Bio-Psy's Steering Committee engaged a collective reflection in order to define the optimal strategy to benefit as much as possible from the strengths of the partner teams. The aim was to define Bio-Psy priorities, while maintaining the long-term objectives described above.
The following priorities have been identified :
- Mood disorders, including depression and bipolar disorders (8 groups with major interest, 6 groups with minor interest)
- Addiction (6 groups with major interest, 3 groups with minor interest)
- Autism and ASD (5 groups with major interest, 3 groups with minor interest)
In parallel, bio-Psy aims to encourage projects benefiting from transversal expertise, around the following themes :
- Motivation and Reward
- Cortical development
And to develop projects in the following areas :
- Immunity-inflammation
- iPSCs
- Economy
Additionally, the organization of the program in the 5 axes presented above (brain development, transmission and signalling, circuits and plasticity, genes x environment, and psychiatry and society) is formally maintained, since the priorities generally include components in the 5 axes.