Dusan Hirjak Author

Dr. Dusan Hirjak, MD, is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and clinician-scientist, who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment and research of catatonia. Bridging clinical practice and scientific inquiry, Dr. Hirjak derives research questions from everyday patient care, employing cutting-edge methodologies to deepen understanding and improve therapeutic approaches for this complex neuropsychiatric condition. Georg Northoff, MD, Ph.D., FRCP, is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and philosopher who pioneers research on the brain-mind relationship, particularly in catatonia. His work explores how the brain generates mental phenomena like self and consciousness, driven by the question: 'why and how does the brain construct mental features?'