Iris Sommer

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The aim of my work is to improve outcome for people with complex brain disorders, especially those with psychosis. This implies better understanding of what happens when people develop psychosis and at the same time creating new opportunities for better treatment. I coordinate several consortia, like NoGutsNoGlory, to investigate the effects of healthy nutrition, HAMLETT Ophelia, a Dutch collaboration assessing the long-term impact of antipsychotic treatment, TRUSTING an EU Horizon funded project aiming to use speech and language markers to predict relapse psychosis and Delta Lang, an EU funded Synergy project to understand the role of language in psychosis. I much enjoy sharing our findings with a larger audience in books, columns, podcasts or lectures.

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Silencing the voices? Landmark German study finds rTMS modestly effective for auditory hallucinations

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A large multicentre trial from Germany found that repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) significantly reduced auditory hallucinations compared to sham treatment. Could this safe and well-tolerated therapy finally offer new hope for people with persistent voices?

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