Psychiatrists vs Psychologists – Cecilia and Hasna discuss the importance of having these two professions work in close collaboration when seeking a balanced approach to treating PLEX
Once the tests have been carried out on vulnerable groups and the data cross-referenced with ongoing therapies, can we make any predictions concerning possible clinical developments on an individual basis?
The Botox based project in Bern comes to a sudden stop, due to lack of funding. Alexandre, one of the PLEX Research Partners involved, bemoans this lack of vision from funders but remains optimistic as the all important SYNERGIES programme soldiers-on elsewhere…
How do people living with psychosis experience the world differently? Chrysa reveals the differences observed between responses to manmade and natural sounds…
What happens once you realise you have suffered severe childhood trauma? Cecilia reveals a bilateral approach to being bipolar…
How does childhood trauma launch us towards psychiatric issues later in life? Laurence alludes to her own experience and fingers “hypersensitivity” as the culprit…
Is diagnosis and subsequent labelling a help or hindrance to people living with mental illness? Kristina touches on the potential for rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) in people with severe depression while Alexandre adds n since to the debate…
EEG readings indicate that significant changes are taking place in brain activity even before clinical observations show improvement. But there are problems inherent to the experimental process and Micah hopes SYNERGIES can go some way to providing a solution…
What do we mean when we talk about “trauma”? Isabelle and her PLEX-RPs take another shot at defining the phenomenon at the heart of her research – without which, a deeper understanding of the scientific and clinical ramifications are difficult to determine…
When things go wrong in childhood, it isn’t just the child who suffers. Isabelle offers some hope and scientific evidence of how this deeply disturbing reality might be avoided…
