Stephan Eliez

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

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

Multivariate patterns of disrupted sleep longitudinally predict affective vulnerability to psychosis in 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome.

Reich N , Delavari F , Schneider M , Thillainathan N , Eliez S , Sandini C

Psychiatry research - May 2023

Amygdala subdivisions exhibit aberrant whole-brain functional connectivity in relation to stress intolerance and psychotic symptoms in 22q11.2DS.

Delavari F , Rafi H , Sandini C , Murray RJ , Latrèche C , Van De Ville D , Eliez S

Translational psychiatry - May 2023

Excitatory/Inhibitory Imbalance Underlies Hippocampal Atrophy in Individuals With 22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome With Psychotic Symptoms.

Mancini V , Saleh MG , Delavari F , Bagautdinova J , Eliez S

Biological psychiatry - Apr 2023

Updated clinical practice recommendations for managing children with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.

Óskarsdóttir S , Boot E , Crowley TB , Loo JCY , Arganbright JM , Armando M , Baylis AL , Breetvelt EJ , Castelein RM , Chadehumbe M , Cielo CM , de Reuver S , Eliez S , Fiksinski AM , Forbes BJ , Gallagher E , Hopkins SE , Jackson OA , Levitz-Katz L , Klingberg G , Lambert MP , Marino B , Mascarenhas MR , Moldenhauer J , Moss EM , Nowakowska BA , Orchanian-Cheff A , Putotto C , Repetto GM , Schindewolf E , Schneider M , Solot CB , Sullivan KE , Swillen A , Unolt M , Van Batavia JP , Vingerhoets C , Vorstman J , Bassett AS , McDonald-McGinn DM

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - Mar 2023

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Videos

Microbiote et psychisme

La détresse mentale de la génération Z

Les impacts de la guerre sur la santé mentale

Protéger le QI des personnes à risque de psychose

Contact

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