Specialist in clinical psychology, 1989

1978 1979 Pursued a M.A. degree in Clinical Psychology, completed internship in Clinical Psychology, Fort Napier Psychiatric Hospital, Pietermaritzbug

1981 1983 Clinical psychologist lecturer, Ga Rankuwa Hospital and Department of Psychiatry, MEDUNSA

And so I became the head of neurophysiology for the clinical arm of this team, and we're finally able to use this technology towards actually helping children with brain disorders.

1984 1989 Senior Clinical Psychologist, Senior Lecturer Department of Clinical and Applied Psychology (MEDUNSA)

Now, I'm a clinical psychologist. I'm licensed in New York State.

I'm a neuroscientist.

1990 Head, Department of Clinical and Applied Psychology, MEDUNSA

1980 Clinical psychologist, George Stegmann Hospital, Saulspoort

The major areas of research are Life Sciences, Neurology, Physiology and Radiobiology.

The duty applies to the following doctors, nurses, pedagogies, social workers, police officers, psychologists, clinical criminologists, para medical personnel, lawyers, religious scholars and rabbinical pleaders.

Optical biosensors are particularly useful in the clinical laboratory.

Twins, a Clinical Study, Mental traits of identical twins

So, to summarize Prakash, in its five years of existence, it's had an impact in multiple areas, ranging from basic neuroscience plasticity and learning in the brain, to clinically relevant hypotheses like in autism, the development of autonomous machine vision systems, education of the undergraduate and graduate students, and most importantly in the alleviation of childhood blindness.

Involved in the training of clinical psychologists since 1986

In medical schools, however, the curriculum in both the basic science and clinical apprenticeship years places the greatest emphasis on understanding the biology of disease processes and high technology treatments. The illness experience gets less and less pedagogic attention as the student progresses from classroom to inpatient ward and clinic.

Present position Head of Department of Clinical and applied Psychology, Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA)

And in the U.K., neural stem cells to treat stroke are being investigated in a phase one trial.

Induction of psychoneuroses

So if the field's been around for so long, why so few clinical advances?

How victims remember trauma is the most controversial issue facing psychology and psychiatry today. Many clinical trauma theorists believe that combat, rape, and other terrifying experiences are seemingly engraved on the mind, never to be forgotten.

Problem is there're more representatives in Basic Medicine.

As a clinical doctor, he wasn't thorough.

They're both on top of the list when it comes to academic research as well as clinical skills.

And when I got home I emailed his clinician, Anthony Maden.

Clinical doctors are often on the verge of it, maybe it's very cruel in the medical world.

Neuroscientists have actually shown that human beings are hard wired to be optimists.

Now I'm not a neuroscientist.

And if you'll allow me to ascend to metaphorical heights, I will remind you that neural activity is the physical basis or so neuroscientists think of thoughts, feelings and perceptions.

From the sixteen professors of Basic Medicine and fifteen of

You should go and talk to the doctor.

Almost every field of science engineering and clinical practice is involved in trying to get this to happen.

Neural activity is its water, and the connectome is its bed.

So, a funny thing happened on my way to becoming a brilliant, world class neuropsychologist I had a baby.

You've got what it takes to be a mature clinical doctor.

And by profession, he's a psychophysicist.

And in neuroscience, we have to deal with many difficult questions about the brain.

So there can be some biologists, psychiatrists, mathematicians, and so on.

And that's not to say I ever went on to become a brilliant, world class neuropsychologist.

Now I want to tell you a couple of short stories about how we're using this, both at the scientific, clinical and pre clinical levels.

As you probably know, the neurotransmitter associated with learning is called dopamine.

I'm a neuroscientist, a professor at the University of California.

But we are now in a new era of neuroscience, one in which we can finally look directly at brain function in real time with no risks and no side effects, non invasively, and find the true source of so many disabilities in children.

It's all being discussed.

And no professors of clinical trial methodology are allowed to answer this question.