Ana Barajas
A5102925155- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
- Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Cognitive and psychological constructs research
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2012-2025
Government of Catalonia
2021-2025
Centre d'Higiene Mental Les Corts (Spain)
2015-2024
Government of Spain
2021-2024
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu
2017-2023
Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona
2013-2023
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu
2007-2022
Hospital Materno-Infantil
2022
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
2010-2021
Sant Joan de Déu Research Foundation
2013-2017
Background Aims were to assess the efficacy of metacognitive training (MCT) in people with a recent onset psychosis terms symptoms as primary outcome and variables secondary outcome. Method A multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial was performed. total 126 patients randomized an MCT or psycho-educational intervention cognitive-behavioral elements. The sample composed psychosis, recruited from nine public centers Spain. treatment consisted eight weekly sessions for both groups....
The study aimed to assess gender differences in the efficacy of metacognitive training (MCT) people with first-episode psychosis terms symptoms and cognitive insight as a primary outcome other social cognition measures secondary outcome.A multicenter, controlled, randomized clinical trial was performed including 122 patients psychosis. A total 8 weekly group sessions MCT or psychoeducational intervention were performed. Patients assessed at baseline, posttreatment, follow-up. Symptoms...
Over half of women with psychosis are mothers. Research suggests that mothers face unique challenges affecting both their mental health prognosis and relationship children. Moreover, those children have a higher risk developing disorder. Notwithstanding, interventions specifically tailored to these families remain largely uncovered. Metacognitive Training (MCT) has demonstrated its efficacy in improving cognitive insight, symptom management, social cognition people psychosis. However, there...
Metacognitive training (MCT) has demonstrated its efficacy in psychosis. However, the effect of each MCT session not been studied. The aim study was to assess changes cognitive insight after MCT: (a) between baseline, post-treatment, and follow-up; (b) controlled for intellectual quotient (IQ) educational level. A total 65 patients with first-episode psychosis were included group from nine centers Spain. Patients assessed at 6 months follow-up, as well Beck Cognitive Insight Scale (BCIS)....
Deficits in social cognition and metacognition impact the course of psychosis. Sex differences could explain heterogeneity 174 (58 females) patients with first-episode psychosis completed a clinical, neuropsychological, cognitive, metacognitive assessment. Subsequent latent profile analysis split by sex yielded two clusters common to both sexes (a Homogeneous group, 53% 79.3%, an Indecisive 18.3% 8.6% males females, respectively), specific male characterized presenting jumping conclusions...
Background and Objectives: To describe gender differences in a group of patients with first-episode psychotic different aspects: socio-demographic features, characteristics the phases prior to disease onset (premorbid prodromic periods), clinical manifestation symptoms possible corresponding cognitive alterations after onset, using age at first episode as control variable.Methods: Longitudinal study 53 consecutive cases episode.Inclusion criteria: two or more symptoms; between 7 65 years...
Background Both the nature and number of a wide range prodromal symptoms have been related to severity type psychopathology in psychotic phase. However, at present there is an incomplete picture focused mainly on positive pre‐psychotic dimension. Aim To characterize phase retrospectively, examining as well their relationship with onset first‐episode psychosis. Methods Retrospective study 79 patients experiencing psychosis less than 1 year from full‐blown All were evaluated comprehensive...
Jumping to conclusions (JTC) and impaired social cognition (SC) affect the decoding, processing, use of information by people with psychosis. However, relationship between them had not been deeply explored within psychosis in general, first-episode (FEP) particular. Our aim was study JTC SC a sample FEP. We conducted cross-sectional 121 patients FEP, measures assess (easy, hard, salient probability tasks) (emotional recognition, attributional style, theory mind). performed Student's t-test...