

P11  Stress, trauma and addiction

Chair: Mustafa al´Absi and TBA

  1. Links between stress, trauma, and addiction: exploring biobehavioral mechanisms and pathways, Mustafa al´Absi
  2. A precision approach to intrusive thinking: Mechanisms and clinical implications, Cristina Ottaviani
  3. Stress-Drug interactions on stress biology and effects on addiction health outcomes, Rajita Sinha
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P12 Biomarkers and novel therapeutics for stress-related and anxiety disorders

Chair: Angelika Erhardt and Nida Ali

  1. Novel therapeutics for anxiety disorders, Nicolas Singewald
  2. Blood-based Biomarker for anxiety disorders, Iiris Hovatta
  3. Stress biomarkers in saliva, Nida Ali
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P13 Stress and anxiety in children and adolescents

Chair: Ellen Greimel and Belinda Platt

  1. Emotion regulation training for adolescents with major depression: Results from a randomized controlled trial, Lisa Feldman
  2. Interpretation biases and stress reactivity and youth, Belinda Platt
  3. Evaluating the implementation of an evidence-based digitally-supported preventive intervention for children of parents affected by depression, Alannah Booth
  4. One-session treatment for childhood specific phobias: Results from a randomized controlled trial focusing on the additional effect of an app-based homework program, Anke Klein

P14 Optimized therapy for stress-related disorders

Chair: Thomas Ehring and Gerd Laux

  1. Understanding and tackling treatment failure in posttraumatic stress disorder: Dropout, non-response, and unintended effects, Thomas Ehring
  2. Therapy with antidepressants in the “real world”, Gerd Laux
  3. Selected from abstract submissions
  4. Selected from abstract submissions

P15 Boosting societal adaption and mental health in a rapidly digitalizing, post-pandemic Europe

Chair: Susanne Walitza and TBA

  1. The BootStRaP Horizon Europe project on problematic use of the internet among European adolescents: recruitment and first results of cohort 1, Speaker to be announced
  2. Stress and mental health conditions induced by pathological media use among Swiss adolescents: insights from general population samples, Speaker to be announced
  3. Selected from abstract submissions
  4. Selected from abstract submissions