ProfessorVlasios Brakoulias

Project Opportunities

Title: Developing novel methods for assessing obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Summary of opportunity:

This project will explore novel methods of assessing OCD symptoms and their severity. It may also investigate physiological methods of assessing sympathetic nervous system activity in people with OCD and related disorders and/or digital technology.

Opportunity synopsis:

My research into OCD has involved better understanding the heterogeneity of OCD, i.e. the many different symptoms of OCD and the differing ways it can present clinically. The ultimate goal is to improve diagnosis and prognostic indicators in a way that assists clinical practice.

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Project Opportunities

Title: Understanding the role of belief in medical disorders.

Summary of opportunity:

Belief can affect the way we view our illness and can be prominent in both psychiatric disorders and non-psychiatric disorders. This project will aim to improve our understanding of belief in a range of disorders with the aim of improving diagnosis and providing suggestions for managing patients with high levels of belief conviction.

Opportunity synopsis:

This project will involve clinical research aiming to improving the way that belief is assessed across a range of medical disorders within a large hospital complex.

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Symptom based OCD Study

The role of heart rate and brain waves in OCD

Validation of the Nepean Belief Scale

The delusion study

Early intervention services for obsessive-compulsive and related disorders

Virtual Reality Exposure for OCD

The role of TMS for OCD