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Meeting 05 Episode 02 – Phenomenologically speaking
Alynka opens the discussion by introducing the Participatory Action Research (PAR) aspect of SYNERGIES to the group and the scene is set for a fascinating foray into phenomenology, where the individual’s experience is the focus of attention…
Meeting 04 Episode 01 – What’s the goal of our joint article?
In this final meeting of the CHUV – SYNERGIES collaboration, Jacqueline outlines possible articulations for publishing a report on the results of Chrysa’s research while Micah takes note of some in-depth observations from Alexandre.
Meeting 05 Episode 02 – What happens during decompensation?
Laurence goes into detail about how she experiences decompensation showing that, even within the reductive terminology of psychological diagnosis, the individual’s experience is of utmost importance and essential to gaining insight into the full problematic of mental illness.
Meeting 04 Episode 02 – Do all roads lead to psychiatry?
Sean draws a highly informative and amusing sketch of his route to psychiatry and illustrates it with a broad spectrum analysis of the candidates that can constitute this particular branch of the medical sciences…
Meeting 04 Episode 01 – Whose ‘Psy-ed’ are you on?
The GLAD group get our PI Sean to elaborate on the academic and practical niceties of Psychologist versus Psychiatrist…
Meeting 05 Episode 01 – Decompensation: what exactly does it mean?
PI Isabelle Mansuy takes a swipe at the meaning of ‘decompensation’ and, much to the hilarity of the PLEX, misses by a mile…
Meeting 05 Episode 01 – A question of overlap…
The PLEX-RPs are curious as to how much their reactions to the research project overlap with that of past and prospective patients…
Meeting 03 Episode 05 – So where do we go from here?
Having witnessed the presentation of the research results, the PLEX – RPs want to know how Micah and Chrysa intend to implement their findings…
Meeting 04 Episode 06 – And now for the hard cell…
The SYNERGIES Research Partners squirm a little, as Principal Investigator Jenny Roberts reveals her favourite room… and her passion for living brain cells.