So who’s data is it anyway? Jacqueline and Alexandre was to know what happens to the data if a participant in the trial decides not to continue…

How long is too long? Jacqueline wants to know how do you go about ensuring participants in this trial really do give their “enlightened consent”?

Getting it right. Kristina emphasises the importance of ethics in scientific research…

No navel gazing here. Alexandre is pleasantly surprised by the scope of the ethics consultation…

What happens next? Jacqueline reflects on the lack of feedback or continuity in scientific trials…

Caroline and Alexandre have their doubts about the time available for the interviews and what can be achieved in the time given.

The BERN group lay down some markers for when things “get better”...

The Bern group discusses potential scenarios for collaboration - with on eye on the funding issue...

Alexandre explains how depression can undermine resistance to stress and fatigue...

Spring or Autumn? Alexandre unpacks the complex impact that seasonal change can have on those suffering with bi-polar or depression...

Bipolar or borderline? Alexandre tells us why clarity in diagnosis is crucial...

"Bench to Bed" is a phrase frequently used to describe an idealised relationship between research and clinical practice - Kristine explains to the PLEX-RPs one reason why this process isn’t quite as simple as it sounds...

Is diagnosis and subsequent labelling a help or hindrance to people living with mental illness? Kristina touches on the potential for rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) in people with severe depression while Alexandre adds n since to the debate...