
Psychiatrist & postdoc @UAntwerpen|@UPCDuffel, Belgium. BCNBP President-Elect; EPA Board & EdCo; ECNP ImmunoPsychiatry; past EFPT President.
Antwerp, Belgium
Joined July 2013
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How to survive the mid-PhD crisis?Grateful for and humbled by today's full house session with PhD students sharing struggles & solutions at 37th ECNP Congress @jfcryan @ecnptweets @JBrasanac @DragonflyMH
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If you are interested in #microglia 🧠🎇, check out the new book 📗, elegantly edited by Drs. Tremblay and Verkhratsky!!
We wrote an exciting chapter on glial imaging - with the amazing @LiviaDePicker @KangMSPeter
chapter: link.springer.com/chapter/10…
book: link.springer.com/book/10.10…
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@JBrasanac and @LiviaDePicker raising awareness for mental health issues amongst young academics. Thank you for raising awareness and bringing this to the conference!
#healthybrain #phd @ecnptweets
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Benchmarking Psychiatry in Europe and beyond: The European Board Exam of Psychiatry
Our editorial on the new European Board Exam in Psychiatry @andrewbeee @LiviaDePicker @AsilaySeker @geertdom @UemsP @Euro_Psychiatry @EP_Editors @UEMSEurope
bit.ly/4df5h0q
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Thanks to @FondaMental_Psy for organising the event and great to have @ParianteLab @LeboyerMarion @cworrell26 @LiviaDePicker @AndyMillerLab @Lombardo_GG @_Luca_Sforzini @brenda_penninx @LamersFemke here all together!
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@ChiaraMusillo presenting data showing NAC preventive role in a maternal HFD model from our EMBED @EraNeuron project at @epa2024
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Full house for the @Euro_Psychiatry #EPA2024 ECPC Symposium “Information Technologies in #Psychiatry: Shaping the Future of #MentalHealth”. Thanks to the speakers @annabailie @Dmarazziti Prof Schouler-Ocak, @kfvasilchenko and to @LiviaDePicker for co-chairing the symposium
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Marion Leboyer inspirational talk on precision psychiatry to improve treatment of mental disorders @EPA2024 @ECNPtweets @LiviaDePicker
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🌟 Applications for the #EPA Summer School 2024 Edition are open! Join us in Strasbourg from 12 to 15 September for a focus on #SuicidalBehaviours. Explore critical topics and network with renowned experts. Apply now: bit.ly/3vp3PHR
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I really enjoyed being interviewed by @SarahGraham7 for this piece in @Telegraph on #depression and #antidepressants, together with @DrPunamKrishan. With explanations on what antidepressants are and how you should take them
telegraph.co.uk/health-fitne…
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Dr. Bruce Cuthbert at the 2024 #ECNP New Frontiers Meeting. Thank you to the fellow panelist and those who attended and participated in the discussions!
@LeboyerMarion
@cathrynlewis
@MartienKas
@LiviaDePicker
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@ECNPtweets
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Second and last day of the #ECNP New Frontiers Meeting 2024: A consensus roadmap for a new diagnostic framework for #MentalDisorders. 🙌 Thank you to all the attendees for these two days of inspiring scientific discussions.
#neurobiology #diagnostics #neuropsychiatric
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Faculty dinner at @ECNPtweets Early Career Workshop in Nice- Good to catch up with so many colleagues
10 years after my first systematic review on the topic (which also was my first paper ever published), we proudly present the 1st meta-analysis on the risks of hyponatremia with different antidepressant classes or compounds.
Recently published in European Psychiatry: The risk of antidepressant-induced hyponatremia: A meta-analysis of antidepressant classes and compounds, by @LiviaDePicker et al. cambridge.org/core/journals/… #OpenAccess #Antidepressants #Hyponatremia
Honoured to represent @Euro_Psychiatry and advocate for the inclusion of mental health in all policies during the @EU_Brain "No health without brain health" event.
Replying to @EU_Brain
Our last panel discussion features policy asks from the #BrainCommunity ahead of the 2024 EU elections with Prof. Kevin Rostasy @EPNSnews, Prof. @MartienKas @ECNPtweets, Prof. @LiviaDePicker @Euro_Psychiatry, Dr. @TJRyan_77 @FENSorg and Mike Crean @EANeurology.
#BAW2024
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Interesting point of view prof Drexhage: Let's start with an immunological diagnosis and then see what the psychiatric profile is (instead of the other way around)!
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💥First deadline of applications for our MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of MBI: 10 March; Second deadline: 26 July (overseas students), 26 August (home students)💥kcl.ac.uk/study/postgraduate…
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Zoom fatigue is not burnout. It’s boreout.
New study: when meetings are virtual, we’re not overwhelmed—we’re understimulated. Cardiac measures show drowsiness, not stress.
The antidotes are common sense but not common practice: fewer, shorter, more interactive online meetings.
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For this year’s #choosepsychiatry we’re sharing films to show you the wide range of career options available through the 13 specialties in psychiatry. Find out why becoming an Addictions Psychiatrist is a great choice, from the brilliant @KalkNicola
rcpsych.ac.uk/become-a-psych…
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Breaking free from the 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻!
Normalizing immune function reinstates plasticity, fostering recovery.
Just out in the new @ECNPtweets open access journal, Neuroscience Applied: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…





































