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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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Silvia Amoretti Guadall

Silvia Amoretti Guadall

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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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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Silvia Amoretti Guadall

Silvia Amoretti Guadall

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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Research lines

Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in adults (ADHD)

IP: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga

Transcultural Psychiatry

IP: Francisco Collazos Sanchez

Projects

Explorando la base epigenética y Ambiental de los problemas externalizantes e internalizantes (EPI-ENVI)

IP: Silvia Alemany Sierra
Collaborators: Valeria Macias Chimborazo, Pau Carabí Gassol
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 102500
Reference: PI24/00195
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027

Profundizando en el estudio del trastorno bipolar y el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad: reserva cognitiva y funCionamiento en una nueva intervenCión para la comorbilidad (VECTOR)

IP: Silvia Amoretti Guadall
Collaborators: Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz, Gemma Parramon Puig, Vanesa Richarte Fernández
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 72500
Reference: PI24/00671
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027

Triple optimización del estado del ánimo antes de la cirugía colorrectal: un estudio randomizado controlado (Tri-OPTIMOOD)

IP: -
Collaborators: Miquel Ferré Puig, Eloy Espín Basany
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 65000
Reference: PI24/00521
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2027

Programa coordinado con entidades sociales formadoras (CET-10 y Pere Tarrés) para facilitar inclusión de personas en situación de desempleo en el mercado laboral mediante un certificado profesional y un contrato de formación y aprendizaje.

IP: Francisco Collazos Sanchez
Collaborators: -
Funding agency: Servei Públic d'Ocupació de Catalunya (SOC)
Funding: 261075.58
Reference: SOC063/24/000098
Duration: 30/12/2024 - 28/02/2026

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

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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