Bio-Psy is organized around two main axes : research and training.
Bio-Psy's research interests lie in the origin and biological mechanisms of mental illnesses such as autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorders and depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorders, hyperactivity with attention deficit and addictions. By contributing to a better understanding of these diseases dysfunctions, Bio-Psy's actions should allow the identification of new therapeutic targets and the development of new therapeutic approaches.
Bio-Psy's main goals are the following :
- Understand the causes and mechanisms of mental illness
- Identify new biomarkers for prevention early diagnosis and follow-up
- Propose new approaches for prevention, early diagnosis and personalized psychiatry
- Evaluate costs/benefits and societal implications of progress
These objectives are organized in a transversal approach around 5 scientific axes (or WP).
- Brain development,
- Neurotransmission and signaling,
- Plasticity of cerebral circuits,
- Genes and environment,
- Mental health and society.
Bio-Psy's ambition is also to encourage the emerging of a new generation of neurosciences specialists and psychiatrists, by combining its efforts with existing forces at the UPMC, UPEC, the Pasteur Institute and the ENP.