Clinical Harmonization
Clinical Translation
Industry Collaborations and Stakeholders
Computational Methods Development
Theory, Mechanisms & Models
Phenomenology in Language and Communication
Working Groups
What is a DISCOURSE working group?
It is a group of discourse members interested in a specific aspect of speech, language and communication research in psychosis. It is constituted to enable more specific discussions about circumscribed areas of interest, identify challenges that can be addressed, and to formulate action plans to solve them.
There is no limitation to working group membership; one can be a member of many. This may facilitate finding ways to exchange ideas and progress with other groups.
If you would like to join a Work Group, please contact the Co-Leads of the work group you are interested in joining using the emails listed.
What can the working groups do?
Working groups can start with defining the key issues that can be tackled within their thinktanks and come up with ways of addressing them collaboratively and impactfully.
A few deliverables can be identified within the groups (e.g., a consensus statement about an issue, a review, or a specific use case for Discourse SpeechBank data). They can also contribute to the program planning (Discourse meeting, symposia, webinars).
Please read our Authorship Policy file.
WORK GROUPS
| Work Groups | Themes | Co-leads | Read more |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Harmonization | Clinical characterization of thought disorder, psychometrics, validation studies, transdiagnostic dimension understanding | Sunny Tang - stang3@northwell.edu Frederike Stein - frederike.stein@staff.uni-marburg.de | DISCOURSE Clinical Harmonization WG |
| Clinical Translation | Pharmacological studies, brain stimulation, remediation studies, diagnostic RCTs, digital health interventions | Susan Rossell - srossell@swin.edu.au Valentina Bambini - valentina.bambini@iusspavia.it | DISCOURSE Clinical Translation |
| Computational Methods Development | Analytical pipelines, NLP approaches, computational methods | Sunny Tang - stang3@northwell.edu Alban Voppel - alban.voppel@mail.mcgill.ca | DISCOURSE Computational Methods WG |
| Theory, Mechanisms & Models | Cognitive models for speech and language disturbance in psychosis Neuroimaging, EEG/MEG, biomarker studies, genetics, neurobiology, neurolinguistics, cognitive and theoretical models | Kuperberg, Gina R. - gina.kuperberg@tufts.edu Maria Alonso - mariafrancisca.alonso@uv.cl | DISCOURSE Theory, Mechanisms & Models |
| Industry Collaborations and Stakeholders | Discuss the ethical and procedural basis for the clinical use of innovations in this field, ensuring the participation of different stakeholders (such as patients, families, mental health professionals, and industry) | Natalia Mota - natalia.mota@ipub.ufrj.br Julianna Olah - julianna.olah@kcl.ac.uk | DISCOURSE Industry Collaborations and Stakeholders |
| Phenomenology in Language and Communication | Subjective experiences, lived experiences, theoretical foundations, qualitative analyses, quantitative approaches using phenomenological scales, and neurophenomenology of communication | Valeria Lucarini - valeria.lucarini@inserm.fr | We propose to investigate language and communication in psychosis within a phenomenological framework, i.e. focused on the exploration of patients’ subjective experiences. Within this framework, the linguistic atypicalities observed in psychosis could be understood as manifestations of the impact on experiential dimensions such as ipseity, embodiment, lived temporality, or intersubjectivity. The research will be structured along different axes, such as theoretical reflection, qualitative analyses of linguistic experience, and quantitative approaches combining phenomenological clinical scales with computational methods. In this view, phenomenological psychopathology could provide a transversal framework across different domains of language research. |
Download the updated Discourse Committees and Work Groups list here.