Dr Aldo Conti is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care (FNMP), King’s College London, within the Division of Care in Long Term Conditions. His research examines the efficacy of brain stimulation, pharmacological, and behavioural interventions on clinical symptoms and neurocognitive functions in people with neurodevelopmental and psychiatric conditions. He also investigates the neurocognitive and cardiovascular effects of chronic psychoactive substance use. He has employed a broad range of research methods across his projects, including neuroimaging, neuropsychological assessments, clinical outcome data, and post-mortem analyses.

At FNMP, Dr Conti works on the FIRST PETT project, a parallel-group, single-masked (outcome assessor), 1:1 randomized controlled superiority trial evaluating the efficacy and mechanisms of the Fast Imagery Reversal Script for Trauma Release Protocol (FIRST Protocol) in reducing PTSD symptoms among UK military veterans. Previously, he worked on the ATTENS project at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, a multi-centre, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group, phase IIb trial investigating the efficacy of external Trigeminal Nerve Stimulation (TNS) on ADHD symptoms in youth.

Dr Conti earned his PhD in Addiction Medicine at the University of St Andrews and is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society.

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