4th WASAD International Congress

Congress Details

📅 Dates: Semptember 11-13, 2023

📍 Location: Zürich, Switzerland 

🔗 More information: https://wasad2023.org

From September 11 to September 13, 2023, the fourth International Congress of the World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders (WASAD) was held in Zurich.

The event featured prominent speakers in the field of Anxiety and Stress Related Disorders including Dr. Stefano Pallanti, Eric Hollander, and Naomi Fineberg.

During the congress, Dr. Susanne P. Kempf (Managing Director of the Swiss Society for ADHD) interviewed Dr. Stefano Pallanti for a presentation article to be published on Dr. Pallanti's book "The Burden of Adult ADHD in comorbid Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders."

Dr. Pallanti's lectures

On September 12, Dr. Stefano Pallanti chaired a a series of lectures on "ADHD and stress from different perspectives: what can we learn from translational research?" which focused on the topic of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and its relationship with stress, from different perspectives. The event provided an important opportunity for experts from around the world to share their knowledge and research on ADHD and its relationship to stress. Dr. Stefano Pallanti, gave a lecture focusing on "Emotional dysregulation in ADHD and treatment outcome. A summary of the evidence." Within his lecture, Dr. Pallanti covered the following topics:

• The prevalence of Emotional Dysregulation symptoms in ADHD;

• The impact of Emotional Dysregulation on ADHD symptoms and treatment outcomes;

• The role of ADHD medicines in the treatment of Emotional Dysregulation;

• The need for further research on Emotional Dysregulation in ADHD.

On September 13, Dr. Pallanti gave a Stand-Alone conference on "PANDAS a polarized discussion: Update of evidence and experience in the post Covid Age."

For more information on the conference program, visit the following link: https://wasad2023.org/scientific-program/schedulebyday/

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PANS ― PANDAS

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