Last Friday, we saw Myrto successfully defend her thesis “The pill and the will : pharmacological and psychological modulation of cognitive and affective processes”.
The thesis investigates pharmacological and psychological approaches to emotion regulation. In brief, it involves:
- How SSRI affect induction and regulation of fear and disgust in healthy subjects.
- The effect of stimulant medication on the induction and regulation of negative emotions in healthy controls and patients with ADHD.
- The difference between pharmacological emotion regulation (SSRI and CS) and psychological emotion regulation and emotion regulation with skills training/exposure.
The opponent was Trevor Robins, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge. Main supervisor was Mussie Msghina, and co-supervisors were Yanlu Wang, Tie-Qiang Li & Lina Martinsson.
Well done and congratulations, Myrto!
Rücklab - Psychiatry research at Karolinska Institutet 