Jana Pöttgen studied psychology at the University of Hamburg and received her diploma in 2009. Since 2006 she is engaged in neuropsychological assessments and neuropsychiatric research in multiple sclerosis at the MS Day Hospital and INIMS. She is interested in cognitive behavioral interventions in multiple sclerosis and the development and validation of neuropsychiatric outcome parameter. She received her PhD on “Metacognitive and allday live relevant training for people with MS – Development and pilot study of a cognitive program to treat neuropsychiatric impairment in MS”. She currently develops training programs to treat specific neuropsychiatric impairment in multiple sclerosis (e.g. depression, fatigue, social cognition), and is involved in the development and research of online treatment of neuropsychiatric domains in multiple sclerosis as depression but also of fatigue.
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