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Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions

The Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions Research Group at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute is a multidisciplinary team that over the past 13 years has focused its scientific activity on the research (both nationally and internationally) of clinical, therapeutic and etiopathogenic aspects of:

  • Neurodevelopmental Disorders (especially Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome).
  • Personality Disorders (especially Borderline Personality Disorder).
  • Addictive behaviours (especially Dual Pathology and Smoking).
  • Transcultural Psychiatry.
  • Interconsultation and Liaison Psychiatry.
  • Resistant Major Depressive Disorder.
  • Perinatal psychiatry.
  • Child sexual abuse and maltreatment.

At international level, it participates and/or coordinates several European projects of great repercussion in the area of mental health. At national level, it is part of the CIBERSAM (Centre for Biomedical Research in Mental Health Network) together with other leading groups, conducting research of excellence.

Team

Sara Guila Fidel Kinori

Sara Guila Fidel Kinori

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Silvia Alemany Sierra

Silvia Alemany Sierra

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Vanesa Richarte Fernández

Vanesa Richarte Fernández

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Xavier Agustin Gastaminza Pérez

Xavier Agustin Gastaminza Pérez

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mª Sonsoles Cepeda Diez

Mª Sonsoles Cepeda Diez

Postdoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Gara Arteaga Henriquez

Gara Arteaga Henriquez

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Sara Guila Fidel Kinori

Sara Guila Fidel Kinori

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Silvia Alemany Sierra

Silvia Alemany Sierra

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Vanesa Richarte Fernández

Vanesa Richarte Fernández

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Xavier Agustin Gastaminza Pérez

Xavier Agustin Gastaminza Pérez

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mª Sonsoles Cepeda Diez

Mª Sonsoles Cepeda Diez

Postdoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Gara Arteaga Henriquez

Gara Arteaga Henriquez

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Research lines

Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in adults (ADHD)

IP: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga

Transcultural Psychiatry

IP: Francisco Collazos Sanchez

Projects

Implementació de la figura d’Agent Comunitari de Salut Mental (AC-SM) per al suport de joves migrats

IP: Francisco Collazos Sanchez
Collaborators: Mar Ramos Gascon, Hanaa Boudoukhan Benriyyan
Funding agency: Fundació "La Caixa"
Funding: 30000
Reference: CY23-00771
Duration: 29/07/2024 - 29/07/2025

Predictive models based on genetic, transcriptomic and miRNA data for ADHD: a multi-omics approach

IP: Maria Soler Artigas
Collaborators: Pau Carabí Gassol, Miriam Izquierdo Sans
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 119567
Reference: FI23/00152
Duration: 15/01/2024 - 14/01/2027

Más allá del riesgo genético para el TDAH: contribución genética a la resiliencia en una muestra clínica

IP: Marta Ribases Haro
Collaborators: Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz, Judit Cabana Dominguez, Laura Gisbert Gustemps, Gemma Español Martín, Vanesa Richarte Fernández, Christian Fadeuilhe Grau
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 131250
Reference: PI23/00404
Duration: 01/01/2024 - 31/12/2026

Dana Medical Precision Plus (DMP+), eHealth para la medición y mejora de la salud mental de las mujeres en matrescencia

IP: Maia Brik Spinelli
Collaborators: Miguel Angel Sandonis Vicente, Nerea Maiz Elizaran, Gemma Parramon Puig, Elena Carreras Moratonas
Funding agency: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación-MICINN
Funding: 115315
Reference: CPP2022-009996
Duration: 01/12/2023 - 30/11/2026

Ministerio de Ciencia

Thesis

L'alexitímia en el trastorn per consum de substàncies i la seva relació amb comorbiditats, evolució i pronòstic

PhD student: Raul Felipe Palma Alvarez
Director/s: Carlos Roncero Alonso, Lara Grau Lopez
University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Year: 2022

Insomni en adults amb TDAH: comorbiditats i evolució clínica

PhD student: Christian Fadeuilhe Grau
Director/s: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga, Lara Grau Lopez, Constanza Daigre Blanco
University: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Year: 2022

Blog

News

Over the course of one week, it will host in-person assessments for 35 families to better understand the progression of the disease and contribute to the development of new therapies.

A project led by the Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) in collaboration with FIDMAG Germanes Hospitalàries Research Foundation describes structural and functional brain changes in adolescents with borderline personality disorder (BPD).

A large-scale study involving Vall d’Hebron confirms the genetic relatedness among 14 different psychiatric disorders and groups them into five new families, paving the way for new treatments targeting their shared underlying genetic causes