6TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE · EAPM · INNOVATIVE AND INTEGRATED APPROACHES TO PROMOTE MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH Verona (Italy), 27-30 June 2018 Polo Zanotto, University of Verona ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for the contribution of a generous unrestricted grant ESE_pareti_stand_30-09.pdf 5 30/09/16 17:41 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K A special thanks for the support: Carl Gustav Carus Foundation for the support to the EAPM 2018 Master Classes Elsevier for the support to the Young Researchers Award 2018 Department of Neurosciences, Biomedicine and Movement Sciences - University of Verona Hospital Trust of Verona - Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata di Verona Index Committees ........................................................................................................................................................................................................4 Welcome Address ...............................................................................................................................................................................................5 Programme Overall View ...................................................................................................................................................................................6 Symposia and Workshops - Overall view .......................................................................................................................................................12 Oral Presentations and Special Interest Groups - Overall view ..................................................................................................................13 Scientific Program ............................................................................................................................................................................................14 Wednesday 27th June ............................................................................................................................................................................14 Thursday 28th June ................................................................................................................................................................................16 Friday 29th June .....................................................................................................................................................................................23 Saturday 30th June .................................................................................................................................................................................31 Poster Sessions ................................................................................................................................................................................................36 Master Classes Details .....................................................................................................................................................................................46 Workshops & Research Groups Meetings Details ..........................................................................................................................................48 Special Interest Groups Details .......................................................................................................................................................................50 Participant Information & Social events .........................................................................................................................................................51 Polo Zanotto Conference Map ..........................................................................................................................................................................57 UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF EUROPEAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE Committees PRESIDENT OF EAPM Wolfgang Söllner, Paracelsus Medical University of Nuremberg (Germany) PRESIDENT OF EAPM 2018 CONFERENCE Mirella Ruggeri, Section of Psychiatry, University of Verona and Verona Hospital Trust PROGRAM COMMITTEES EAPM 2018 MAIN CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMMITTEE Francesco Amaddeo, University of Verona and Verona Hospital Trust (Italy) Silvia Ferrari, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy) Franziska Geiser, Bonn University (Germany) Luigi Grassi, University of Ferrara (Italy) Carsten Leue, Maastricht University (The Netherlands) Bernd Löwe, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg (Germany) M.Giulia Nanni, University of Ferrara (Italy) Marta Novak, University of Budapest (Hungary) and University of Toronto (Canada) Michela Rimondini, University of Verona and Verona Hospital Trust (Italy) Mirella Ruggeri, University of Verona and Verona Hospital Trust (Italy) Michael Sharpe, Oxford University (UK) Wolfgang Söllner, Paracelsus University of Nuremberg (Germany) Ilaria Tarricone, University of Bologna (Italy) Sarah Tosato, University of Verona and Verona Hospital Trust (Italy) CARUS MASTER CLASS COMMITTEE Silvia Ferrari, University of Modena (Italy) Franziska Geiser, Bonn University (Germany) Carsten Leue, Maastricht University (The Netherlands) Bernd Löwe, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg (Germany) Marta Novak, University of Budapest (Hungary) and University of Toronto (Canada) Mirella Ruggeri, University of Verona and Verona Hospital Trust (Italy) INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Anne-Francoise Allaz, Marie Bendix, Margarita Beresnevaité, Alexandre Berney, Manfred Beutel, Jordi Blanch, Annette Boenink, Bob Boland, Antonio Bulbena, Ronald Burian, Chris Burton, Graça Cardoso, Antonella Ciaramella, Silla Consoli, Fiammetta Cosci, Martina de Zwaan, Hans-Christian Deter, Frank Doyle, Dan L. Dumitrascu, Oivind Ekeberg, Yesim Erim, Giovanni Fava, Silvia Ferrari, Per Fink, Lone Fjorback, Steve Frankel, Silvana Galderisi, Javier Garcia-Campayo, Gábor Gazdag, Franziska Geiser, Uwe Gieler, Luigi Grassi, Marie Guitteny-Collas, Elspeth Guthrie, Peter Henningsen, Christoph Herrmann-Lingen, Roger Ho, Thomas Hyphantis, Josef Jenewein, Roger Kathol, Monika Keller, Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen, Alexandra Kutuzova, Karl-Heinz Ladwig, Wolf Langewitz, Albert Leentjens, Gilbert Lemmens, Cedric Lemogne, Carsten Leue, Antonio Lobo, Bernd Löwe, Mario Maj, José R. Maldonado, Ulrik Malt, Gabriele Moser, Istvan Mucsi, Marta Novak, Sedat Özkan, Judith Rosmalen, Joanna Rymanewska, Mirella Ruggeri, James Rundell, Andreas Schröder, Christian Schubert, Gerhard Schüssler, Tom Senski, Michael Sharpe, Wolfgang Söllner, Barbara Stein, Fritz Stiefel, Markos Syngelakis, Lucia Tomas-Aragones, Ramiro Verissimo, Frank Vitinius, Christiane Waller, Ursula Werneke, Thomas Wise, Paula Zimbrean, Stephan Zipfel NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE Coordinator: Luigi Grassi Eugenio Aguglia, Mario Amore, Matteo Balestrieri, Domenico Berardi, Massimo Biondi, Cinzia Bressi, Bernardo Carpiniello, Anna Carreca, Elisa Colombo, Angela Favaro, Silvia Ferrari, Antonio M. Ferro, Mario Fulcheri, Filippo Gabrielli, Costanzo Gala, Paolo Gritti, Ilaria Iandoli, Giordano Invernizzi, Daniele La Barbera, Salvatore Malizia, Francesco Matarrese, Claudio Mencacci, Marco Menchetti, Paolo Milia, Antonino Minervino, Donato Munno, Maria Giulia Nanni, Giuseppe Nardini, Marcello Nardini, Federica Pinna, Pier Luigi Politi, Matteo Porcellana, Marco Rigatelli, Mirella Ruggeri, Giuseppe Spinetti, Fabrizio Starace, Ilaria Tarricone, Sarah Tosato, Giuliano Turrini, Simone Vender, Marco Venuta LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Coordinators: Mirella Ruggeri with Chiara Bovo, Francesco Cobello Francesco Amaddeo, Corrado Barbui, Marcella Bellani, Chiara Bonetto, Lorenzo Burti, Isolde Busch, Loredana Ceriani, Carla Comacchio, Doriana Cristofalo, Rosa Dall’Agnola, Olivia Danzi, Mariangela De Felice, Lidia Del Piccolo, Katia De Santi, Valeria Donisi, Andrea Giusti, Antonio Lasalvia, Michela Nosè, Cristina Lovato, Francesca Maggioni, Marina Masetti, Mariangela Mazzi, Elisabetta Miglietta, Vanda Orlandi, Giovanni Ostuzzi, Cinzia Perlini, Sara Petterlini, Tecla Pozzan, Laura Rabbi, Michela Rimondini, Alberto Rossi, Sarah Tosato, Valerio Vivenza TRAVEL AWARD COMMITTEE Dan L. Dumitrascu, Marta Novak, Hans-Christian Deter, Monika Keller POSTER AWARD COMMITTEE Coordinator: Dan L. Dumitrascu Board Members of the Poster Award Committee: Chiara Bonetto, Carsten Leue, Gerhard Schüssler 4 Welcome Address Physical and mental illnesses interact mutually and share common risk factors with not only additive but also synergistic effects. Comorbidity is a complex event for its numerous clinical and socio- environmental implications. Up to 25% of patients with chronic illness also suffer from comorbid mental disorders, even higher rates of comorbidity are seen for specific conditions (e.g. cancer, neurological disorders). Doctors tend to concentrate on symptoms and organs, underestimating the importance of mental health problems, especially when they accompany a serious physical illness. This is largely in the belief that the mental health issues, as simple corollaries of the major disease, are destined to disappear with the improvement of the physical disease. On the other hand, psychiatrists, physicians for psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy, and psychologists may be similarly reluctant to deal with medical comorbidities in their patients. Such poor attention paid to the interplay between physical and mental disorders impacts