Elective Module
Date: 12 – 13 November 2026
Venue: Zurich (participation in person or online)
Language: English
Registration single module: Registration
Fee: two-day module CHF 500, single-day booking CHF 280 (from November 2026: CHF 830 and CHF 430)
Credits
1 ECTS point two-day module
1 CME point “Schweizerische Neurologische Gesellschaft”
CME points applied for “Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie”
CME points applied for “Schweizerische Akademie für Psychosomatische und Psychosoziale Medizin SAPPM”
Content
The module neurology and psychiatry combines the specialities of neurology, sleep research, psychiatry and developmental paediatrics. In all these areas, clear sex and gender differences can be observed.
The module comprises the following blocks:
Neurological diseases in both sexes (risk factors, manifestation, therapy and course)
- Stroke
- Neuroimmunological diseases
- Neurodegenerative diseases
- Epilepsy
Sex and gender differences in healthy and disturbed sleep
- differences in sleep begin in puberty
- sleep changes due to cycle, pregnancy and menopause
- sex- and gender-specific differences in sleep disorders
- causes and risk factors
Sex and gender differences in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease
- epidemiology of dementia diseases by sex and gender
- sex-specific phenotypes – biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease
- sex- and gender-specific phenotypes – symptoms and course of Alzheimer’s disease
- the effect of sex and gender on risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease
Sex and gender differences in mental health
- differences in prevalence of mental diseases
- causes of sex- and gender-differences using the example of depressive and psychotic disorders
- sex- and gender-sensitive diagnostics and therapy – psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, hormone therapy
Development of gender identiy, description of gender differences in the individual areas of competence and in case of disorders
- age-appropriate steps in the development of gender identity
- gender differences in the individual areas of development
- the most common developmental disorders and their effects on everyday school life and the educational success of boys and girls
Objectives
Participants
- know similarities and differences in the healthy brain and in the development of gender identity
- know sex and gender differences in healthy and disturbed sleep
- are aware of sex and gender differences in neurological and psychiatric diseases and their consequences for the treatment