Stephan Eliez

Affiliations: Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Department of Psychiatry

Group name: Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Laboratory in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Domains: Development and Plasticity, Affective and Social Neurosciences

Keywords: child development, genetic, mental disorders

Research activities

The goals of our Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Laboratory in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry are to study brain development and functioning in children, along with the influence of specific genetic factors on development. We aim at better understanding how genetic and brain alterations contribute to the emergence of cognitive or behavioral difficulties or psychiatric disorders during the course of development. Our research focuses on individuals who have genetic, neuropsychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorders, which result in behavior, learning or emotional regulation difficulties. A collaborative multidisciplinary approach that includes genetic, structural and functional neuroimaging and cognitive neuroscience has the following goals: a better definition of neurogenetic syndromes and conditions studied; identify markers of cognitive impairments; identify risk factors for psychiatric diseases and symptoms; use specific neurogenetic conditions as a homogeneous genetic model to better understand interactions between genes, brain, behavior and environmental factors in the etiopathogeny of neuropsychiatric diseases.

Latest publications

Long-term effects of early treatment with SSRIs on cognition and brain development in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Mancini V , Maeder J , Bortolin K , Schneider M , Schaer M , Eliez S

Translational psychiatry - May 2021

Correction to: Next generation Europe: a recovery plan for children, adolescents and their families : For the time after the pandemic, we need a vision and investments for the future.

Fegert JM , Kehoe LA , Çuhadaroglu Çetin F , Doyle M , Eliez S , Hebebrand J , Hillegers M , Karwautz A , Kotsis K , Kiss E , Pejovic-Milovancevic M , Räberg Christensen AM , Raynaud JP , Anagnostopoulos D

European child & adolescent psychiatry - May 2021

Age-Related Improvements in Executive Functions and Focal Attention in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome Vary Across Domain and Task.

Maeder J , Zuber S , Schneider M , Kliegel M , Eliez S

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS - May 2021

Stimulant treatment effectiveness, safety and risk for psychosis in individuals with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Basel D , Mosheva M , Maeder J , Schneider M , Shani S , Weinberger R , Eliez S , Gothelf D

European child & adolescent psychiatry - Apr 2021

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Videos

Protéger le QI des personnes à risque de psychose

Ça n'a pas de science !... La médecine psychédélique

Les bébés nés par PMA sont en insuffisance pondérale ?

Grossesse, cannabis et autisme

Contact

Département de psychiatrie
HUG
Email: Stephan.Eliez@unige.ch