Reus, Tuesday 17 December 2024. The central and Carrilet markets in Reus will host from today Tuesday 17 December and until this Saturday 21 a stand with researchers and researchers from the Research Group on Genetics and Environment in Psychiatry (GAP ), of the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV) and the Pere Mata Institut University Hospital, to report on the latest scientific studies they are carrying out to investigate bipolar disorder and psychotic disorders, and to recruit volunteers to participate. Today Tuesday, tomorrow Wednesday and Thursday, the stand will be located in the Carrilet market in Reus, from 11am to 1pm. On Friday and Saturday it will be in the central market of Reus at the same time (on Friday it will also be there in the afternoon, from 6pm to 8pm). To participate in these two studies, adults (16 to 55 years old) and without any psychiatric diagnosis are needed. Those interested can register through this form. Public participation in research is essential to advance science and contribute to find more innovative and effective treatments for mental illness.
These two projects have been able to be launched thanks to the financing of the Fundació La Marató and are the Inscription i the Bipodex. The first is an innovative project that aims to anticipate and predict the risk of psychotic disorders. It uses personalized information from genetics, brain images and characteristics of the olfactory epithelium (nostrils), allowing, in this way, a complete and precise analysis of a person’s vulnerability in relation to this type of disorder mental.
The Bipodex project focuses on studying bipolar disorder, a serious psychiatric illness that affects the mechanisms that influence mood. People who suffer from it (it is estimated that around 100,000 in Catalonia) can range from pathological euphoria, called mania, to depression, passing through phases without any psychiatric symptoms. In this last phase the person can lead a normal life.
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