Vincent Laprevote
My main area of research concerns the early phases of psychosis and the risk factors for the transition from an at-risk clinical state to a full-blown psychotic disorder. In particular, we are studying the input processing of the visual signal at retinal and cortical level using electrophysiological measurements (ERG and EEG). This input processing may be particularly affected during regular cannabis use, a risk factor for the transition to psychosis. We are also investigating the link between these alterations and the visual symptoms that may be present in psychosis, making it possible to include early visual processing in models of visual hallucinations. We propose innovative therapeutic solutions for the prevention of the transition to psychosis, evaluated by randomised controlled clinical trials (PHRC-N 2018 EM-PREPS).
I am Professor of Psychiatry at the Nancy Faculty of Medicine and the doctor in charge of the Hospitalisation Department of the Greater Nancy Pole at the Nancy Psychotherapeutic Centre, which has 106 beds. I was trained in vision neuroscience research by Muriel Boucart (DR1 CNRS, Lille), Professor Pierre Thomas (Lille) and Professor Aude Oliva (MIT). My work as a research associate at the FEPSY Centre at the University of Basel with Prof. Anita Riecher-Rössler enabled me to develop and then coordinate the CLIP (Centre de Liaison et d'Intervention Précoce) in Nancy, a prevention and research centre focusing on the early phases of psychosis, which is a regional reference centre for eastern Ghent within the national Transition network.
Florent Bernardin
After a PhD focused on the processing of early visual information at the retinal stage and visual hallucinations in schizophrenia, my current area of research focuses on the early phases of psychosis. Early visual information processing still plays a central role in fundamental research, but other aspects of clinical research have been added, with participation in clinical research protocols (PHRC EMPREPS), the translation of clinical assessment tools (SPI-CY in collaboration with Dr Dondé) and the validation of therapeutic programmes adapted to patients presenting symptoms at risk of psychosis.
I am a Psychologist specialising in Neuropsychology with a degree from the University of Lille and a PhD in Neurosciences in 2019 co-supervised by Pr Schwan and Pr Laprevote. After working in the Paris region in the field of functional neurological rehabilitation, since 2014 I have been practising at the Centre Psychothérapique de Nancy, initially in the cognitive remediation unit, which has since become CURe Lorraine (Centre Universitaire support de Remédiation cognitive et rétablissement), and now at CLIP (Centre de Liaison et d'Intervention Précoce), a prevention and research centre focusing on the early stages of psychosis, which is a regional reference centre for eastern Ghent within the national Transition network.