This line of research aims to study the symptoms of depersonalization and derealization in patients with anxiety disorders and community controls, to determine possible predictors of depersonalization in the anxious population, and to evaluate the relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and depersonalization.
Affective symptoms are a common occurrence in patients with epilepsy, both in the form of comorbidity with depressive and bipolar syndromes, as well as symptoms associated with the neurological picture itself. The concept of affective temperaments constitutes an element of interest to understand the predisposition of certain patients whose personality characteristics confer a higher risk … Continued
The way in which bipolar patients perceive their illness (perception of illness) is a fundamental theoretical element of adherence to long-term medication treatment. It is also one of the core objectives of psychoeducational treatment, which has been shown to be effective in preventing new affective episodes in bipolar patients, as an adjunct to stabilizing drug … Continued
Attention deficit disorder is the most commonly diagnosed problem in childhood, and reliable studies show that more than half of people diagnosed in childhood continue to have this problem in adulthood. The presence of ADHD in adolescence and adulthood is associated with enormous functional consequences on the academic and work performance of those who suffer … Continued
Building a bridge between neurosciences and mental health implies overcoming enormous challenges due to the complexity of the studied organ, the brain, and the overwhelming psychological and social universe where it interacts. As Huys et al. (2016) state, dealing with such complexities requires powerful techniques. Computational psychiatry combines multiple levels and types of analysis with … Continued
A priority problem in mental health today is the high comorbidity among pathologies of negative affect, as anxiety disorders and depression are currently called. This complexity is immeasurable for most psychological treatments, designed for exclusive diagnostic categories. Robust evidence confirms the existence of factors and mechanisms at different levels (behavioral, cognitive, neuropsychological and neurophysiological) common … Continued
The objective of this line of research is to conduct a systematic and comprehensive evaluation of the psychiatric symptoms present in the behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia, which may serve as a basis for differential diagnosis of this condition with respect to other psychiatric disorders that, in the case of older adults, may confuse or … Continued