Shaping Tomorrow: How the STEP Training Course Pioneered Noninvasive Brain Stimulation Training for Psychiatry in France

Overview

Journal Front Psychiatry

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2024 Dec 10

PMID 39655203

Authors

Marine Mondino

Cecilia Neige

Jean-Marie Batail

Noomane Bouaziz

Maxime Bubrovszky

Samuel Bulteau

Anastasia Demina

Ludovic C Dormegny-Jeanjean

Ghina Harika-Germaneau

Dominique Januel

Charles Laidi

Virginie Moulier

Marion Plaze

Arnaud Pouchon

Emmanuel Poulet

Maud Rotharmel

Anne Sauvaget

Antoine Yrondi

David Szekely

Jerome Brunelin

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Abstract

Over the past three decades, non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques have gained worldwide attention and demonstrated therapeutic potential in various medical fields, particularly psychiatry. The emergence of these novel techniques has led to an increased need for robust training programs to provide practitioners, whether clinicians or scientists, with the necessary skills and knowledge. In response, a comprehensive training curriculum for NIBS in psychiatry has been developed in France. This curriculum was developed by a group of researchers and psychiatrists interested in the clinical application of NIBS in psychiatry, called STEP - Stimulation Transcranienne en Psychiatrie, under the auspices of the French Association of Biological Psychiatry. This perspective outlines the development and implementation of this course, tracing its inception, the evolution of the program, and the challenges encountered along the way. The position of the course in the national and international environment and its future prospects are also discussed. Through this perspective, we aim to summarize the collaborative efforts to promote NIBS teaching and research in French psychiatry.

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