Esther Pousa

ORCID: 0000-0003-4423-6739
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Research Areas
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Mental Health and Psychiatry
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Child and Animal Learning Development
  • Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
  • Electroconvulsive Therapy Studies
  • Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Resilience and Mental Health
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare
  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Instituto de Salud Carlos III
2022-2025

Hospital de Sant Pau
2018-2025

Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental
2017-2025

Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí
2009-2024

Hospital Del Mar
2017-2024

Hospital del Mar Research Institute
2017-2024

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2013-2024

Municipal Institute for Medical Research
2017-2024

Deleted Institution
2008-2024

Catalan Society of Family and Community Medicine
2021

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....

10.1017/s0033291716003421 article EN Psychological Medicine 2017-02-07

This study had 2 objectives: First, to explore the gender-related differences in emotional processing (EP) and theory of mind-both cognitive (CToM) affective (AToM)-in patients with schizophrenia a control group healthy subjects; and, second, examine, from gender perspective, possible association between EP CToM AToM performance.Forty schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder were recruited matched by gender, age years education 40 subjects. was measured pictures facial affect (POFA) test....

10.1177/0706743717746661 article EN The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 2017-12-07

The present study analyzed the capacity for mentalization of patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and their first-degree relatives (FDR) examined implications clinical variables cognitive deficits. recruited 31 type I BD, 18 FDR, paired healthy controls. Their was explored by means first- second-order false-belief tasks, hinting task, Movie Assessment Social Cognition (MASC). Patients FDR were found to have a theory mind (ToM) deficit when they evaluated MASC, which also related worse...

10.1097/nmd.0000000000000595 article EN The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2016-09-23

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...

10.1037/ccp0000468 article EN Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 2019-12-19

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...

10.3390/bs14020097 article EN cc-by Behavioral Sciences 2024-01-27

Abstract Criticism directed by caregivers towards a family member with schizophrenia, both from the perspective of patient and caregiver, predicts relapse, although perspectives differ. This study aims to verify if same applies Mediterranean sample, where criticism is not main attitude high expressed emotion families. The Camberwell Family Interview was applied assess family’s perspective, Perceived Emotional Involvement Scales were used patients’ in 21 dyads. association between psychotic...

10.1017/sjp.2013.25 article EN The Spanish Journal of Psychology 2013-01-01

The aim of this study was to investigate the influence neurocognition on affective and cognitive theory mind (ToM) tasks in early phases psychosis. In a cross-sectional 60 first-episode schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder patients, implication first- second-order ToM stories, Hinting Task, Reading Mind Eyes Test (RMET) analyzed. Regression models were used, controlling for clinical symptoms antipsychotic dose. Spatial span backward (odds ratio [OR], 0.34; p = 0.01) intrusions Rey Auditory...

10.1097/nmd.0000000000000164 article EN The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 2014-07-10

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)....

10.3390/jpm10040253 article EN Journal of Personalized Medicine 2020-11-27
Marta Ferrer-Quintero Daniel Fernández Raquel López-Carrilero Irene Birulés Ana Barajas and 91 more Ester Lorente-Rovira Ana Luengo Luciana Díaz-Cutraro Marina Verdaguer Helena García‐Mieres Alfonso Gutiérrez‐Zotes Eva Grasa Esther Pousa Elena Huerta‐Ramos Trini Peláez María Luisa Barrigón Juana Gómez‐Benito Fermín González-Higueras Isabel Ruiz-Delgado Jordi Cid Steffen Moritz Julia Sevilla‐Llewellyn‐Jones Andrea Acevedo J. Anglès Meysam Argany Ana Barajas María Luisa Barrigón M. Beltrán Irene Birulés J.L. Bogas Ángel Cabezas N. Camprubí M. Carbonero E. Carrasco R. Casañas Jordi Cid E. Conesa Iluminada Corripio P. Cortes Josep Crosas Ana de Apraiz Miguel Basauri-Delgado Luis García Domínguez Ma José Escartí A. Escudero I. Esteban Pinos Carolina Franco Celso Iglesias García Victoria Villalta Gil R. Gonzalez-Casares Fermín González Higueras M. L. González-Montoro E. González Eva Grasa A Guasp Alfonso Gutiérrez‐Zotes Maria Elena Huerta‐Ramos P. Huertas A. Jiménez-Díaz L. L. Lalucat Blanca Llácer Raquel López-Carrilero Elena Lorente Ana Luengo N. Mantecón Laia Mas-Expósito M. Montes Steffen Moritz E. Murgui M. Núñez Susana Ochoa E. Palomer E. Paniego Trini Peláez Víctor Pérez K. Planell C. Planellas P. Pleguezuelo-Garrote Esther Pousa Mireia Rabella M. Renovell R. Rubio Isabel Ruiz-Delgado M. San Emeterio E. Sánchez Julio Sanjuán B. Sans Lisa M. Schilling H. Sió M. Teixidó Pilar Román Torres M. A. Vila Regina Vila‐Badia F. Villegas Raúl Villellas Susana Ochoa

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...

10.1007/s00406-022-01438-0 article EN cc-by European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 2022-07-08

10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.03.024 article EN Journal of Psychiatric Research 2021-03-25

Background. Poor insight and impairment in Theory of Mind (ToM) reasoning are common schizophrenia, predicting poorer clinical functional outcomes. The present study aimed to explore the relationship between these phenomena. Methods. 61 individuals with a DSM-IV diagnosis schizophrenia during stable phase were included. ToM was assessed using picture sequencing task developed by Langdon Coltheart (1999), Scale Assess Unawareness Mental Disorder (SUMD; Amador et al., 1993). Multivariate...

10.1080/13546800701849066 article EN Cognitive Neuropsychiatry 2008-05-01
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