About the VHIR
Here at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) we promote biomedical research, innovation and teaching. Over 1,800 people are seeking to understand diseases today so the treatment can be improved tomorrow.
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We are working to understand diseases, to find out how they operate and to create better treatments for patients. Get to know about our groups and their lines of research.
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People are the centre of the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR). This is why we are bound by the principles of freedom of research, gender equality and professional attitudes that HRS4R promotes.
Clinical trials
Our work is not just basic or translational; we are leaders in clinical research. Enter and find about the clinical trials we are conducting and why we are a world reference in this field.
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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:
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.
PMID: 35633804 Journal: Frontiers in Psychiatry Year: 2022 Reference: Front Psychiatry. 2022 May 11;13:828088. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.828088. eCollection 2022. Impact factor: 4.157 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Palacios-Garran, Roberto, Del Agua, Enrique, Arteaga-Henriquez, Gara, Llorca-Bofi, Vicent et al. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.828088
PMID: 35609362 Journal: JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH Year: 2022 Reference: J Psychiatr Res. 2022 Jul;151:461-468. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.05.005. Epub 2022 May 17. Impact factor: 4.791 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Sague-Vilavella, Maria, Vieta, Eduard, Verdolini, Norma, Garcia-Rizo, Clemente, Bernardo, Miguel, Pacchiarotti, Isabella, Mezquida, Gisela, Williams, Evelyn, Serra-Navarro, Maria, Forte, Maria Florencia et al. DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2022.05.005
PMID: 35574736 Journal: PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE Year: 2022 Reference: Psychol Med. 2022 Jan 7:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0033291721005122. Impact factor: 7.723 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Salagre, Estela, Benabarre, Antoni, Salgado-Pineda, Pilar, Montoro Salvatierra, Irene, Saiz, Pilar A, Garcia-Portilla, Maria Paz, Sanchez-Gistau, Vanessa, Pomarol-Clotet, Edith, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Pacchiarotti, Isabella et al. DOI: 10.1017/S0033291721005122
PMID: 34907394 Journal: MOLECULAR PSYCHIATRY Year: 2022 Reference: Mol Psychiatry. 2022 Mar;27(3):1286-1299. doi: 10.1038/s41380-021-01381-x. Epub 2021 Dec 15. Impact factor: 15.992 Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Schatzberg, Alan F, Bauer, Michael, Baune, Bernhard T, Blier, Pierre, Cleare, Anthony J, Cowen, Philip J, Dinan, Timothy G, Fagiolini, Andrea, Ferrier, I Nicol, Hegerl, Ulrich et al. DOI: 10.1038/s41380-021-01381-x
PMID: 35052433 Journal: Genes Year: 2021 Reference: Genes (Basel). 2021 Dec 30;13(1). pii: genes13010093. doi: 10.3390/genes13010093. Impact factor: 4.096 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Fernandez-Castillo, Noelia, Cabana-Dominguez, Judit, Kappel, Djenifer B, Torrico, Barbara, Weber, Heike, Lesch, Klaus-Peter, Lao, Oscar, Reif, Andreas, Cormand, Bru et al. DOI: 10.3390/genes13010093
PMID: 34884297 Journal: Journal of Clinical Medicine Year: 2021 Reference: J Clin Med. 2021 Nov 28;10(23). pii: jcm10235595. doi: 10.3390/jcm10235595. Impact factor: 4.242 Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Torres-Castano, Alezandra, Rivero-Santana, Amado, Perestelo-Perez, Lilisbeth, Duarte-Diaz, Andrea, Toledo-Chavarri, Ana, Ramos-Garcia, Vanesa, Alvarez-Perez, Yolanda, Cudeiro-Mazaira, Javier, Padron-Gonzalez, Ivan, Serrano-Perez, Pedro et al. DOI: 10.3390/jcm10235595
PMID: 34464502 Journal: Early Intervention in Psychiatry Year: 2021 Reference: Early Interv Psychiatry. 2021 Aug 31. doi: 10.1111/eip.13226. Impact factor: 2.732 Publication type: Review in international publication Authors: Beneria, Anna, Santesteban-Echarri, Olga, Daigre, Constanza, Tremain, Hailey, Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni, McGorry, Patrick D, Alvarez-Jimenez, Mario et al. DOI: 10.1111/eip.13226
PMID: 34330890 Journal: Translational Psychiatry Year: 2021 Reference: Transl Psychiatry. 2021 Jul 30;11(1):413. doi: 10.1038/s41398-021-01480-x. Impact factor: 6.222 Publication type: Paper in international publication Authors: Ramos Quiroga, Josep Antoni, Karhunen, Ville, Hammerschlag, Anke R, Adkins, Daniel E, Border, Richard, Peterson, Roseann E, Prinz, Joseph A, Thiering, Elisabeth, Seppala, Ilkka, Vilor-Tejedor, Natalia et al. DOI: 10.1038/s41398-021-01480-x
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.
