- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring
- Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Educational and Psychological Assessments
- Memory Processes and Influences
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- ECG Monitoring and Analysis
- Diabetes Treatment and Management
- Family Support in Illness
Hospital Clínic de Barcelona
2022-2023
Hospital Del Mar
2017-2023
Parc de Salut
2016-2022
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2013-2018
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
2016-2018
Hospital Mare de Déu de la Mercè
2014
Fidmag Sisters Hospitallers
2013
Up to 60% of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) have a history traumatic events, which is associated greater episode severity, higher risk comorbidity and relapse rates. Trauma-focused treatment strategies for BD are thus necessary but studies currently scarce. The aim this study examine whether Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy focusing on adherence, insight, de-idealisation manic symptoms, prodromal symptoms mood stabilization can reduce severity rates increase...
<b><i>Background:</i></b> Some functional imaging abnormalities found in bipolar disorder are state related, whereas others persist into euthymia. It is uncertain to what extent these latter changes may reflect continuing subsyndromal affective fluctuations and whether those can be modulated by therapeutic interventions. <b><i>Method:</i></b> We report magnetic resonance (fMRI) findings during performance of the n-back working memory task a...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an established comorbidity in Bipolar Disorder (BD), but little known about the characteristics of psychological trauma beyond a PTSD diagnosis and differences symptoms between BD-I BD-II.(1) To present trauma-exposed BD sample; (2) to investigate prevalence symptom profile across BD-II; (3) assess impact lifetime vs. history on course; (4) research impacts sexual physical abuse.This multi-center study comprised 79 adult participants with reports...
Background. Patients with Bipolar Disorder (BD) are frequently exposed to traumatic events which worsen disease course, but this study is the first multicentre randomised controlled trial test efficacy of a trauma-focused adjunctive psychotherapy in reducing BD affective relapse rates.Methods. This RCT included 77 patients and current trauma-related symptoms. Participants were either 20 sessions Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy for BD, or supportive (ST). The primary...