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

Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Senior Research Professor at the Technical University Munich (TUM), focuses his research on Psychocardiology and metabolic diseases. At #WASAD2025, he’ll present his keynote: “The Orchestrated Stress-Induced Interaction Between Brain and Heart: Is There a Conductor?” 🧠🫀

"Decoding the Impact of Genetic Risk Factors & Stress Exposure on Psychiatric Disorders" 🧬🧠 Keynote speaker Jan Deussing of the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry will dive into his work on genetic and environmental factors that contribute to stress-related psychiatric disorders ✨ #WASAD2025

"Towards Reducing the Public Health Burden of Anxiety" 🏥📉 We're excited to kick off #WASAD2025 with the Hans Selye Lecture! 🎉 Drawing from her own interdisciplinary research, Brenda Penninx, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at Amsterdam UMC, will deliver the opening talk of the Congress ✨

Your first look at the scientific program for the #WASAD2025 Congress is here! We’re thrilled to host Brenda Penninx, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Peter Zwanzer, Thomas Ehring and Jan Deussing as our keynote speakers 🔬✨. Stay tuned for more info on their exciting lectures 📚 Learn more now: wasad2025.org

Great list of speakers!

🚨 Both registration and abstract submission are now OPEN for the #WASAD2025 Congress, themed "Uncertainty in Times of Change: A Lifecourse Approach to Stress and Anxiety" 📅 October 23–25, 2025 📍 Munich, Germany. Register today: wasad2025.org #AcademicConference #MentalHealthResearch

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