Psychotherapies and epigenetics

Abstract

The difficulty of implementing this type of approach probably explains the absence of work on this subject, knowing that this difficulty is largely overcome in Morocco thanks to the establishment in research units of laboratories that work on sequencing. and bioinformatics. Thanks to the collaboration of researchers in psychology and molecular biology, these studies remain possible, starting from a main hypothesis: the effect of psychological treatments would occur through epigenetic mechanisms. This work requires collaboration between the various stakeholders including researchers in psychology and biology, psychiatrists and psychologists. It is by adopting such an approach that we can study the gene-environment relationship, thus facilitating the diagnosis of psychological disorders, understanding epigenetic mechanisms and perfecting appropriate psychological treatments.