A study demonstrates a lack of solid data on how to deal with the impacts of climate change on mental health

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

3 months ago
climate change, mental health

Authored by an international team with the significant involvement of researchers from IDIBAPS-Hospital Clínic Barcelona, JAMA Psychiatry has published the first review to synthesise and comprehensiv...

Better quality care reduces fear and coercion in mental health units

by Universitat de Barcelona

9 months ago
mental health

In mental health care, coercion is not always physical. It often appears as a lack of information, imposed decisions or the absence of intimate spaces to express oneself without fear. This study confi...

Scientists identify two genes involved in the cerebral effects of boys and girls with obsessive-compulsive symptoms

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

5 years ago
Mental Health, Neuroscience, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is characterized by the appearance of intrusive thoughts or impulses that end up leading to repetitive behaviors. Between 1 and 3% of the population suffer from thi...

What research is being done in mental health?

by Fundació Clínic per a la Recerca Biomèdica

5 years ago
mental health, research, mental disorders, Depression, anxiety, Bipolar, obsessive-compulsive, Eating Disorders, OCD

The Marató de TV3 i Catalunya Ràdio telethon will be held on Sunday 19th December to raise money for research into mental disorders. Three experts from Hospital Clínic-IDIBAPS explain to us the mai...

The mHealth boom in mental health

by GENESIS Biomed

5 years ago
GENESIS Biomed, eB2, FARMALARM, mHealth, mental health

GENESIS Biomed is involved in eB2 and FARMALARM mHealth projects.

Two new genetic variants associated with suicide attempts help disentangle related risk factors

by Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

5 years ago
Mental Health, Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Suicide

A genetic study including more than half a million patients by the International Suicide Genetics Consortium, with the participation of IDIBELL and Bellvitge Hospital, has identified two new variants ...

On the road to more empowered scientists at CiQUS

by Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

5 years ago
mental health

Empowering Women in Science has been a workshop to strength emotional intelligence and mental health.

An unstable working life affects the future mental health of young people

by UPF - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

5 years ago
mental health

This study evaluates the relationship between the various possible pathways at the start of working life with future absenteeism due to mental disorders in a sample of salaried workers.

Psychological distress of lockdown in pre-dementia patients prolonged during the COVID-19 de-escalation

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

5 years ago
telemedicine, covid-19, lockdown, mental health, Alzheimer, dementia

New technologies were used to monitor the participants and understand the impact of lockdown.

Almost half of Spanish healthcare professionals are at a high risk of mental disorder as a result of COVID-19

by IMIM - Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques

5 years ago
health professionals, mental disorder, covid-19, mental health, MINDCOVID

The main symptoms are depression, anxiety, panic attacks, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance abuse.

New ISGlobal Project to Study Impact of Pandemic on Mental Health and Social Inequalities

by ISGlobal - Instituto de Salud Global de Barcelona

6 years ago
COVID-19, mental health, social inequalities

How has the COVID-19 pandemic impacted mental health and social inequalities in Spain? A new project by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) has been awarded a social research grant fr...