Dr. Nela Jelcic

Psychologist, Cognitive – Behavioral Psychotherapist, Neuropsychologist
PhD in Neurosciences, Technical Consultant – CTU – at the court of Padua since 05/29/2012, registration number: 2734

In the neuropsychological field:

neuropsychological and behavioral evaluation of people affected by: neurodegenerative diseases, vascular outcomes and head trauma.
consultancy on rehabilitation and preventive strategies in degenerative dementia.
study of neurocognitive performance and cerebral perfusion before and after protective cranioplasty surgery in patients suffering from craniolacunia.
application of the most up-to-date neuropsychological rehabilitation techniques, based on the most recent scientific evidence, for the recovery and/or enhancement of cognitive functions according to the personal needs of each patient.

As a Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist:

I deal with the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders (panic attacks, generalized anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, phobias, social phobia) and mood disorders (depression, post-natal depression), assertive communication , self-esteem and self-efficacy, processing of separations and bereavements, management of stress and burnout, sleep disorders.
Drafting and processing of neuropsychological and psychodiagnostic reports.

2007-2016 Carrying out clinical-scientific activities in collaboration with the Neuroscience department – Clinica Neurologica I Padova and I.R.C.C.S. San Camillo Hospital Foundation: Neurorehabilitation Hospital and Institute for Scientific Hospitalization and Treatment.

2003-2006 PhD in Neuroscience at the Neuropathology and Psychopathology Unit of the S. Antonio Hospital in Padua.

2019 Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapist obtained from the Institute of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Padua.
2006 PhD in Neuroscience obtained at the University of Padua.
2001 Degree in Psychology from the University of Padua

Jelcic N., Weisz N., Schandry R. Spontaneous EEG activity and hypotension: reduced cortical activation during relaxation. Clinical Autonomic Research Vol.10, N.6 December 2000:Page 381.
Della Puppa A., Manara R., Cecchin D., Jelcic N., Cieri E., Piron L., Dam M. Late cerebral imaging in symptomatic mild traumatic brain injured patients. Neurological Sciences Suppl. Vol. 30, November 2009: Page: S376.
Jelcic N., Pompanin S. Cagnin A., Semenza C. Perseveration sparing semantic verbal fluency tasks in frontotemporal dementia: a case report. Neurological Sciences Suppl. Vol. 31, October 2010: Page: S237.
Jelcic N., Cagnin A., Meneghello F., Turolla A., Ermani M., Dam M. Effects of lexical semantic treatment on memory in early Alzheimer disease. An observer-blinded randomized controlled trial. Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2012 Oct;26(8):949-56.
Jelcic N., De Pellegrin S., Cecchin D., Della Puppa A., Cagnin A. Cognitive improvement after cranioplasty: a possible Volume Transmission related effect Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2013 Aug;155(8):1597-9.
Favaretto S., Jelcic N., Gnoato F., Saladini M., Ermani M., Cagnin A. Differences of distributed sources of cortical EEG rhythms in Dementia with Lewy bodies compared to Alzheimer Disease. J Alzheimer Dis, p 64. SIN-dem Congress March 2012 (Naples)
Zarantonello G., Favaretto S., Bonetto N., Jelcic N., Cagnin A. Dementia with Lewy bodies presenting with epilepsy-like syndrome. J Alzheimer Dis, p 99. SINdem Congress March 2012 (Naples)
Cagnin A., Gnoato F., Jelcic N., Favaretto S., Zarantonello G., Ermani E., Dam M. Clinical and cognitive correlates of visual hallucinations in dementia with Lewy bodies. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2012 Dec 21.
Jelcic N., Della Puppa A., Mottaran R., Cecchin D., Manara R., Dam M., Cagnin A. Case series evidence for improvement of executive functions after late cranioplasty. Brain Inj. 2013;27(13-14):1723-6.
Rolma G., Jelcic N., Gnoato F., Cecchin D., Cagnin. Combined duloxetine and benzodiazepine-induced visual hallucinations in prodromal dementia with Lewy bodies. General Hospital Psychiatry. 2013 Nov-Dec;35(6):678.
Cagnin A., Formentin C., Pompanin S., Zarantonello G., Jelcic N., Venneri A., Ermani M. Simple motor stereotypes are not specific features of behavioral frontotemporal dementia. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2014 Aug;85(8):945-6.
Pompanin S, Jelcic N, Cecchin D, Cagnin A. Impulse control disorders in frontotemporal dementia: spectrum of symptoms and response to treatment. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2014 Jun 17.163-8343(14)00160-1