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Introduction: The contemporary cognitive behavioral approach relies upon the transdiagnostic case conceptualization and intervention, which may be understood as an integration of biological, psychological, and social factors. This comprehensive framework allows clinicians to understand the complexities of patient’s psychological challenges and to apply transdiagnostic interventions in an idiographic fashion to improve well-being [1]. Although all mental disorders are considered multifactorial, the weight given to biological versus social factors varies significantly. This variation influences symptom expression and is crucial for accurate case conceptualization. Furthermore, the importance given to social vs. biological factors in the development and maintenance of mental disorders can differ based on the helper’s educational background. Aim: This cross-disciplinary study aimed to explore how different professional groups, specifically psychiatrists and psychologists, conceptualize mental disorders with respect to their emphasis on biological versus social factors. Method: The research was conducted as a cross-sectional study involving psychiatrists (both residents and specialists) and psychologists. The influence of biological and social factors was rated on a five-point Likert scale of the attribution of mental disorders. Based on previous research [2], participants assessed the following psychological challenges: absence of sexual desire, alcoholism, binge-eating disorder, gambling addiction, narcissistic personality disorder, occupational burnout, schizophrenia, social anxiety, autism spectrum disorder, and ADHD. Differences between groups were analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. Results: A total of 131 psychiatrists (71.8% female, average age 40.5 years) and 78 psychologists (82.1% female, average age 33.4 years) participated in the study. Significant differences were observed: compared to psychiatrists, psychologists endorsed more social factors for the absence of sexual desire. For binge-eating disorder, psychiatrists slightly favored biological factors, whereas psychologists leaned towards social factors. In narcissistic personality disorder, psychiatrists showed a balanced view of social and biological factors, unlike psychologists who strongly favored social factors. Schizophrenia saw almost exclusive endorsement of biological factors by psychiatrists, in contrast to psychologists who endorsed them less strongly. Interestingly, in social anxiety disorder, psychologists endorsed biological factors more strongly than psychiatrists, who maintained a balanced view. Conclusion: Our study highlights the need to include both psychologists’ and psychiatrists’ varying perspectives on mental disorders when creating diagnosis-specific cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) manuals and training programs. Recognizing and integrating these differing viewpoints is essential because the way a disorder is understood can greatly affect the therapeutic strategies and interventions used in CBT. By adapting these resources to accommodate diverse professional insights, we can improve the effectiveness and suitability of treatment approaches.

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ispartof: Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics location:Patras, Greece date:25 Aug - 28 Aug 2013 status: published

Scale free dynamics and scale invariance are universal characteristics of complex systems in nature. 1/f or long-range temporal correlations or pink noise is also a self-generated/correlated brain noise that coexists with periodic brain oscillations in a non predominant temporal fashion.For a long time this kind of noise has been ignored in experimental manipulations or analyses because thought to be the expression of instrumental noise. Nowadays, instead, recent evidence speaks in favour of the functional significance of the 1/f and its spatiotemporal organisation at different levels. However, further investigation is needed in order to unveil the relationship between each specific 1/f noise (across individuals, behavioural tasks, across different natural phenomena…).Outline of the lecture:1. Power-law distributions in nature2. Types of noise3. 1/f as a signature of complexity4. Debate between brain oscillations and noise5. New perspectives on 1/f: functional significance and temporal organisation Presentation internal to the lab unit members. Doctoral

ispartof: M.M. Delacroix Workshop on Autism Research location:Leuven date:8 Nov - 10 Nov 2011 status: published

Having the means to share research data openly is essential to modern science. For human research, a key aspect in this endeavor is obtaining consent from participants, not just to take part in a study, which is a basic ethical principle, but also to share their data with the scientific community. To ensure that the participants' privacy is respected, national and/or supranational regulations and laws are in place. It is, however, not always clear to researchers what the implications of those are, nor how to comply with them. The Open Brain Consent (https://open-brain-consent.readthedocs.io) is an international initiative that aims to provide researchers in the brain imaging community with information about data sharing options and tools. We present here a short history of this project and its latest developments, and share pointers to consent forms, including a template consent form that is compliant with the EU general data protection regulation. We also share pointers to an associated data user agreement that is not only useful in the EU context, but also for any researchers dealing with personal (clinical) data elsewhere.

ispartof: International Meeting for Autism Research location:Philadelphia date:20 May - 22 May 2010 status: published