Session 3: Adults
Exposure to a major life event may trigger the development of a stressor-related disorder, such as posttraumatic stress disorder and prolonged grief disorders occur. This presentation will review our line of research on the prediction and effective treatments of these conditions. The role of environmental factors across the lifespan will also be discussed.
T.-H. Eric Bui, MD, PhD initially received an MD and a PhD from the University of Toulouse (France). He is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Caen Normandy (France), and adjunct investigator at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, MA) where he served in different leadership capacities as a Harvard Medical School faculty, for nearly ten years. His research focuses specifically on understanding the mechanism and improving the treatment of anxiety and stress-related conditions, including using psychopharmacotherapy and mind-body approaches. To date, he has published over 200 scientific articles and book chapters, and edited two textbooks in the field of anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and prolonged grief disorder. He served as President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (2020-2021), and currently serves as Associate Editor of the European Journal of Psychotraumatology, and as Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mental Health.
