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Clinical and Developmental Psychologist with a particular interest in developmental and mental disorders and their relationship to gut health.
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Food Protein-Induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES) and Food Protein-Induced Allergic Proctocolitis (FPIAP) are two non-Immunoglobulin E (non-IgE) mediated food allergies that affect infants, with an onset soon after birth. Both disorders are related to the immune system and the gut microbiota, although FPIAP remains very poorly understood. Both di...
Inflammatory bowel disorders (IBD) are considered to be caused by autoimmunity. Available drug treatments only treat symptoms, and they typically work by suppressing the immune system. In this paper we retrospectively analyse the evolution of eight IBD patients who followed the GAPS Nutritional Protocol, a dietary treatment focused on normalising t...
Context. Recent research has highlighted how therapists as persons have a considerable impact on therapy outcome. It is highly relevant to better understand the events that therapists' way of being. The current dissertation is part of a larger ongoing research project at the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve focussing on this personal and p...
Background: Recent research suggests that Tourette Syndrome and tic-related disorders can be alleviated by dietary and other CAM (Complementary and Alternative Medicine) interventions. In this study we explore the hypothesis that these disorders and associated comorbidities stem from abnormalities in gut microbiome (gut dysbiosis). The GAPS Nutriti...
A growing amount of research highlights the relationship between damaged gut microbiome and chronic illnesses - mental and physical. Healing the gut is becoming a priority in treating any chronic disease. The GAPS Nutritional Protocol has been designed for this purpose and has been used all over the world for twenty years. It has yielded successful...
Background: PANDAS is a debilitating psychiatric condition that appears suddenly in childhood characterized by obsessive and compulsive behaviour, anxiety, fear, phobias, tics, irritability, mood swings, developmental regression, sleep issues and hallucinations. It is often hypothesized that this range of symptoms is caused by an autoimmune respons...
