When the healthcare does not follow the evidence: The case of the lack of early intervention programs for psychosis in Spain
Publication date: Available online 9 March 2017 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): Celso Arango, Miguel Bernardo, Pere Bonet, Ana Cabrera, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro, Manuel J. Cuesta, Nel González, Sílvia Parrabera, Julio Sanjuan, Alfonso Serrano, Eduard Vieta, Belinda R. Lennox, Marianne Melau There is now sufficient evidence to support the importance of interventions in the early stages of psychosis. The delay in the detection and treatment of the first-episode psychosis is related to a lower and slower recovery, as well as a higher risk of relapse. Despite this fac...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Seeing the doctor without fear: www.doctortea.org for the desensitization for medical visits in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Conclusions The familiarisation with the medical procedures and its environment appears to decrease the anxiety in patients with disabilities during medical visits, as well as optimising the effectiveness of their medical visits and tests. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 9, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Metabolic syndrome and atypical antipsychotics: Possibility of prediction and control
Conclusions In the search for predictive factors of metabolic syndrome, HDL-cholesterol and abdominal circumference at the time of inclusion were selected, as such that the worst the baseline results were, the higher probability of long-term improvement. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 8, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Hospitalizations and economic analysis in psychotic patients with paliperidone palmitate long-acting injection
Conclusions PP-LAI can be an effective therapy for the treatment of patients with severe psychotic disorders: improves symptomatic stability and can prevent hospitalizations with cost-effective symptom control. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 8, 2017 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Differential blood-based biomarkers of psychopathological dimensions of schizophrenia
Publication date: Available online 1 December 2016 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): Leticia Garcia-Alvarez, Maria Paz Garcia-Portilla, Leticia Gonzalez-Blanco, Pilar Alejandra Saiz Martinez, Lorena de la Fuente-Tomas, Isabel Menendez-Miranda, Celso Iglesias, Julio Bobes Symptomatology of schizophrenia is heterogeneous, there is not any pathognomonic symptom. Moreover, the diagnosis is difficult, since it is based on subjective information, instead of markers. The purpose of this study is to provide a review of the current status of blood-based biomarkers of psychopatholog...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - December 1, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

A method for comparing correlations based on confidence intervals: Contributions to Tejedor et al.
Publication date: Available online 29 November 2016 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): Sergio Alexis Dominguez Lara, Manolete S. Moscoso, César Merino Soto, Jhonatan S. Navarro Loli (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 30, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Smoking cessation programs for persons with schizophrenia: An urgent unmet need
Publication date: Available online 29 November 2016 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): María Paz García-Portilla, Julio Bobes (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Validation of the Spanish version of the McLean Screening Instrument for Borderline Personality Disorder
Conclusions The Spanish version of the MSI-BPD has good psychometric properties as a measure for the screening of BPD. Its ease and quickness of use make it valuable to detect the presence of BPD in clinical and research settings. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Association of antidepressant treatment with emergency admission to medical units for patients 65 years or older
Conclusions In our study, ATD was associated with a decreased risk of hospital admission for urgent medical conditions in people aged 75 and over. Treating depression may protect the elderly against admission to the Emergency department and may potentially be a quality criterion in preventing complications in this population. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Can the laryngeal mask play a role in electroconvulsive treatment? A pilot study
Conclusions These results prompt us to propose ventilation with laryngeal mask as an alternative to decrease energy applied without lowering seizure times. This is a preliminary study with a small sample, which opens new lines of research. Larger samples and other measurements of seizure adequacy are needed in future studies, in order to study possible improvements in ventilation and minimising adverse effects of ECT, especially in patients with medical co-morbidities. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Protocol and methodology of the epidemiological mental health study in Andalusia: PISMA-ep
Discussion This is the largest mental health epidemiological study developed in the region of Spain (Andalusia). The response rates and representativeness of the sample obtained are fairly high. The method is particularly comprehensive for this sort of studies and includes both, personality and cognitive assessments, as well as a large array of bio-psycho-social risk measures. (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 29, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Comments on differences of gender dysphoria between children and teenagers
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2016 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): Virginia Basterra Gortari, Raquel Ruiz Ruiz (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Bioethical procedure for decision-making in mental health
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2016 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): Sergio Ramos Pozón (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Psychiatry and the new compensation scale for motor vehicle accidents
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2016 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): Alexandre Xifró, Antonia Bertomeu, Itziar Idiáquez, Lluïsa Puig (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Tianeptine, antidepressant with positive benefit/risk
Publication date: Available online 28 November 2016 Source:Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition) Author(s): Pilar García-García (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - November 28, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research