Overview
Since its development more than three decades ago, the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) has been the leading tool for evaluating symptom severity in schizophrenia and related disorders, influencing psychiatric research, treatment development, and clinical care.
As the field has evolved, however, so have the challenges of using the PANSS effectively. From training access to licensing and version selection, researchers and clinicians have faced barriers to consistent, high-quality implementation. In this webinar, experts from the PANSS Institute and Mapi Research Trust will share how a new partnership is addressing these challenges head-on.
What you’ll learn
- How to access the PANSS for different applications, including commercial and academic use
- What’s new: free training programs, multilingual resources, and upcoming scale updates
- How a new collaboration simplifies global use and consistency of the measure
Who should attend?
This webinar will appeal to a variety of professions, including:
- Psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health professionals
- Clinical researchers and academic teams using psychiatric assessment tools
- Pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotech organizations
Speakers
Mark G. A. Opler, PhD, MPH
Dr. Mark Opler is Executive Director at the New York City-based PANSS Institute and Chief Research Officer, eCOA Neuroscience at Clario. He has served as a faculty member in the Departments of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He has received research support from the US NIMH, the Brain & Behavior Foundation (formerly NARSAD), the Stanley Medical Research Institute and the Qatar National Research Fund.
Frédérique Boucher
Frédérique Boucher has 19 years of experience in the Clinical Outcome Assessments (COAs) world. She joined the Author Collaboration Unit at Mapi Research Trust in April 2021 where she establishes new collaborations with developers and copyright holders of COAs and assists them with the daily management of their questionnaires. She manages accounts worldwide, including the management of the scales developed by the PANSS Author Group. Prior to this, she has worked for the past 15 years in the linguistic validation of COAs at Mapi/ICON Language Services.