News SideindholdLatest newsFebruary 2021On the ECNP Early CareerScientist Workshop 2021 Dr. Anne Bjertrup present research on neural responses to own and unknown infant faces in mothers with bipolar disorder compared with healthy mothers. The background for this study is the emerging evidence that healthy motherhood is associated with structural and functional brain changes in regions important for rapid and sensitive processing of infant signals. However, bipolar disorder is, even in remission from affective episodes, associated with neurocognitive emotion processing difficulties reflected in brain structures overlapping with regions involved in processing of infant signals. Therefore, we investigated whether mothers with bipolar disorder compared with healthy mothers show different neural responses to images of own vs. unknown infant faces. We found that mothers with bipolar disorder showed reduced dorsolateral prefrontal cortex response to own vs. unknown infant faces compared with healthy mothers. This could indicate a less regulated neural response to watching own emotional infant faces, which could be related to less sensitive behavior toward the infant in mothers with bipolar disorder.At the 2021 ECNP Workshop for Early Career Scientists in Europe, Dr. Hanne Lie Kjærstad presents research investigating cognitive predictors of mood episodes in newly diagnosed patients with bipolar disorder. The study is the first to investigate whether impairments in non-affective and affective cognition can predict the recurrence and duration of manic and depressive episodes, respectively, in a large sample of newly diagnosed patients with bipolar disorder during remission (n=144). Impairments in both non-affective and affective cognition predict the recurrence and duration of new manic – but not depressive – episodes. This suggests that early prophylactic strategies targeting cognitive impairments may increase resilience in newly diagnosed patients with bipolar disorder. January 2021Our recent study “Cognitive processing of infant stimuli in pregnant women with and without affective disorders and the association to postpartum depression” published in European Neuropsychopharmacology was selected as Editor’s choice in January 2021. See the comment hereDecember 2020Congratulations to Hanne Lie Kjærstad for being awarded 600.000 DKK from Region Hovedstadens Forskningsfond til Sundhedsforskning 2020 for the postdoc project "Prediction of risk and resilience in bipolar disorder: what can neuroimaging and neurocognitive biomarkers tell us? (PREDICT)". November 2020Congratulations to Hanne Lie Kjærstad for receiving Region Hovedstadens Psykiatri Postdoc grant of 1.687.000 DKK for the project “Prediction of risk and resilience in bipolar disorder: what can neuroimaging and neurocognitive biomarkers tell us? (PREDICT)”. December 2019NEAD group Christmas symposium about risk in psychiatry and clinical trials, December 2019May 2019Click here to read the Lundbeckfonden News article, "Topforsker - med baby på armen", which includes an interview with Professor Kamilla Miskowiak.November 2018Watch Dr Jeanett Bauer, assisting scientific editor on The Journal of the Danish Medical Association (Ugeskrift for Læger), highlight our recent review on cognitive side-effects of electroconvulsive therapy.https://vimeo.com/302033866Read the full article here (Danish language): https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29720345October 2018The International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) Targeting Cognition Task Force chaired by Professor Miskowiak has developed a patient booklet with information about the nature of cognitive dysfunction in patients with bipolar disorder and a practical guide on how to facilitate cognitive capacity and compensate for cognitive problems in daily life (https://www.isbd.org/cognitive-assessment).Click below to access the booklet and read more about why, when, and how to assess and address cognition in these patients.English version:Danish version:June 2018NEAD Group was well represented among poster presenters at the annual Psychiatric Research Day ("Region Hovedstadens Psykiatris Forskningsdag"), which took place at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark on the 27th of June 2018.In the newsInternational and national media coverage of our researchJanuary 2018Professor Kamilla Woznica Miskowiak defended her doctoral dissertation and was awarded the doctoral degree in medical science (dr.med.) on Thursday 11th of January 2018. Click here to read more.July 2017European Psychiatric Association (EPA) 2017The impact and challenges of cognitive impairments - Interviews with Professor Kamilla Miskowiak. Clik here and watch the video interviews by clicking below:What impact do cognitive symptoms have on a patient’s ability to function and return to work?What are the most significant challenges in treating mood disorders? Can anything be done to smooth the return to work for people who are in recovery from MDD?June 2017European Psychiatric Association (EPA)Watch Professor Kamilla Miskowiak giving an interview to CongressReport.eu at the EPA in 2017. Lundbeckfonden Magazine 2017The Lundbeckfonden Magazine 2017 includes an interview with Dr Kamilla Miskowiak about the PRETEC-Marker studies. The magazine is available online. Click here to read the interview, "Research paves the way for novel treatment for concentration difficulties" (p. 24-27) February 2017Radio interviewDr Kamilla Miskowiak’s interview about electroconvulsive therapy and cognition on the national Danish radio, P1, 31st January 2017. Click here to listen to the broadcast.November 2016Lundbeckfonden FellowshipDr Kamilla Miskowiak is one of the new Lundbeckfonden Fellows 2016. The fellowship of 10 million DKK (1.34 million Euro) enables her to conduct a large neuroimaging project that aims to identify a novel brain-based biomarker model for pro-cognitive effects. A biomarker model that can help select among new candidate cognition treatments prior to large-scale clinical efficacy trials. The project may lead to a break-through in development of treatments for cognitive impairment in psychiatric disorders.See a 2 minute film about the project here:September 2016See the latest international news about our EPO research based on a poster that was presented at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) meeting in Vienna Sep 2016:EPO may improve cognition for depression, bipolar disorder patients (United Press International)Hormone EPO shown to improve brain sharpness in patients with depression and bipolar disorder (ScienceDaily)Sports drug may aid cognition in depression, bipolar disorder (PsychCentral)Performance boosting drug may help brain disorder patients (The Free Press Journal)EPO boosts cognition in depressed and bipolar patients (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)Performance boosting hormone may help patients with mental disorders (Indo-Asian News Service)Performance boosting drug may help brain disorder patients (Business Standard)Hormone EPO shown to improve brain sharpness in patients with depression and bipolar disorder (MedicalXpress)Performance-enhancing drug may improve cognition in patients with bipolar disorder or depression (News-Medical)EPO-Doping bei Depressionen (bild der wissenschaft)July 2016Video podcast with Dr Kamilla Miskowiak telling about EPO-associated memory improvement in mood disorders (Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica) Other news Doping hormone helps depressed remember better (ScienceNordic) http://sciencenordic.com/doping-hormone-helps-depressed-remember-better NeuroScene podcast interview with Dr Kamilla Miskowiak: Erythropoietin: A New Compound for Depression? http://www.stephenhernan.com/2011/02/25/neuroscene-kamilla-miskowiak-erythropoietin-a-new-compound-for-depression/In Danish: EPO giver depressive bedre hukommelse (Videnskab.dk) http://videnskab.dk/krop-sundhed/epo-giver-depressive-bedre-hukommelse EPO ser ud til at have antidepressiv effekt (Videnskab.dk) http://videnskab.dk/krop-sundhed/epo-ser-ud-til-have-antidepressiv-effekt Dopingmiddel kan hjælpe depressive (Information.dk) https://www.information.dk/telegram/2013/12/dopingmiddel-kan-hjaelpe-depressive EPO styrker hukommelsen hos mennesker med depression (Mental health services in the Capital Region of Denmark) https://www.psykiatri-regionh.dk/presse-og-nyt/pressemeddelelser-og-nyheder/Nyheder-og-pressemeddelelser/Sider/epo-styrker-hukommelsen-hos-mennesker-med-depression.aspx Forskning i følelser vinder frem(Interview with Dr Kamilla Miskowiak about emotion research in the national Danish newspaper Kristeligt Dagblad) http://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/liv-sjael/forskning-i-foelelser-vinder-frem Radio interview with Dr Kamilla Miskowiak in Danish about gender bias in science after she was given the L’Oréal For Women in Science award; fast forward to 31 minutes into the program http://www.radio24syv.dk/programmer/weekendtillaegget/7657572/weekendtillgget-0805/ Redaktør Jesper Kvorning Please give your consent in order to send your message. 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