A5036897777- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Community Health and Development
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health and Medical Education
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Social Sciences and Policies
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
Universitat de Barcelona
2016-2025
Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine
2024
Yale University
2017-2023
University of East London
2014-2017
Edwards (United Kingdom)
2016
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2010-2015
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
2012-2015
University of Girona
2012-2013
Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca
2013
University of Edinburgh
2013
Given the demanding nature of many professions, efforts are ongoing to develop initiatives improve occupational wellbeing, including mindfulness-based interventions (MBIs). To assess efficacy MBIs, meta-analytic procedures were conducted on 35 randomized controlled trials derived from an earlier inclusive systematic literature search (covering all occupations, and wellbeing-related outcomes). Mindfulness had moderate effects deficit-based outcomes such as stress (SMD = −0.57), anxiety...
Work can be demanding, imposing challenges that detrimental to the physical and mental health of workers. Efforts are therefore underway develop practices initiatives may improve occupational well-being. These include interventions based on mindfulness meditation. This paper offers a systematic review empirical studies featuring analyses in contexts. Databases were reviewed from start records January 2016. Eligibility criteria included experimental correlative conducted work settings, with...
Abstract Urban-living individuals are exposed to many environmental factors that may combine and interact influence mental health. While individual of an urban environment have been investigated in isolation, no attempt has made model how complex, real-life exposure living the city relates brain health, this is moderated by genetic factors. Using data 156,075 participants from UK Biobank, we carried out sparse canonical correlation analyses investigate relationships between environments...
<ns4:p>Background Gender bias in the comprehension and management of violent behaviour mental health settings remains a contentious issue. Aims This study examines how gender-related verbal aggressiveness influences clinical judgment decision-making processes professionals (MHPs). Methods Four vignettes depicting confrontations between MHPs service users were created, varying by user’s gender whether aggression was related. Within an experimental design, total 110 randomly assigned to...
<title>Abstract</title> Background Shared Decision-Making (SDM) is a paradigm that involves collaboration between healthcare professionals and service users to reach decisions jointly. This approach based on the exchange of information, identification users’ values preferences, analysis treatment options, consensus an action plan. The present study aims explore beliefs attitudes regarding this model, in context where its implementation has not yet begun services for children adolescents but...
Immigrants in need of psychotherapy are often confronted with the fact that there is no psychotherapist available whom they can proceed a common language understood well by both. In some cases communication intermediated interpreters offered. This study compares outcome 190 individual psychotherapies refugees post-traumatic disorders, half them help interpreters, other without. The results show were as effective those without, even though psychosocial conditions (such employment, training,...
Abstract Cocaine consumption can induce transient psychotic symptoms, expressed as paranoia or hallucinations. induced psychosis (CIP) is common but not developed in all cases. This the first European study on relationship between CIP, pattern variables and personality disorders. We evaluated 173 cocaine-dependent patients over 18 years; mostly males, whose average age was 33.6 years (SD = 7.8). Patients attending an outpatient addictions department were enrolled subsequently systematically...
Transferring principles and practices to different sociocultural professional contexts in the field of mental health can be very complex. Previous research on public policy points difficulties areas such as understanding new concepts, their applicability systems, suitable approaches its effective implementation. The purpose this article is describe analyze process transferring concept Citizenship, from U.S. origins outreach work with persons who are homeless Catalonia, Spain. We define...
<i>Background:</i> Comorbid psychiatric disorders among opioid-dependent patients are associated with several negative outcome factors. However, outcomes of maintenance treatment have not been sufficiently established, and no evidence is available respect to heroin-assisted (HAT). <i>Methods:</i> For in the German heroin trial measures were analyzed for HAT versus methadone (MMT) both without a comorbid diagnosis according CIDI. <i>Results:</i> 47.2%...
The aim of this study was to examine the characteristics physicians' and nurses' suicide attempts (SA). A retrospective review 493 medical records physicians nurses admitted an inpatient unit for health professionals; 36 patients had a recent SA. Depression, cluster B C personality disorders, history previous SA were more prevalent in with compared those without it. Both professional groups preferred drug overdose as method. Physicians made lethal stressors than nurses. should be...
<i>Background/Aims:</i> Until now, the medical prescription of diamorphine (heroin) has been suggested as suitable for patients who have failed previous maintenance treatments. The aim this paper is to assess effects on opioid-dependent with no treatment experience (NPME). <i>Methods:</i> German heroin trial compared versus methadone and included 107 NPME. This a sub-analysis these patients. <i>Results:</i> When comparing subsample rest participants in...