Each year since 2004, Institute of Myology accommodates two days per week, from january to july, students of this Psychopathology and Neurological Diseases IUD. This diploma was created in partnership with Paris VI and Paris VIII Universities. Pedagogic and scientific directors are Prof Olivier Lyon-Caen and Prof Michèle Montreuil.

In managing patients affected with neurological diseases, the psychopathological dimension is central for it generates handicaps. Unfortunately, this dimension is still insufficiently known and taken into account. Using a pluridisciplinary approach, the objective of this IUD is to train physicians, psychologists, sanitary and medico-social professionals as well as representatives of patient organizations in the management of adults affected with neurological diseases.

 

This diploma brings together the knowledge and experience of psychiatrists, psychologists and neurologists to understand better the psychopathology of neurological affections and the management of patients and their families. Many aspects of the situation - medical, psychological, judicial, legal, administrative, ethical and social - are therefore taken into consideration.

 

At the end of this training, students are both able to grasp the psychological dimension of adult neurological diseases and point management, and to cooperate with other fields professionnals.

Marcela Gargiulo is a psychologist at the AFM and is attached to the neuromuscular clinic. She is often associated to disclose diagnoses to patients and families. Quite logically, she has been involved in the structuring of this IUD and belongs to its Scientific Committee. She is responsible for Module 3 of the IUD “Psychotherapeutic Management: Patients and Families,” on the support psychotherapies.

 

Also associated with this IUD are Prof Bruno Eymard, neurologist and head of the neuromuscular clinic at the Institute of Myology and Martine Frischmann, a psychologist and advisor to the AFM, who belongs to the pedagogic team and intervenes during Module 2 “Affective and Behavioural Disorders: From the Symptom to Handicap Situations.”