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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.

Publications

Sex differences in neurocognitive and psychosocial functioning in bipolar disorder.

PMID: 34610515
Journal: JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
Year: 2022
Reference: J Affect Disord. 2022 Jan 1;296:208-215. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.066. Epub 2021 Sep 25.
Impact factor: 4.839
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Martinez-Aran, Anabel; Vieta, Eduard; Sole, Brisa; Varo, Cristina; Torrent, Carla; Jimenez, Esther; Bonnin, Caterina Del Mar; Clougher, Derek; Verdolini, Norma; Amoretti, Silvia et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2021.09.066

Mendelian randomization analysis for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: studying a broad range of exposures and outcomes.

PMID: 35690959
Journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
Year: 2022
Reference: Int J Epidemiol. 2022 Jun 12. pii: 6606119. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyac128.
Impact factor: 7.196
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Soler Artigas, Maria, Sanchez-Mora, Cristina, Rovira, Paula, Vilar-Ribo, Laura, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Ribases, Marta et al.
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyac128

Link between cognitive polygenic risk scores and clinical progression after a first-psychotic episode.

PMID: 35678455
Journal: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE
Year: 2022
Reference: Psychol Med. 2022 Jun 9:1-14. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722001544.
Impact factor: 7.723
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Toll, Alba, Bernardo, Miquel, Mas, Sergi, Cuesta, Manuel J, Segura, Alex G, Mezquida, Gisela, Martinez-Pinteno, Albert, Gasso, Patricia, Rodriguez, Natalia, Moreno-Izco, Lucia et al.
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291722001544

THE EXPERIENCE OF SOCIAL DISTANCING IN PATIENTS BPD SUBTYPE RELATIONAL DYSREGULATION DURING THE FIRST WAVE COVID-19 PANDEMIC LOCKDOWN. A CASES SERIES.

PMID: 35643976
Journal: ACTAS ESPANOLAS DE PSIQUIATRIA
Year: 2022
Reference: Actas Esp Psiquiatr. 2022 May;50(3):167-168. Epub 2022 May 1.
Impact factor: 1.196
Publication type: Letter or abstract
Authors: Natalia, Calvo, Eudald, Castell-Panisello, Zaira, Nieto-Fernandez, Josep-Antoni, Ramos-Quiroga, Marc, Ferrer et al.
DOI:

Preventing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the general population induced by trauma during the COVID pandemic: A simple brief intervention based on cognitive science that could be delivered digitally.

PMID: 38620807
Journal:
Year: 2021
Reference: Eur J Trauma Dissociation. 2021 May;5(2):100193. doi: 10.1016/j.ejtd.2020.100193. Epub 2020 Dec 30.
Impact factor:
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Feron, Guillaume; Frankova, Iryna; Gargot, Thomas; Kisand, Helena; Miguel, Ana; Serene, Birame; Soron, Tanjir Rashid; Soto-Angona, Oscar; Tanyeri, Selin; Valdes-Florido, Maria Jose et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejtd.2020.100193

Activation and deactivation steps in the tryptophan breakdown pathway in major depressive disorder: A link to the monocyte inflammatory state of patients.

PMID: 33346015
Journal: PROGRESS IN NEURO-PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY
Year: 2021
Reference: Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2021 Apr 20;107:110226. doi: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110226. Epub 2020 Dec 18.
Impact factor:
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Arolt, Volker; Arteaga-Henriquez, Gara; Berghmans, Raf; Burger, Bianka; Drexhage, Hemmo A; Grosse, Laura; Moll, Natalie; Muller, Norbert; Op de Beeck, Gommaar; Schuetze, Gregor et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2020.110226

miR-320c Regulates SERPINA1 Expression and Is Induced in Patients With Pulmonary Disease.

PMID: 35698951
Journal: ARCHIVOS DE BRONCONEUMOLOGIA
Year: 2021
Reference: Arch Bronconeumol. 2021 Jul;57(7):457-463. doi: 10.1016/j.arbr.2020.03.031.
Impact factor: 4.872
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Gomez-Mariano, Gema, Lara, Beatriz, Matamala, Nerea, Casas, Francisco, Blanco, Ignacio, Hernandez-Perez, Jose M feminine, Castillo, Silvia, Michel, Francisco Javier, Herrero, Ines, Torres-Duran, Maria et al.
DOI: 10.1016/j.arbr.2020.03.031

New Distance-Based approach for Genome-Wide Association Studies.

PMID: 34181548
Journal: IEEE-ACM Transactions on Computational Biology and
Year: 2021
Reference: IEEE/ACM Trans Comput Biol Bioinform. 2021 Jun 28;PP. doi: 10.1109/TCBB.2021.3092812.
Impact factor: 3.71
Publication type: Paper in international publication
Authors: Arenas, Concepcion, Irigoien, Itziar, Cormand, Bru, Sanchez-Mora, Cristina, Soler, Maria, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep-Antoni et al.
DOI: 10.1109/TCBB.2021.3092812

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The doctoral training program of excellence led by the UAB TOUCH MSCA-COFUND, focused on the field of mental health, opens its second call until March 31.

Irritability in ADHD and BDP is an understudied symptom that has a major impact on patients' quality of life and may even increase the risk of suicide.

These results reinforce the need for more individualized attention to address educational needs from an early stage.