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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

Mar Ramos Gascon

Mar Ramos Gascon

Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Marc Ferrer Vinardell

Marc Ferrer Vinardell

Main researcher
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Martinez Ramirez, Maria

Martinez Ramirez, Maria

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Miguel Angel Sandonis Vicente

Miguel Angel Sandonis Vicente

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mónica De Chiara Martí

Mónica De Chiara Martí

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Natalia Calvo Piñero

Natalia Calvo Piñero

Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mar Ramos Gascon

Mar Ramos Gascon

Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Marc Ferrer Vinardell

Marc Ferrer Vinardell

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Martinez Ramirez, Maria

Martinez Ramirez, Maria

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Miguel Angel Sandonis Vicente

Miguel Angel Sandonis Vicente

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mónica De Chiara Martí

Mónica De Chiara Martí

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Natalia Calvo Piñero

Natalia Calvo Piñero

Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Projects

Multiple-tissue Transcriptome-Wide Association Study (TWAS) in Attention-Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

IP: Marta Ribases Haro
Collaborators: Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz, Vanesa Richarte Fernández, Christian Fadeuilhe Grau, Valeria Macias Chimborazo
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 190877.5
Reference: PI20/00041
Duration: 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2025

TIMESPAN - Management of chronic cardiometabolic disease and treatment discontinuity in adult ADHD patients

IP: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga
Collaborators: Carolina Ramos Sayalero, Raquel Ibarz Lopez, Marta Ribases Haro, Pol Ibañez Jimenez, Ignacio Ferreira González
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 499986.25
Reference: TIMESPAN_H2020-SC1-BHC2020
Duration: 01/04/2021 - 31/03/2026

Puntuación de riesgo transcriptómico y factores de riesgo ambientales para el Transtorno por Déficit de Atención/ Hyperactividad

IP: Maria Soler Artigas
Collaborators: Laura Gisbert Gustemps, Vanesa Richarte Fernández, Christian Fadeuilhe Grau
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 123420
Reference: PI19/01224
Duration: 05/10/2020 - 30/06/2024

Estudio sobre la transferencia materno-filial de ¿9- tetrahidrocannabidol (THC) a través de leche materna en mujeres postparto con consumo habitual de cannabis. Correlación entre muestras de leche materna, orina y saliva

IP: Constanza Daigre Blanco
Collaborators: Maia Brik Spinelli
Funding agency: Ministerio Sanidad
Funding: 35519
Reference: 2021I047
Duration: 22/12/2021 - 21/12/2024

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News

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

Funding has been obtained for 43 projects under the calls for Health R&D&I Projects, Health Technology Development, and Independent Clinical Research

The study, conducted with more than 1,400 people with addictive disorders, delves into the biological mechanisms that connect mental health, life trajectory and educational opportunities.