Research Area: Mental Health

Description

This research group is made up of professionals and researchers from primary health care in south metropolitan Barcelona and the Parc Sanitari Joan de Deu and it participates in the mental Health area of the ISCIII-accredited redIAPP network.

Its main focus is research related to mental pathologies in primary health care, and it participates in projects related to epidemiology (determination of prevalence, incapacity and needs of patients with mental disorders in primary health care), the analysis of the effectiveness of treatment (evaluation of the effectiveness of anti-depressants and the description of the patterns of treatment in primary health care), and finally the evaluation of the suitability of these treatments and the improvement of the quality of life of patients with mental disorders.

Research Lines

Evaluating and improving the quality and efficiency of care for mental disorders in primary care.

Members

Projects

Group projects:

PI: Luciano Devis, Juan Vicente. Cost-effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) treatment for fibromyalgia syndrome: A 12-month randomised, controlled trial. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2020

PI: Serrano Blanco, Antoni. Evaluación económica de una intervención compleja multiriesgo para promover conductas saludables en personas de 45-75 años atendidas en Atención Primaria: estudio Econ-EIRA3. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Luciano Devis, Juan Vicente. Efectos neurobiológicos de una intervención basada en mindfulness (MBSR) vs. Psico-educativa (FibroQol) en pacientes con fibromialgia (Proyecto EUDAIMON). Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2016 - 2018

PI: Bellon Saameño, Juan Angel. Prevención de la depresión mediante una intervención personalizada basada en algoritmos predictivos y DSS utilizados por el propio paciente y su médico de familia (e-predictD). Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2017

PI: Rubio Valera, Maria. El problema de la no-iniciación del tratamiento farmacológico: evaluación con métodos mixtos. Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2015 - 2017

PI: Maximilians, Ludwig. Mental Health Training Through Research Network In Europe (MARATONE). Funding: European Commission. Duration: 2013 - 2017

PI: Bellon Saameño, Juan Angel. Factores del profesional, paciente, genéticos y su interacción asociados al éxito terapéutico de una intervención para prevenir la depresión mayor en atención primaria: estudio cuali-cuantitativo (predictD-EVAL). Funding: Instituto de Salud Carlos III. Duration: 2013 - 2016

The group participates in the following projects:

PI: Blancafort Sanso, Xavier. L' Impacte d'una intervenció sobre parentalitat a l'Atenció Primària en dones embarassades amb risc d'ansietat i depressió: Evolució de les representacions maternes i del vincle mare-bebè. Funding: ICS - Institut Català de la Salut. Duration: 2015 - 2017

Publications

Group Publications:

Aznar-Lou I, Serrano-Blanco A, Fernández A, Luciano JV, Rubio-Valera M. Attitudes and intended behaviour to mental disorders and associated factors in catalan population, Spain: cross-sectional population-based survey. BMC public health. 2016 ; 16(1):127. doi:10.1186/s12889-016-2815-5. Epub 2016 Feb 09. pmc:PMC4746776. PMID:26861632. FI: 2,209.

Baladón L, Rubio-Valera M, Serrano-Blanco A, Palao DJ, Fernández A. Gender differences in the impact of mental disorders and chronic physical conditions on health-related quality of life among non-demented primary care elderly patients. Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation. 2016 Jun; 25(6):1461-74. doi:10.1007/s11136-015-1182-5. Epub 2015 Nov 21. PMID:26590837. FI: 2,429.

Bellón JÁ, Conejo-Cerón S, Moreno-Peral P, King M, Nazareth I, Martín-Pérez C, Fernández-Alonso C, Rodríguez-Bayón A, Fernández A, Aiarzaguena JM, Montón-Franco C, Ibanez-Casas I, Rodríguez-Sánchez E, Ballesta-Rodríguez MI, Serrano-Blanco A, Gómez MC, LaFuente P, Muñoz-García MD, Mínguez-Gonzalo P, Araujo L, Palao D, Bully P, Zubiaga F, Navas-Campaña D, Mendive J, Aranda-Regules JM, Rodriguez-Morejón A, Salvador-Carulla L, de Dios Luna J. Intervention to Prevent Major Depression in Primary Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Annals of internal medicine. 2016 May; 164(10):656-665. doi:10.7326/M14-2653. Epub 2016 Mar 29. PMID:27019334. FI: 16,593.

Burton C, Szentagotai Tatar A, McKinstry B, Matheson C, Matu S, Moldovan R, Macnab M, Farrow E, David D, Pagliari C, Serrano Blanco A, Wolters M; Help4Mood Consortium. Pilot randomised controlled trial of Help4Mood, an embodied virtual agent-based system to support treatment of depression. Journal of telemedicine and telecare. 2016 Sep; 22(6):348-55. doi:10.1177/1357633X15609793. Epub 2015 Oct 09. PMID:26453910. FI: 1,377.

de Araújo AA, Ribeiro SB, Dos Santos AC, Lemos TM, Medeiros CA, Guerra GC, de Araújo Júnior RF, Serrano-Blanco A, Rubio-Valera M. Quality of Life and Hormonal, Biochemical, and Anthropometric Profile Between Olanzapine and Risperidone Users. The Psychiatric quarterly. 2016 Jun; 87(2):293-304. doi:10.1007/s11126-015-9385-z. PMID:26220635.

Feliu-Soler A, Borràs X, Peñarrubia-María MT, Rozadilla-Sacanell A, D'Amico F, Moss-Morris R, Howard MA, Fayed N, Soriano-Mas C, Puebla-Guedea M, Serrano-Blanco A, Pérez-Aranda A, Tuccillo R, Luciano JV. Cost-utility and biological underpinnings of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) versus a psychoeducational programme (FibroQoL) for fibromyalgia: a 12-month randomised controlled trial (EUDAIMON study). BMC complementary and alternative medicine. 2016 ; 16(1):81. doi:10.1186/s12906-016-1068-2. Epub 2016 Feb 27. pmc:PMC4769528. PMID:26921267.

Fernandez A, Gillespie JA, Smith-Merry J, Feng X, Astell-Burt T, Maas C, Salvador-Carulla L. Integrated mental health atlas of the Western Sydney Local Health District: gaps and recommendations. Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association. 2016 Mar; doi:10.1071/AH15154. Epub 2016 Mar 24. PMID:27007640. FI: 0,820.

Fernandez A, Howse E, Rubio-Valera M, Thorncraft K, Noone J, Luu X, Veness B, Leech M, Llewellyn G, Salvador-Carulla L. Setting-based interventions to promote mental health at the university: a systematic review. International journal of public health. 2016 Sep; 61(7):797-807. doi:10.1007/s00038-016-0846-4. Epub 2016 Zer 30. PMID:27364779. FI: 2,754.

Gumà-Uriel L, Peñarrubia-María MT, Cerdà-Lafont M, Cunillera-Puertolas O, Almeda-Ortega J, Fernández-Vergel R, García-Campayo J, Luciano JV. Impact of IPDE-SQ personality disorders on the healthcare and societal costs of fibromyalgia patients: a cross-sectional study. BMC family practice. 2016 ; 17:61. doi:10.1186/s12875-016-0464-5. Epub 2016 Jun 01. pmc:PMC4888611. PMID:27245582. FI: 1,641.

Hargarter L, Bergmans P, Cherubin P, Keim S, Conca A, Serrano-Blanco A, Bitter I, Bilanakis N, Schreiner A. Once-monthly paliperidone palmitate in recently diagnosed and chronic non-acute patients with schizophrenia. Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy. 2016 Jun; 17(8):1043-53. doi:10.1080/14656566.2016.1174692. Epub 2016 May 09. PMID:27042990. FI: 3,543.

Luciano JV, Forero CG, Cerdà-Lafont M, Peñarrubia-María MT, Fernández-Vergel R, Cuesta-Vargas AI, Ruíz JM, Rozadilla-Sacanell A, Sirvent-Alierta E, Santo-Panero P, García-Campayo J, Serrano-Blanco A, Pérez-Aranda A, Rubio-Valera M. Functional Status, Quality of Life, and Costs Associated With Fibromyalgia Subgroups: A Latent Profile Analysis. The Clinical journal of pain. 2016 Oct; 32(10):829-40. doi:10.1097/AJP.0000000000000336. PMID:26633691. FI: 2,712.

Rubio-Valera M, Huerta-Ramos E, Baladón L, Aznar-Lou I, Ortiz-Moreno JM, Luciano JV, Roset-Arisso PN, Salvador-Carulla L, Villagrán JM, Mayoral F, Gracia A, Serrano-Blanco A. Qualitative study of the agitation states and their characterization, and the interventions used to attend them. Actas espan?olas de psiquiatri?a. 2016 Sep; 44(5):166-77. Epub 2016 Sep 01. PMID:27644098. FI: 0,733.

Rubio-Valera M, Peñarrubia-María MT, Fernández-Vergel R, Carvajal Tejadillo AC, Fernández Sánchez A, Aznar-Lou I, March-Pujol M, Serrano-Blanco A. Impact of pharmaceutical intervention in preventing relapses in depression in Primary Care. Atencion primaria / Sociedad Española de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria. 2016 May; 48(5):308-15. doi:10.1016/j.aprim.2015.05.009. Epub 2015 Sep 26. Spanish. PMID:26415743. FI: 1,098.

The group participates in the following publications:

Mugica F, Nebot À, Bagherpour S, Baladón L, Serrano-Blanco A. A model for continuous monitoring of patients with major depression in short and long term periods. Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine. 2016 Dec; doi:10.3233/THC-161289. Epub 2016 Dec 16. PMID:28009344. FI: 0,632.

Awards

Best Communication. Premis Sanitat Baix Llobregat 2016. El problema de la no-iniciación del tratamiento farmacológico: Resultados preliminares de un estudio cualitativo. Gil MM, Aznar I, Peñarrubia MT, Fenández A, Fajó M, moreno P, Jové AM, March M, Rubio M.

Best Communication. I Congrès SEMERGEN. Maneig del malestar psicològic 12 mesos després d’una intervenció? Blancafort X, Muniente G, Peñarrubia MT, Rubio M, Grau I, Fernández A, Araque M, Tovar T, Moretó A, Cristel L.

Best Poster. VII Congreso de Farmaceúticos Comunitarios (SEFAC). El problema de la no-iniciación del tratamiento farmacológico: resultados preliminares de un estudio cualitativo Aznar I, Gil M, Peñarrubia M, Fernández A, Moreno P, Jové A, Rubio M.

Thesis

Cardeñosa E [Doctorand]. Anàlisi del cost-utilitat en fibromiàlgia d'un programa psicoeducatiu implementat en l'Atenció Primària: Projecte FibroQoL. Barcelona: Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona (UB). 04/02/2016.

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