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Gohier, Bénédicte. "Inhibiton cognitive , traitement émotionnel implicite et trouble dépressif majeur." Angers, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011ANGE1195.
Full textMajor depressive disorder is characterized by impairments in memory, attention and executive functions, particularly the cognitive inhibition and in emotional regulation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the process of emotional processing in major depressive disorder byfocusing on cognitive inhibition and the implicit treatment of emotional information. In a first experiment, we evaluated the ability of cognitive inhibition in a population of twenty patients suffering from major depressive disorder, based on the model of Hasher and Zacks (1988), using neutral material. A cross-modal emotional priming task (face, sound, word) was used to assess the implicit process. We used this task on 275 healthy subjects in order to evaluate a possible gender effect and with depressed patients. The main results confirm impairment in cognitive inhibition in patients suffering from major depressive disorder, particularly in terms of access and restraint functions. The emotional priming tesk allows us to confirm the bias toward negative information, correlated with lack of cognitive inhibition. The gender difference, with a greater sensibility for healthy women to negative environment was also found in depressed women. We discuss the consequence of impairment in cognitive inhibition on the processes of emotional regulation in major depressive disorder, and also the issue of female vulnerability, psychopathological and therapeutic. Major depressive disorder is characterized by impairments in memory, attention and executive functions, particularly the cognitive inhibition and in emotional regulation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the process of emotional processing in major depressive disorder byfocusing on cognitive inhibition and the implicit treatment of emotional information. In a first experiment, we evaluated the ability of cognitive inhibition in a population of twenty patients suffering from major depressive disorder, based on the model of Hasher and Zacks (1988), using neutral material. A cross-modal emotional priming task (face, sound, word) was used to assess the implicit process. We used this task on 275 healthy subjects in order to evaluate a possible gender effect and with depressed patients. The main results confirm impairment in cognitive inhibition in patients suffering from major depressive disorder, particularly in terms of access and restraint functions. The emotional priming tesk allows us to confirm the bias toward negative information, correlated with lack of cognitive inhibition. The gender difference, with a greater sensibility for healthy women to negative environment was also found in depressed women. We discuss the consequence of impairment in cognitive inhibition on the processes of emotional regulation in major depressive disorder, and also the issue of female vulnerability, psychopathological and therapeutic
Gendry-Gohier, Bénédicte. "INHIBITION COGNITIVE, TRAITEMENT EMOTIONNEL IMPLICITE et TROUBLE DEPRESSIF MAJEUR." Phd thesis, Université d'Angers, 2011. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00971735.
Full textBerger, Patricia. "Les symptômes, les critères et les diagnostics du trouble des conduites, du trouble oppositionnel avec provocation, du trouble dépressif majeur et du trouble dysthymique selon le genre chez les adolescents." Thèse, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2002. http://depot-e.uqtr.ca/2546/1/000686742.pdf.
Full textGodard, Julie. "Fonctionnements psychosocial et neuropsychologique associés à un épisode dépressif majeur dans le cadre d'un trouble de l'humeur sévère et complexe." Thesis, Université Laval, 2010. http://www.theses.ulaval.ca/2010/27025/27025.pdf.
Full textNoël, Dominique. "Efficacité de la psychothérapie gestaltiste des relations d'objet sur le trouble dépressif majeur accompagné d'une pathologie de la personnalité." Thèse, Université de Sherbrooke, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11143/6776.
Full textSoudry-Faure, Agnès. "Consommation d'antidépresseurs chez des personnes âgées non institutionnalisées : Etude des trois cités." Paris 11, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009PA11T017.
Full textBelzeaux, Raoul. "Etudes de l'expression des ARN périphériques dans la dépression. : La régulation de l'expression génétique en question." Thesis, Aix-Marseille 2, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011AIX20727.
Full textMajor depression is a frequent and severe disease whose treatment is often inconsistent and patients care remains insufficient. Despite some hypothesis which implicate mono-amine and genetic factors, the pathophysiology of major depression remains unclear. Moreover, no biological marker is available in current clinical practice.Our work aims to propose methodological tools and offers preliminary results to develop such biological markers by studying gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from severe depressive patients and sex and age-matched controls in different comparative prospective studies. Candidate gene and pangenomic approaches were combined. Moreover, we explored for the first time human microRNA transcription variation in major depression by multiplex RT-qPCR.Among our main findings, we demonstrate that some well-known candidate gene such as serotonin transporter mRNA could be interesting biomarkers of major depression evolution or prognosis. In addition, pangenomic study highlights the implication of genes related to chromatin structure and gene expression regulation like histone family. We also identified variations in the expression of a set of microRNAs during a major depressive episode and, with in silico approaches, we propose putative functional interactions between candidate miRNAs and mRNAs.Overall, our work underlines the feasibility and the relevance of studying the level of expression of RNAs in a psychiatric disorder using peripheral tissues. We obtained both convergent and novel results in regard to previous investigations opening the way to better knowledge of major depression pathophysiology as well as biomarkers development
Bénard, Victoire. "Étude Multi-Échelles de Profils de Patients avec Risque de Suicide." Thesis, Lille 2, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020LIL2S010.
Full textIn the current scientific literature, the studies have been highlighted by a transdiagnostic approach, implementation of clinical, biological and genetic factors, suicidal behavior independent of a diagnosis of psychiatric disorder in Axis I or II of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. Mental Disorders (DSM) (1-3). In addition, the endurance of psychiatric disorder is not discriminating to define certain types of profiles of patients at risk of suicide (4-6). In fact, suicide can affect both people in crisis but it is widely recognized that psychiatric pathologies remain at high risk of suicide, including mood disorders such as bipolar disorder and unipolar depression, and especially with psychotics (7,8). In addition, specific suicide risk factors were found in these different populations (9,10). Thus, with this modern conception of suicide, it seems relevant to study suicidal risk in various suicidal populations, with or without psychiatric problems, and using an epidemiological approach, dynamic with actigraphy, and biological (3, 11 , 12).For this, there are several different assessments of vulnerability of suicide in a transdiagnostic and targeted way in the problems of the united and bi-polar moods
Nucci, Delarozière Isabelle. "La comorbidité des troubles anxieux dans la dépression : à propos d'une étude transversale portant sur 58 patients hospitalisés pour épisode dépressif majeur." Bordeaux 2, 1996. http://www.theses.fr/1996BOR23084.
Full textConsoloni, Julia-Lou. "Approche intégrative des facteurs biologiques et psychologiques associés au pronostic des troubles de l'humeur." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017AIXM0615/document.
Full textMood disorders are frequent and heterogeneous psychiatric illnesses associated to a huge functional, social and economic burden. Different factors such as a higher risk of suicide, the higher frequency of psychiatric and somatic comorbidities are worsening the prognosis of these diseases. Within a preventive approach, it is essential to identify biological, psychological or environmental factors that might influence or predict such prognosis. This thesis focused on major elements of the prognosis of the two main mood disorders: major depression and bipolar disorder. Firstly, using a candidate-gene approach, we have tried to identify a biomarker of suicide risk in patients with a major depressive episode. We have found that SLC6A4 (gene coding for the serotonin transporter protein) mRNA expression levels extracted from the peripheral blood was able to predict the worsening of suicidal ideation in a 30 weeks follow-up. Secondly, we explored the clinical and neuropsychological factors associated to medication adherence in euthymic bipolar patients. The results of our study highlighted that bipolar patients who experienced a higher number of adverse side effects and a smaller number of previous hospitalizations are more likely to be low adherent. Moreover, in the older bipolar patients only, poor executive functioning predicted low adherence
Thomas, Pierre. "Étude des processus contrôles de l'attention dans la dépression majeure et la schizophrénie." Lyon 1, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998LYO1T208.
Full textDupuy, Jean-Bernard. "Les processus cognitifs du trouble d'anxiété généralisée et la comorbidité avec le trouble de dépression majeure." Doctoral thesis, Université Laval, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/62066.
Full textCette étude propose d’évaluer comment se manifestent les processus cognitifs du trouble d’anxiété généralisée (TAG) lorsque le trouble de dépression majeure (TDM) est comorbideau TAG. Bien que plus de gens sont atteints d’un TAG et d’un TDM comorbide que d’un TAG sans TDM, très peu de recherches ont été faites sur le sujet L’objectif central de l’étude vise à améliorer la compréhension de cette comorbidité en examinant la dimension cognitive. Trente-deux participants ont été divisés en deux groupes suite à deux évaluations diagnostiques indépendantes effectuées au moyen d’une entrevue structurée. Le premier groupe (N= 15; 10 femmes et 5 hommes) comprend des individus ayant un diagnostic principal de TAG et de TDM et le second groupe (N= 17; 12 femmes et 5 hommes) est constitué de gens ayant un diagnostic principal de TAG sans TDM. Au moyen d’ANCOVAs, les groupes ont été comparés sur quatre variables cognitives centrales dans le développement et le maintien du TAG: l’intolérance à l’incertitude, l’attitude négative face aux problèmes, l’évitement cognitif et les fausses croyances face aux inquiétudes. Les résultats montrent que les gens ayant un diagnostic principal de TAG et de TDM sont plus intolérants à l’incertitude, maintiennent une attitude plus négative face aux problèmes et présentent plus d’évitement cognitif que les individus ayant un diagnostic principal de TAG sans TDM. Donc, la présence d’un TDM comorbide chez les gens atteints d’un TAG est associée à un niveau de sévérité plus élevé quant à trois processus cognitifs. L’étude indique la pertinence d’utiliser les variables cognitives à l’étude, afin de mieux comprendre la comorbidité TAG et TDM. Enfin, une analyse discriminante de type pas à pas a été effectuée afin de déterminer quels critères diagnostiques du TAG permettent le mieux de différencier les gens ayant un diagnostic principal de TAG et de TDM, des individus ayant un diagnostic principal de TAG sans TDM .Cette analyse a retenu trois critères (le niveau d’interférence, la perturbation du sommeil et la tension musculaire) qui facilitent le diagnostic différentiel entre les deux groupes.
The present study looks at how cognitive variables proven to be central to the developmentand maintenance of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), manifest themselves when GADand Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) are comorbid. GAD is more often presents imultaneously with MDD than alone but few studies have investigated the phenomenon of comorbid GAD and MDD. The principal goal of the present study is to bring a deeper understanding of this comorbidity by paying closer attention to its cognitive dimension. In the present research, 32 participants were divided into 2 groups, following two independent diagnostic evaluations with the Anxiety Disorder Interview Schedule for DSM-IV. The firstgroup (N= 15; 10 women and 5 men) is made up of individuals with a principal diagnosis of comorbid GAD and MDD; and the second group (N= 17; 12 women and 5 men) is made up of people with a principal diagnosis of GAD without MDD. ANCOVAs were used to compare groups on 4 cognitive variables: intolerant of uncertainty, poor problem orientation, cognitive avoidance and beliefs about worry. Results show that the group of individuals with a principal diagnosis of comorbid GAD and MDD were more intolerant of uncertainty, presented poorer problem orientation and displayed more cognitive avoidance than the group of people with a principal diagnosis of GAD without MDD. Thus, the presence of comorbid MDD in people living with GAD is associated to a higher level ofseverity for three cognitive processes. The study demonstrates the pertinence of using the cognitive variables under study to better understand comorbid GAD and MDD. Moreover, a stepwise discriminant analysis was madeon GAD diagnostic criteria. This analysis retained three criteria (level ofinterference, sleepingproblems and muscular tension), which facilitated the differential diagnosis between bothgroups.
Colle, Romain. "BDNF/TRKB, volume hippocampique et réponse aux antidépresseurs dans le trouble dépressif unipolaire." Thesis, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016USPCB002.
Full textIntroduction: developed with Animal preclinical approachs, neurtrophinic and neurogenic models of antidepressant mechanism of action lead to identify biomarkers in Human which could be predict antidepressant response and remission in depressed patients. We assess the clinical benefit of 11 biomarkers in depressed patients: Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) and its receptor Tyrosine Receptor -Kinase B (TRKB), Plasma BDNF and Hippocampal volumes to predict antidepressant response/remission. Methods: The original research data of this work are from METADAP cohort. It is a prospective, multicentric cohort including 624 patients with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder and a current major depressive episode at the start of the index antidepressant treatment. Antidepressant treatment is prescribed in naturalistic conditions (all commercialized antidepressant in France). Patient are assessed 1, 3 and 6 months after the start of antidepressant treatment. Studied biomarkers are BDNF Val66Met polymorphism, 8 TRKB SNP and plasma BDNF. Ancillary study are done with 63 patients which benefit in clinical practice of Magnetic Resonnance (MRI) at the inclusion of the cohort. Results: 1) A review of literature reports associations between antidepressant efficacy and 12 BDNF/TRKB SNP on 242 studied SNP and an association with Met allele of Val66Met BDNF polymorphism and a best antidepressant efficacy in Asian patients. 2) Our original data show no impact of 8 TRKB SNP on antidepressant response remission but a differential effect of Val66Met BDNF polymorphism depending on antidepressant treatment class. 3) Plasma BDNF study is not conclusive. 4) Concerning hippocampal volumes, our meta-analysis show that smaller hippocampal volumes predict lower response/remission rate after antidepressant treatment. 5) No association is found between studied biomarkers. Conclusion: 2 of the 11 studied biomarkers could be useful in clinical practice. After replication of our results, Val66Met polymorphism could lead to personalized antidepressant prescription in major depressive disorder. Although the animal prelinical littérature appar strong, we dont report association between genetic biomarker and hippocampal volume in ours ample. We will assess neurotrophinic and neurogenic biomarkers with new methods: next generation sequencing for genetic, multimodal imaging (repeated structural, functional and diffusion MRI) of hippocampus. We also will assess new biomarkers
Yrondi, Antoine. "Modifications structuro-fonctionnelles cérébrales chez des sujets dépressifs sévères avant et après traitement par électroconvulsivothérapie : étude exploratoire ECTIM." Thesis, Toulouse 3, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018TOU30062/document.
Full textBackground: Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) is a non-pharmacological treatment of resistant depressive disorder. Although its efficacy has been demonstrated in this indication, the brain mechanisms underlying this process remain very imprecise. There is currently no work studying the effect of one effective ECT on cerebral structural changes. It seems essential to continue the study of the early and late neuroanatomical correlates underlying neurofunctional processes responsible for improving the clinic. Methods: This is a mono-centric study conducted on the Toulouse University Hospital. In patients with resistant depressive disorder, clinical and multimodal MRI assessments are performed at 4-step intervals. The first evaluation takes place before the beginning of the treatment, the 2nd after a 1st ECT, the 3rd after a 1st effective ECT and the 4th after remission. Results: Regarding the volume of the hippocampus and amygdala at the first visit was not different from the volume at the third visit (t (135) = .329, p = .94). On the contrary, there was a significant difference between the volume of two structures between the first and the fourth visit (t (135) = -2.47, p = .039) and between the third and fourth visits (t (135) = -3.51, p = .002). For mean diffusivity, the effect of visits showed a trend toward significance for MD (F (2.136) = 2.67, p = .072). In the MRI resting state, there is early hypoconnectivity between (i) the right hippocampus and the dorsal anterior cingulate cortex (t = -6.20, pFDR: 0.0123); (ii) right hippocampus and left caudate nucleus (t = -7.69, pFDR: 0.0035) and (iii) vermis cerebellum and precuneus (t = -5.93 p FDR: 0.0363). There is hyperconnectivity between V4 and V1 between (i) the right medial orbit frontal cortex and the medial occipital gyrus (t = 6.58; p FDR: 0.0146) and (ii) the right inferior frontal gyrus and left fronto medial cortex (t = 6.83, pFDR: 0.0104). There is a significant decrease in the symptoms of depression between V4 and V1 at the Hamilton scale (V4: 3.08 AND: 1.62, V1: 23.17 AND: 3.21, p <0.001). Conclusion: There appears to be structural-functional changes at the end of the ECT course. However, we do not find early structural and micro structural changes
Richieri, Raphaëlle. "Substrats neuro-fonctionnels de la stimulation magnétique transcrânienne répétitive dans la dépression pharmaco-résistante." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014AIXM5026.
Full textTreatment-resistance is a common outcome of a major depressive episode. Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation has been put forward as a new technique to treat this debilitating illness. The first objective of our thesis was to characterize the functional substrates of treatment-resistant depression (TRD) using SPECT technique, in order to identify specific patterns of brain abnormalities. In a second part, based on existing work on the antidepressant mechanisms of rTMS, we investigated the predictive value of two neurofunctional biomarkers: SPECT and EEG. Finally, we studied brain SPECT perfusion changes underlying therapeutic efficiency and improvement of quality of life, as currently recommended. Our results showed the existence of a common pattern of brain perfusion in treatment-resistant patients involving the fronto-temporal regions and the cerebellum, regardless the type of depression. At baseline, SPECT brain perfusion and alpha EEG band power could predict individual clinical improvement in TRD-patients treated with rTMS. Regardless the stimulated side, the antidepressant efficacy of rTMS consisted in similar changes in cerebral perfusion. Finally, our results have identified distinct dysfunctional brain regions and confirm the interest of a complementary approach to depression, by assessing quality of life
Le, Chevanton Tristan. "Création et validation d’une constellation pour le diagnostic différentiel des épisodes dépressifs majeurs bipolaires au moyen du test de Rorschach (système intégratif)." Thesis, Paris 10, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA100072.
Full textThe aims of this study are 1) to contribute to reduce the diagnostic delay of bipolar disorder ; 2) identify infraclinical psychological markers of bipolar depression ; 3) build a bipolar depressive index in Rorschach test (comprehensive system).Method : A preliminary Rorschach index has been developed from a pre-test with 41 patients(20 bipolar and 21 unipolar). This preliminary index has been tested on another sample of 141 patients (71 bipolar and 70 unipolar). We used MADRS to rate the depressive symptomaticintensity and the MAS to rate the manic and / or hypomanic symptomatic intensity.Results : Some infraclinical dimensions of depressive episodes, assessed with the Rorschachtest, are different in unipolar and bipolar patients. 7 variables are different in the 2 groups. We put them together in an index. Grouping these variables in a constellation increases specificityand sensitivity of the differential diagnosis
Le, Lay Agathe. "Troubles dépressifs majeurs : approche méthodologique pour la modélisation médico-économique des stratégies de prévention des récidives par modèles de simulation à événements Discrets." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009LYO10314.
Full textDepressive disorders represent today one of the most frequent causes of disability and premature death worldwide. Research on the natural history of depressive disorders has shown that it is indeed a chronic rather than an acute disease. Many studies have shown the effectiveness of antidepressants in preventing relapse; however, the situation seems less clear with regard to the prevention of recurrence. A number of research activities have been conducted to evaluate the pharmaco-economic impact of preventive strategies with the help of simulation models. These techniques represent a convenient tool enabling the schematic representation of disease progression over time. However, in order to be able to assess the economic impact of prevention strategies for depressive disorders, a number of factors must be taken into account when developing the model structure. We show that the integration of all determining factors, especially on a wide-enough time horizon in order to capture the therapeutic and possible economic benefits in the long term can be somewhat problematic. We show that the models available in the literature only present a partial framework aiming at depicting disease’s risk factors (medical history, treatment compliance or socio-demographic characteristics) and progression over time. We propose then to consider the use of discrete event simulation models as a possible tool for modelling recurrent depressive disorders, and we provide a detailed description of the principles of this methodology. We then try to develop a core model based on epidemiological evidence. We show that the flexibility associated with this type of modelling method can provide an analytical framework that depicts the characteristics of the depressive pathology in a more realistic fashion
Pry, René. "Etude de la personnalité de sujets ayant présenté des épisodes dépressifs majeurs avec mélancolie et troubles psychotiques congruents à l'humeur." Paris 5, 1988. http://www.theses.fr/1988PA05H086.
Full textA personality study (based on a factor analysis model) of delusional depression and non-delusional depression during the intercritical period shows but very minor differences. The only significant differential aspects concern: a) anxiety-depressive symptoms and hypochondriac complaints and b) more markeed elements of repression and defensive tentencies in cases of non delusional depression. The author's hypothesis is that this differential aspect might be due to multiple factors: the more "active" type of treatment, in cases of delusional depression, which could be explained by the of clinical symptoms at the time of hospitalisation, and defensive elements in non-delusional depression, which might contribute to the conservation of residual depressive symptoms. No difference having been observed concerning personality features between these two clinical forms it may be supposed that delusional depressions are possibly no more than the most marked expression of depressive pathology, and that the presence or absence of psychotic elements congruent with mood disorders is probably not be considered as a pertinent differentiale symptomatic distinction to differentiale this sub-groupe within major depression
Lafleur, Chantal. "Utilisation et utilité clinique d’une intervention multisensorielle de type Snoezelen avec des patients atteints de trouble neurocognitif majeur dû à la maladie d’Alzheimer." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/37245.
Full textPaquette, Vincent. "L'effet de la psychoneurothérapie sur l'activité électrique du cerveau d'individus souffrant du trouble dépressif majeur unipolaire." Thèse, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/6707.
Full textKraushaar, Caroline. "Corrélats neuronaux du circuit des récompenses chez les jeunes à risque parental de troubles de l'humeur." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/13972.
Full textThis thesis aims to investigate the behavioral and neural reward circuitry, in youths at high parental risk for major depressive and bipolar disorder, in comparison to youths at low parental risk for mood disorders. More specifically, the goal is to identify behavioral and neural markers of the risk to develop a major depressive or a bipolar disorder in order to early detect and prevent these disorders, and ultimately to avoid, or at least delay, their emergence. To do so, we conducted two experiments, presented herein in two empirical articles. In the first article, behavioral and neuronal reward circuitry were investigated in youths at high parental risk for major depressive disorder (i.e, asymptomatic youths which one of the parents is suffering from major depression), youths at high parental risk for bipolar disorder (i.e, asymptomatic youths which one of the parents is suffering from bipolar disorder) and control youths (i.e, asymptomatic youths from mentally healthy parents). Therefore, we used a monetary incentive delay task allowing the assessment of monetary gain and loss anticipation and outcome. Behaviorally, results revealed a better performance in youths at risk for major depressive disorder on trials involving potential losses of various magnitude (0,20$, 1$ or 5$), as well as a better performance in youths at risk for bipolar disorder on trials involving potential null losses (0$). Regarding imaging data, youths at risk for major depressive disorder demonstrated a reduced activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during the anticipation of potential monetary losses of various magnitude, while youths at risk for bipolar disorder showed a reduced activity in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex during the anticipation of potential null losses. Moreover, youths at risk for major depressive disorder tended to have an increased activity in the orbitofrontal cortex during successful avoidance of monetary losses, while youths at risk for bipolar disorder tended to demonstrate an increased activity in the orbitofrontal cortex during feedback of monetary losses. In the second article, structural integrity of fronto-limbic regions was investigated, through volumetric, cortical thickness and surface area measures. Results have highlighted, in youths at risk for bipolar disorder, an increased volume in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, compared to both youths at risk for major depressive disorder and controls. Moreover, youths at risk for bipolar disorder showed an increased volume in the posterior cingulate cortex, in comparison to youths at risk for major depressive disorder. Finally, a reduced thickness in the orbitofrontal cortex and middle frontal gyrus were observed in youths at risk for bipolar disorder, in comparison to control youths. Taken together, these results demonstrate the existence of behavioral particularities, and neuronal alterations regarding functional and structural data, in youths at high risk for mood disorders, and this, even before the emergence of the first mood symptoms. More specifically, these characteristics might constitute markers of the risk to develop a mood disorder. Consequently, these markers could help to better identify youths who are most at risk to develop a mood disorder, and thus allow the early implementation of adapted preventive strategies to avoid psychopathological developmental trajectories.
Azar, Rima. "Cortisol salivaire chez des mères adolescentes et leur nourrisson : exploration de quelques corrélats psychopathologiques et comportementaux." Thèse, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/14723.
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