Press release, PRISM project: Scientists unveil plans to identify common social and cognitive elements in patients with Alzheimer’s disease, Depression, Schizophrenia

European scientists have mapped out a potentially radical new way to identify the causes of serious mental health conditions. The industry/academia PRISM consortium had developed a comprehensive plan, which aims to identify common links between Alzheimer’s disease, depression, and schizophrenia. This is published today in a special edition of Neuroscience & BioBehavioral Reviews. Click here to read the whole press release.


In a series of 13 articles in Neuroscience & BioBehavioral Reviews, the joint academia and Industry PRISM consortia (funded under the EU’s Innovative Medicine Initiative) sets out the philosophical rationale, biological background and the carefully designed research plan. See link at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/neuroscience-and-biobehavioral-reviews/vol/97