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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

Hanaa Boudoukhan Benriyyan

Hanaa Boudoukhan Benriyyan

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Jorge Lugo Marin

Jorge Lugo Marin

Research technician
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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José Antonio Navarro Sanchís

José Antonio Navarro Sanchís

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Lara Grau Lopez

Lara Grau Lopez

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Laura Gisbert Gustemps

Laura Gisbert Gustemps

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mar Baz Montero

Mar Baz Montero

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Hanaa Boudoukhan Benriyyan

Hanaa Boudoukhan Benriyyan

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Jorge Lugo Marin

Jorge Lugo Marin

Research technician
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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José Antonio Navarro Sanchís

José Antonio Navarro Sanchís

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Lara Grau Lopez

Lara Grau Lopez

Senior researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Laura Gisbert Gustemps

Laura Gisbert Gustemps

Main researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Mar Baz Montero

Mar Baz Montero

Predoctoral researcher
Psychiatry, Mental Health and Addictions
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Projects

ESTUDIO DE SEGUIMIENTO DEL TRASTORNO LIMITE DE PERSONALIDAD: REEVALUACION CLINICA Y DE NEUROIMAGEN A LOS 6 AÑOS DEL DIAGNÓSTICO EN LA ADOLESCENCIA

IP: Marc Ferrer Vinardell
Collaborators: Natalia Calvo Piñero, Gemma Nieva Rifa, Gemma Español Martín, Alexandre Rue Jimenez, Mar Baz Montero, Gara Arteaga Henriquez
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 62920
Reference: PI22/01131
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 30/06/2027

Modelos predictivos basados en datos genéticos, transcriptómicos y de micro ARN para el estudio del TDAH: un enfoque multiómico.

IP: Maria Soler Artigas
Collaborators: Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz, José Antonio Ramos Quiroga, Christian Fadeuilhe Grau, Natalia Llonga Tejedor
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 159720
Reference: PI22/00464
Duration: 01/01/2023 - 30/06/2027

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

IP: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga
Collaborators: Ignacio Ferreira González, Carolina Ramos Sayalero, Carolina Ramos Sayalero, Raquel Ibarz Lopez, Marta Ribases Haro, Pol Ibañez Jimenez, Pol Ibañez Jimenez, Silvia Alemany Sierra
Funding agency: EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Funding: 499986.25
Reference: TIMESPAN_RAMOSQUIROGA_H2020-SC1-BHC_2020
Duration: 01/04/2021 - 30/11/2026

DynAMoND - Dinámica de la modulación afectiva en los trastornos del neurodesarrollo

IP: José Antonio Ramos Quiroga
Collaborators: Natalia Calvo Piñero, Montserrat Corrales De la Cruz, Marc Ferrer Vinardell, Marta Ribases Haro, Vanesa Richarte Fernández, Christian Fadeuilhe Grau
Funding agency: Instituto de Salud Carlos III
Funding: 174845
Reference: AC21_2/00048
Duration: 01/01/2022 - 14/06/2026

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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