Congratulations to Anita Meinke and colleagues for winning one of our poster awards, with their poster “Change in the association between mental health and problematic internet use in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic”! 📱🏆

Congratulations to @andreasgoreis.bsky.social and colleagues for winning one of three poster awards for their poster titled “Impact of Social Media on Triggering Nonsuicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) in Adolescents: A Comparative Ambulatory Assessment Study”! 📱💬 🏆

In his keynote lecture, “Treatment of PTSD: State-of-the-Art and Beyond,” Professor Thomas Ehring @thomasehring.bsky.social, Chair of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment at LMU Munich @lmu-klips.bsky.social, offered an overview of current evidence-based interventions for PTSD and CPTSD.

Keynote Lecture 4/5: Professor Dr. Peter Zwanzger is Medical Director of the kbo-Inn-Salzach Hospital, a teaching hospital of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social).

“Is there a conductor for the orchestrated stress-induced interaction between brain and heart?” This central question guided the keynote lecture delivered by Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Professor of Psychosomatic Medicine and Medical Psychology at the Technical University of Munich (@tum.de).

The second keynote lecture of #WASAD2025 was held by Dr. Jan Deussing, Head of the Molecular Neurogenetics research group at the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry (@mpi-psychiatry.bsky.social) in Munich, Germany.

“Complete freedom from stress is death.” – Hans Selye Highlight of the Opening Ceremony was the Hans Selye Lecture, delivered by Brenda Penninx, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, on the topic “Towards Reducing the Public Health Burden of Anxiety Disorders.”

Thank you all for sharing your impressions of #WASAD2025 during and after the Congress! It was wonderful to see the event reflected through your words and photos. In the next few posts, we’ll take a moment to look back and recap some highlights 🔆

🔔 Part 7 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series: @markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his poster: “Modulating Stress through Sound: The Effects of Historical Metallic Idiophones on Human Responses.”

🎨 Part 6 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series: Dr. Anna Fekete presented her poster “Exploring the Impact of Art on Pain and Stress: Multimodal Art and Music Enhance Pain Tolerance, but Do Not Influence Autonomic and Endocrine Markers.”

🫠Part 5 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series: @markusforamitti.bsky.social presented his talk “Regulating Collective Emotion Through Music: Diachronic Analysis of Stress, Sentiment, and Complexity in Lyrics (1973–2023)” in the Everyday life stress session.🙃

⏳Part 4 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series: @celinebencker.bsky.social presented her talk “Trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle” in the Everyday life stress session.

🧬 Part 3 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series: Dr. Nida Ali presented her talk “Stress biomarkers in saliva” in the Biomarkers and novel therapeutics for stress-related and anxiety disorders session.

We had a great time in Munich at #WASAD2025! Inspiring talks and discussions throughout the conference. And not to forget: congratulations to @andreasgoreis.bsky.social sgoreis.bsky.social for winning the Best Poster Award for the EMA findings of the FWF-funded project TORN 🥳

And we were excited to share our latest results: Fantastic short poster talks on their PhD projects by Sofia Oehlke, Max Hirzer, and ÖAW scholar Bettina Pfeffer! 🤩

🎶 Part 2 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series: Dr. Anna Fekete presented her talk: “The biopsychological mediation model of music on health – Implications for treatment of stress-related disorders” in the Optimized therapy for stress-related disorders session.

🎉 It’s a wrap! Three amazing days of fascinating research, inspiring presentations, and lively coffee-break discussions are behind us! A huge thank you to everyone who joined, showcased their work, and contributed to making #WASAD2025 such a memorable event. Until next time! 💙🧡💙

🔬Part 1 in our #WASAD2025, @wasadorg.bsky.social, series: Nadja Plumbaum presented her talk “A digital stress management intervention tool – EPIGRAM” in the Digital interventions session.

🌎🧬The 5th International World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders Congress, "Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety", was held in Munich and opened by Urs Nater. We will share our highlights in our upcoming series 🎉 @wasadorg.bsky.social

Great experience presenting at the WASAD Congress! I discussed how Natural Language Processing can advance stress research and how music functions as a cognitive artifact. @wasadorg.bsky.social Grateful to collaborate with @mauriciojdmartins.bsky.social @clauslamm.bsky.social & Urs Nater #WASAD

It was great to present my research at #WASAD2025 in Munich and contribute to the discussions on stress, hormones, and mental health!

Excited for my talk at #WASAD2025! I’ll share some initial findings from my ongoing study, focusing on the trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle and how they relate to premenstrual symptoms ✨ I’ll present at 10:15 at lecture hall 2. Come by! :)

We’re live at #WASAD2025 in Munich! Come visit the Neurotorium booth to explore our brand-new Anxiety Disorders theme — free, expert-developed materials for clinicians, researchers & students. 🔗 neurotorium.org/anxiety

It's almost time... #WASAD2025 starts tomorrow! 🎉 We'd love to see all your contributions here on Bluesky. So feel free to use the hashtag #WASAD2025 or tag us @wasadorg.bsky.social if you're posting about the Congress! We're excited to follow along and repost!

🌍 We are excited for the 5th International World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders (WASAD) Congress in Munich! 🎉 @wasadorg.bsky.social Check out our oral presentations below and don’t miss us at the poster session! 📊 @celinebencker.bsky.social @markusforamitti.bsky.social

We're excited to be attending the WASAD Congress next week in Munich, where we'll be showcasing our new Anxiety Disorders theme. Visit our booth to learn more about Neurotorium’s free expert-developed educational material! https://neurotorium.org/outreach/activities/

Looking forward to contributing to this plenary session at #WASAD2025 in Munich on October 25 and to inspiring discussions!

New in the #WASAD2025 scientific program! 📅 💼 „Everyday Life Stress“ @celinebencker.bsky.social will start off this plenary, chaired by Urs Nater and Andreas Schwerdtfeger with her engaging presentation on the trajectories of everyday life stress across the menstrual cycle ♀️👩

📢 Great News!! The scientific program for #WASAD2025 “Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety,” is now complete. The topics include prevention, mental health, psychocardiology, and numerous others! Explore the full program here: 👉 wasad2025.org/scientific-p...

⏳ Deadline approaching! Have you submitted your abstract for poster or e-poster presentations yet? Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work and connect with other researchers! Submissions close on September 15, 2025! 📩 Submit your abstract here: wasad2025.org/registration... #WASAD2025

💡 New Plenary at #WASAD2025! 💡 "Boosting Societal Adaptation & Mental Health in a Rapidly Digitalizing, Post-Pandemic Europe" 💻🧠🇪🇺 Chaired by Susanne Walitza & Julius Burkauskas, this session explores timely, critical insights into digital life and mental health in Europe.

New at #WASAD2025! "Stress and Anxiety in Children and Adolescents" ⏰🧒🧠 This plenary session, chaired by Ellen Greimel & @belindajplatt.bsky.social kicks off with results from an RCT on emotion regulation training for adolescents with major depression, presented by Lisa Feldmann

🔍 New #WASAD2025 Plenary Alert! 🔍 "Resilience Processes & Dynamics in the General Adult Population" Discover how daily stress affects youth, explore whether resilience is more of a fixed trait or a dynamic process, and more - from C. Schenk, L. Puhlmann, P. Philippi & @lameine.bsky.social 🧠💫

Great News! 💡🧠📊 While submissions for oral presentations are now closed, there's still time to showcase your work! 🎉 You can still submit abstracts for poster and e-poster presentations until September 15, 2025! 📩 Submit here: wasad2025.org/registration... See you in Munich for #WASAD2025 ⛰️📍

🧠 New Plenary: Perspectives in the Management of Anxiety at #WASAD2025 K. Domschke & P. Zwanzger lead a session on treatment resistance, potential pharmacological targets, the use of D-Cycloserin, biomarkers, and personalized psychotherapies. Insights from Domschke, Zwanzger, Hofmann & Schiele 💊🧬🧠

🧠 Stress in Neurological Conditions at #WASAD2025 💡 This plenary chaired by Peter Riederer & Toshikazu Saito explores topics including stress, addiction and cognition (T. Saito), psychosocial and traumatic stress’s cognitive effects (M. al Absi), and new dementia stress reduction strategies! 🧠🔬

🌍 Trauma, Migration & Refugees at #WASAD2025 🌍 In this plenary C. Wesarg discusses empathy & war trauma, whereas R. Marheinecke takes on the psychobiological consequences of covert political repression (where the lines between stress and trauma blur). Plus, 2 talks from selected abstracts! 📚💫

🔬Molecular & Neural Underpinnings of Stress-Related Disorders at #WASAD2025 💡 Dive deep into stress research with the Max-Planck-Institut symposium! Topics include FKBP5 methylation (N. Yusupov), early life adversity (P. Sämann), and more by Meryl Malezieux and Darina Czamara! 🧠🔍

🧪 Biomarkers & Novel Therapeutics for Stress-Related & Anxiety Disorders 🧪 Join Chairs A. Erhardt & N. Ali for a plenary session on novel therapeutics for anxiety disorders (N. Singewald) & blood and saliva-based biomarkers (I. Hovatta & N. Ali), plus 1 not yet selected abstract! #WASAD2025 🧬🧠

New at #WASAD2025 !! 💊 Optimized Therapy for Stress-Related Disorders Join Thomas Ehring & Gerd Laux in this plenary on understanding & tackling PTSD treatment failure (T. Ehring) and antidepressants in the “real world” (G. Laux). Plus, stay tuned for talks selected from abstract submissions! 🧠💬

💻 Digital Interventions for Mental Health at #WASAD2025 Join Christian Jacob & Lisanne Robbemond for discussions on CADY, a conversational agent for depression in youth (S. Lüttke), and VR relaxation for psychiatric patients (L. Robbemond). Plus, 2 more slots for not yet selected abstracts! 🌐🧠

Still time to register for this fantastic conference on stress and anxiety in Munich!

💥 New to the #WASAD2025 scientific program 💥 Join us for “Psychocardiology & Coronary Artery Disease” chaired by K.-H. Ladwig & M. Meesmann. From stress & inflammation (H. Sager) to psychosocial & transgenerational risk (C. Albus & C. Waller) + a case report (M. Meesmann) 🧠🩺

💡 Have you registered for #WASAD2025 yet? There's still time to grab the early bird rate 🐤🪱 — but only until next Wednesday, April 30! 🧠 So don't miss out, save 40€ and join us for three impactful days in Munich this October. wasad2025.org/registration...

💡 New to the #WASAD2025 scientific program 💡 Join us for the plenary "Women, Stress & Reproductive Health" — chaired by Birgit Derntl & Andreas Fallgatter. From estrogen's role in anxiety (E. Comasco) to sleep in the peripartum period (K. Pittner) + 2 more slots for not yet selected abstracts! 🧠♀️

📢 Now it's your turn!! We invite you to submit your abstract for scientific posters and/or oral presentations at #WASAD2025 📄🎤🧠 Plenty of slots are reserved for young scientists to showcase their work in plenary sessions, plus an onsite poster exhibition. wasad2025.org/registration...

🚨 Early Bird Registration is Open! 🚨 Join us at #WASAD2025 - register by April 30, 2025, for an exclusive early bird rate! 🐤 🌐🔬☕ Your registration includes access to all sessions, the virtual platform, poster sessions, lunch, coffee breaks, and more! organizers-congress.org/frontend/ind...

We were thrilled to unveil our 5 keynote lectures, but that’s just the beginning ✨ Our scientific program at #WASAD2025 also offers 15 plenary sessions with a good mix of clinical and basic research. Here’s a glimpse into the compelling insights you can expect: wasad2025.org/scientific-p...

Last but definitely not least! On the final day of #WASAD2025, Professor Thomas Ehring (LMU Munich) will deliver his keynote „Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: State-of-the-Art and Beyond.“ His research tackles Complex PTSD, memory mechanisms and treatment failure. Don’t miss it! 🧠✨

"Virtual Reality in Anxiety – Perspectives and Limitations.” 👓📱 In his exciting keynote lecture Professor Peter Zwanzger, Medical Director at kbo-Inn-Salzach Hospital and head of the Anxiety Research Group at LMU Munich, will explore VR technologies in the treatment of anxiety disorders #WASAD2025