Professor Nakić Radoš at the 10th International Conference of Clinical and Health Psychologists in Spain

Assoc. prof. Sandra Nakić Radoš, PhD from the University Department of Psychology participated in the 10th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology in Children and Adolescents from November 21 to 23, 2024 in Elch, Spain. Nakić Radoš presented the results of the project "Determinants, outcomes and interrelationship of mental and physical health of women during pregnancy and after childbirth (MumHealth) funded by the Catholic University of Croatia.

She presented her presentation on the topic "The role of stress in mother-infant bonding in peripartum: a prospective study" as part of the symposium "The impact of maternal mental health on the development of children", where colleagues from the recently completed COST Action Riseup-PPD participated. 

The rich social program for the 600 or so participants of the meeting included, among other things, the Mystery of Elch, a presentation of part of a sacred musical drama depicting the ascension of the Blessed Virgin Mary according to a 500-year-old tradition that is under UNESCO protection as an intangible world heritage. Only for the participants of the gathering, a choir of about twenty singers performed medieval chants and staged the Assumption of Our Lady in the beautiful Basilica of Saint Mary of Elcho, which is located near El Palmeral - one of the oldest and largest oases of palm trees from the 5th century B.C. which is also on the UNESCO World Heritage List.