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Chair: Victor Tamburini Abstract Children become able to process verbal identity statements as they learn to attribute false beliefs. The mental files explanation points to the need for linked indexed files for solving both tasks, which children achieve …

Chair: Michael Murez Abstract Scene constructions, or more broadly, episodic simulations, are internal representations of states, relations, and events in the spatial navigational system of the brain. These constructions serve various purposes, including …

Session 1: Children Abstract Improving child health and reducing health inequalities is a priority for public health. There are large inequalities in child health between and within countries in Europe. Generally speaking, the causes of these health …

Session 2: Young adults Abstract Childhood adversities like poverty, parental separation, and parental illness are linked to lifelong social disadvantage and poor health. Mental health problems play a key role in maintaining this, especially during the …

Chair: Nicholas Shea Abstract I propose that communication with the indexical pronoun 'I' requires coordination on a familiar discourse referent, just like communication with anaphoric (or deictic) use of 'she'. This proposal improves on a contrasting …

Session 2: Young adults Abstract A main actual challenge is to explore holistically the determinants of psychosocial distress in young people experiencing the urban transition. The young people's health is a priority in modern societies where psychosocial …

Judith van der Waerden Judith van der Waerden is a "chargée de recherche" (CRCN) at INSERM and leads the ESSMA team (Épidémiologie Sociale, Santé Mentale et Addictions) within IPLESP UMR_S 1136 at Sorbonne Université, Paris. Her research focuses on the …

Chair: Nicholas Shea Abstract Discourse referents are "mental files" insofar as they are mental representations that function like variables: they architecturally separate addresses from contents. I argue for a construal of discourse referents in which …

Chair: Nicholas Shea Abstract In previous work, I argue that discourse referents-devices for tracking objects under discussion in discourse-are best understood as mental files: vehicles for tracking the same object in cognition independently of any …

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Session 3: Adults Abstract 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 …

Session 3: Adults Abstract Recent global crises, including armed conflicts, natural disasters, and the COVID-19 pandemic, have led to substantial increases in mental health problems among affected populations. Individuals with refugee or migrant …

Abstract Ever since his discovery in 1856, Neanderthal has been the subject of numerous figurative representations, almost systematically on scientific grounds. The results of these associations between artists and scientists have not escaped numerous …

Session 4: Social Determinants of Mental Health over the Lifecourse Abstract After briefly reviewing the history of psychiatric epidemiology and its major accomplishments in understanding child and adult psychopathology, we will discuss its current …

Chair: Joulia Smortchkova Abstract MSDRT (Mental State Discourse Representation Theory) has developed a number of different Types of Entity Representations (its term for what is referred to by others as Mental Files). The different ER Types are for …

Session 4: What Is the Future of Psychiatric Epidemiology? Abstract Social determinants of health play a major role in shaping population health and healthy aging. In this presentation we will focus on conditions in mid life particularly around working …

Chair: Joulia Smortchkova Abstract Two ideas characterize many discussions of discourse files or discourse referents. One is that they are only temporary, serving as mental proxies for individuals only across some segment of discourse. Dissociations …