Program

DAY 1: Friday, 11^th October 2024

1.00-2.00 pm
Registration for the Next Step Symposium
2.00-2.10 pm
Opening / Istvan Bitter (HU), Chair
2.10-2.20 pm
Welcome on behalf of the Croatian Psychiatric Association
Tihana Jendricko (HR)
2.20-2.50 pm
Long-term antipsychotic treatment: balancing the risks and benefits
Istvan Bitter (HU)
2.50-3.20 pm
Managing poor response to treatment in schizophrenia: focus on cognitive impairment and negative symptoms
Silvana Galderisi (IT)
3.20-3.40 pm
Q&A / All
3.40-4.10 pm  Coffee break
4.10-4.30 pm
Beyond the immediate: thinking long-term in schizophrenia treatment
Peter Falkai (DE)
4.30-4.50 pm
From isolation to integration: Improving patent social functioning: real-world evidence from a cohort study in Slovakia
Jozef Dragasek (SK)
4.50-5.10 pm
Integrated approach in schizophrenia management: sharing experience from Croatia
Igor Filipcic (HR)
5.10-5.30 pm
Q&A, Closing Day 1
Istvan Bitter (HU)

                                                DAY 2 - Saturday, 12^th October 2024

9.00-9.10 am
Opening Day 2 / Istvan Bitter (HU), Chair
9.10-9.40 am
Triangle of Care: the journey to recovery
Peter Falkai (DE)
9.40-10.10 am
Challanges in the transition of pcychiatric care from adolescence to adulthood
Judit Balazs (HU)
10.10-10.40 am
Is substance use an unhealthy coping mechanism in schizophrenia?
Narcis Cardoner (ES)
10.40-11.00 am
Q&A, Closing Next Step Symposium 2024
Istvan Bitter (HU)