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2. Association of perceived social support with sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables in patients with first-episode psychosis
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Abella, M., Aguilar, S., Alba, L., Alcalde, R., Álvarez, M., Bañuelos, M., Batllori, M., Bogas, J.L., Bonilla, R., Bustos-Cardona, T., Butjosa, A., Camprodon, E., Casado-Ortega, A., Casalí, T., Chavarria, V., Colomer-Salvans, A., Coromina, M., Cuautle, A., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Cunill, R., Cuñat, O., Del Cacho, N., del Hoyo, B., Diago, M., Dolz, M., Esteban-Santjusto, M., Estrada, X., Fernández-Sanz, A., Iglesias-González, M., Jané, C., Jané, O., López-Ortiz, C., Mansilla, M., Membrive, P., Meroño, S., Molano, A., Morelló, G., Muñoz-Samons, D., Núñez, M., Ochoa, S., Pardo, M., Pelaez, T., Pla, M.M., Pou, C., Rodríguez, A., Rodríguez, M.J., Romans, C., Rubio-Abadal, E., Sáenz de Buruaga, L.R., Sánchez, L., Santos, A., Serra-Arumí, C., Sibelo, S., Teba, S., Tena, M.C., Usall, J., Vallejo, G., Véliz, D., Via, E., Vila-Badia, R., Vives, L., Serra-Arumí, Clara, Vila-Badia, Regina, Del Cacho, Núria, Butjosa, Anna, Abella, Manuel, Colomer-Salvans, Alícia, Cunill, Ruth, Tena, Mari Carmen, Véliz, Danae Ines, Bustos-Cardona, Tatiana, Dolz, Montse, PROFEP Group, and Usall, Judith
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- 2023
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3. Negative symptoms in drug-naive patients with a first-episode psychosis (FEP)
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Cuñat, O., del Hoyo-Buxo, B., Vila-Badia, R., Serra-Arumí, C., Butjosa, A., Del Cacho, N., Colomer-Salvans, A., Dolz, M., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Iglesias-González, M., Usall, J., and PROFEP Group
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- 2023
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4. Prolactin levels in drug-naïve first episode nonaffective psychosis patients compared with healthy controls. Sex differences
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Del Cacho, N., Butjosa, A., Vila-Badia, R., Cuadras, D., Kaplan, M., Rubio-Abadal, E., Pardo, M., Muñoz-Samons, D., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Saenz- Navarrete, G., and Usall, J.
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- 2019
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5. Moyamoya disease and paranoid schizophrenia: Causality or casualty
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Llunell-Paz, S., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Gomis-Cortina, M., and Rabaneda-Lombarte, N.
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- 2023
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6. Prevalence and types of childhood trauma in first episode psychosis patients. Relation with clinical onset variables
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Vila-Badia, R., primary, Del Cacho, N., additional, Butjosa, A., additional, Serra Arumí, C., additional, Esteban Santjusto, M., additional, Abella, M., additional, Cuevas-Esteban, J., additional, Morelló, G., additional, Pardo, M., additional, Muñoz-Samons, D., additional, Usall, Judith, additional, Ahicart, A., additional, Alvarez, M., additional, Arranz, B., additional, Barneda, V., additional, Bañuelos, M., additional, Bogas, J.L., additional, Bonilla, R., additional, Camprodon, E., additional, Casado, A., additional, Casali, T., additional, Chavarria, V., additional, Colomer, B., additional, Coromina, M., additional, Cuautle, A., additional, Cuevas- Esteban, J., additional, Cunill, R., additional, Cuñat, O., additional, del Hoyo, B., additional, Delisau, Y., additional, Diago, M., additional, Dolz, M., additional, Esteban-Santjusto, M., additional, Estrada, X., additional, Ferrer, I., additional, Grases, N., additional, Iglesias-González, M., additional, Jane, C., additional, Ledesma-Ipaguirre, G., additional, López- Ortiz, C., additional, Membrive, P., additional, Miñambres, A., additional, Molano, A., additional, Morello, G., additional, Nuñez, C., additional, Nuñez, M., additional, Ochoa, S., additional, Pastrana, N., additional, Pelaez, T., additional, Pla, M.M., additional, Redin, J., additional, Riera- Lopez de Aguileta, I., additional, Rodríguez, M.J., additional, Romans, C., additional, Rubio-Abadal, E., additional, Ruiz, E., additional, Saenz-Navarrete, G., additional, Saltó, C., additional, Santos, A., additional, Serra-Arumí, C., additional, Sibelo, S., additional, Sole, L., additional, Soler, A., additional, Teba, S., additional, Usall, J., additional, Via, E., additional, Vila-Badia, R., additional, and Vives, L., additional
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- 2022
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7. Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in older adults: A systematic review of case reports
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Gine-Serven, E, Serra-Mestres, J, Martinez-Ramirez, M, Boix-Quintana, E, Davi-Loscos, E, Guanyabens, N, Casado, V, Muriana, D, Torres-Rivas, C, Cuevas-Esteban, J, and Labad, J
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First episode ,Psychosis ,NMDA receptor ,Antibodies ,Autoimmune - Abstract
Objective: To ascertain the clinical characteristics of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (NMDARE) in older patients. Method: A systematic literature review using PubMed and Scopus of all published case reports of NMDARE was undertaken, from database inception to June 2020. From this, cases reporting on patients older than 65 years of age and whose diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of anti-NMDAR antibodies in CSF were selected. Results: 23 case reports fulfilling the study's criteria were found. Median age was 70.1 years (range 65-84), fourteen were female (60.9%), and mostly presented with acute behavioral and cognitive changes (95.7%). Atypical psychosis occurred in eleven patients (47.8%) with a sudden onset and fluctuating clinical pattern of delusions (39.1%), hallucinations (30.4%), and motility disturbances (34.8%) including catatonia (17.4%). Nine patients presented with seizures (39.1%). Pleocytosis in CSF (>5 WBC) was described in twelve cases (52.2%). Eleven cases (47.8%) had abnormal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans with limbic inflammatory lesions. Thirteen patients had an abnormal EEG (56.5%). Conclusion: NMDARE should be included in the differential diagnosis of older patients who present with new psychiatric episodes, especially when characterized by sudden onset psychotic polymorphic symptomatology, fluctuating course with marked cognitive decline, and with catatonic features.
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- 2022
8. Catatonia and Cognitive Impairments: A Systematic Review
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Serrat, F, Iglesias-Gonzalez, M, Sanagustin, D, Etxandi, M, de Pablo, J, and Cuevas-Esteban, J
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executive function ,review ,catatonia ,cognitive impairments ,frontal lobe - Abstract
Background: Catatonia is an underdiagnosed and undertreated neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by catalepsy, negativism, mutism, muscular rigidity, and mannerism, often accompanied by autonomic instability and fever. Although there is growing interest in studying cognitive impairments before and after catatonia, little is known about the cognitive features of the syndrome. Methods: This systematic review was registered at PROSPERO (CRD42022299091). Using a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach, we searched PubMed, ScienceDirect, and PsycArticles using a combination of the terms "Catatonia " and "Cognitive impairment " and "Executive function " and "Frontal lobe " and "Parietal lobe. " Studies included original research articles enrolling patients with catatonic syndrome according to specified criteria. Fourteen studies were deemed relevant for inclusion. The abstraction form included age, assessment during acute episode, associated diagnosis, assessment procedure, and cognitive domains. Outcome measures were extracted. Results: Executive functions and visuospatial abilities proved to be the most investigated domains. A great heterogeneity has been observed in the assessment tools used among the 14 evaluated studies. Findings showed that catatonic patients had worse performance than healthy and non-catatonic psychiatric patients in frontal and parietal cortical functions. Conclusion: Because of the small number of studies in such heterogeneous areas and significant methodological limitations, the results should be regarded with caution. Future research assessing cognitive impairments on catatonic patients is needed.
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- 2022
9. Prevalence and types of childhood trauma in first episode psychosis patients. Relation with clinical onset variables
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Vila-Badia R, del Cacho N, Butjosa Molines A, Serra-Arumí C, Esteban Santjusto M, Abella M, Cuevas-Esteban J, Morelló G, Pardo M, Muñoz Samons D, Group PROFEP, and Usall J
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Gender ,Psychosis ,Abuse ,Childhood trauma ,Neglect - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To study the prevalence and the type of childhood trauma (CT) in a first-episode psychosis (FEP) cohort and in a healthy control (HC) sample. To study which clinical and sociodemographic variables in the onset of the FEP are related to having suffered some traumatic experience in childhood. METHOD: 100 FEP patients and 94 HC participated in the study. The Childhood Traumatic Questionnaire (CTQ) was used to evaluate CT. The Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS), the Personal and Social Performance (PSP), the Suicide Risk Scale of Plutchik (SRSP), and the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) were also administered. RESULTS: 61% of FEP patients and 17% of HC reported having experienced some kind of CT. FEP showed more CT than controls in all subscales, except in sexual abuse. The most frequent CT was emotional abuse. For the FEP group, younger age, more years of education, have a first-degree family history, more positive and negative symptoms, more perceived stress and more personal and social functioning were the variables more influenced by having suffered some kind of CT. CONCLUSIONS: There is a high prevalence of CT in FEP patients. Having a first-degree family history of mental illness, more positive symptoms, and more perception of stress at the time of hospital admission were related to having suffered CT. More research is needed to find out the best way to detect CT and its role in psychosis to be able to implement interventions to improve the evolution of these patients.
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- 2022
10. 199 - Trastornos neurocognitivos y conducta
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Cuevas Esteban, J.
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- 2020
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11. Catatonia in elderly psychiatric inpatients is not always associated with intense anxiety: Factor analysis and correlation with psychopathology
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Cuevas-Esteban J, Maria Iglesias Gonzalez, Serra-Mestres J, Butjosa Molines A, Canal-Rivero M, Serrano-Blanco A, and Baladon L
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schizophrenia ,inpatient psychiatry ,psychogeriatrics ,catatonia ,anxiety - Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Catatonic stupor has been linked to extreme fear. Whether the underlying phenomenology of every catatonic dimension is intense anxiety or fear remains unknown. METHODS: One hundred and six patients aged =64 years were assessed for catatonia and clinical variables during the first 24 hours of admission. Two-sample t test were used to test for group differences. A principal component analysis was developed. Analysis of variance was performed to assess for differences in the diagnostic groups. Correlation coefficients were used to examine the association between catatonic dimensions and psychopathological variables. RESULTS: There were statistically significant differences between catatonic and non-catatonic patients in the Hamilton and NPI scores. The three factor-model accounted for 52.23% of the variance. Factor 1 loaded on items concerned with "excitement," factor 2 on "inhibition" items, and factor 3 on "parakinetic" items. There was a significant effect for factor 1 (F [5.36] = 2.83, P = .02), and not significant for factor 2 and factor 3. Compared with patients with depression, patients with mania scored significantly higher on factor "excitement" (P < .05). Factor 2 showed a moderate correlation with Hamilton total score (r = .346, P = .031) and Hamilton psychic score (r = .380, P = .017). CONCLUSIONS: Catatonic patients experienced more anxiety and hyperactivity. A three-factor solution provided best fit for catatonic symptoms. Patients with mania scored highest on Excitement, patients with depression on Inhibition, and patients with schizophrenia on Parakinetic. The main finding in this study was a positive moderate correlation between the Hamilton psychic score and the Inhibition factor score, meaning that not every catatonic dimension is associated to intense anxiety.
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- 2020
12. Catatonia in elderly psychiatric inpatients is not always associated with intense anxiety: Factor analysis and correlation with psychopathology
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Cuevas-Esteban, J, Iglesias-Gonzalez, M, Serra-Mestres, J, Butjosa, A, Canal-Rivero, M, Serrano-Blanco, A, and Baladon, L
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schizophrenia ,inpatient psychiatry ,psychogeriatrics ,catatonia ,anxiety - Abstract
Objective Catatonic stupor has been linked to extreme fear. Whether the underlying phenomenology of every catatonic dimension is intense anxiety or fear remains unknown. Methods One hundred and six patients aged >= 64 years were assessed for catatonia and clinical variables during the first 24 hours of admission. Two-samplettest were used to test for group differences. A principal component analysis was developed. Analysis of variance was performed to assess for differences in the diagnostic groups. Correlation coefficients were used to examine the association between catatonic dimensions and psychopathological variables. Results There were statistically significant differences between catatonic and non-catatonic patients in the Hamilton and NPI scores. The three factor-model accounted for 52.23% of the variance. Factor 1 loaded on items concerned with "excitement," factor 2 on "inhibition" items, and factor 3 on "parakinetic" items. There was a significant effect for factor 1 (F [5.36] = 2.83,P= .02), and not significant for factor 2 and factor 3. Compared with patients with depression, patients with mania scored significantly higher on factor "excitement" (P < .05). Factor 2 showed a moderate correlation with Hamilton total score (r = .346,P= .031) and Hamilton psychic score (r = .380,P= .017). Conclusions Catatonic patients experienced more anxiety and hyperactivity. A three-factor solution provided best fit for catatonic symptoms. Patients with mania scored highest on Excitement, patients with depression on Inhibition, and patients with schizophrenia on Parakinetic. The main finding in this study was a positive moderate correlation between the Hamilton psychic score and the Inhibition factor score, meaning that not every catatonic dimension is associated to intense anxiety.
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- 2020
13. Sex perspective on mandatory admission in acute psychotic patients.
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Delgado-Marí, M., Fernández-Ribas, À., Toll Privat, A., Giralt-López, M., Jiménez-Fernández, B., Motta-Rojas, N. V., and Cuevas-Esteban, J.
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HOSPITAL wards ,AGE differences ,MANN Whitney U Test ,FISHER exact test ,PSYCHOSES - Abstract
Introduction: Psychotic disorders are strongly linked to a higher risk of mandatory hospitalization, often affecting men more, though some studies report the opposite. Recent investigations also show a higher rate of involuntary admissions in younger individuals. Knowledge in this area is still limited despite extensive research. Objectives: Analyze whether there is an association between sex and age with involuntary admissions of individuals with psychotic disorders. Methods: Retrospectively, 254 people with psychotic disorders admitted between 2018-2023 to the adult psychiatric inpatient unit at Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol were selected, collecting their nature of admission, sex, age, and discharge diagnosis. Comparisons between voluntary and involuntary admissions, with respect to sex and age variables, were conducted using independent sample t-tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, Fisher's exact test, and chi-square tests. A logistic regression model was used to identify variables significantly associated with mandatory admission. Results: In both the male and female groups, there were no statistically significant differences in terms of the mean age at admission (p = 0.162) or the nature of admission (p = 0.586) (Table 1). When analyzing the voluntary nature of admission based on age and sex, statistically significant differences were only found in the female group (p = 0.01), resulting in a 9.18 year age difference among those admitted voluntarily (Table 2). The model that best predicted the probability of involuntary admission in individuals with psychotic disorders included the sex variable (OR = 4.88) and the interaction between sex and age (OR = 0.97) (Table 3). Table 1: Differences between sex regarding voluntariness of patients with psychotic disorders. Male Female p value N (%) 122 (48%) 132 (52%) Age, m (SD) 38.39 (16.64) 44.15 (18.44) 0.162 Admissions, N (%) Voluntary 38 (31.1%) 37 (28.0%) 0.586 Involuntary 84 (68.9%) 95 (72.0%) Table 2: Analysis of voluntariness by sex and age. Age, m (SD) Voluntary Involuntary p value Male 37.45 (16.38) 38.81 (16.84) 0.677 Female 50.76 (18.19) 41.58 (17.98) 0.01* Total 44.01 (18.44) 40.28 (17.46) 0.127 Table 3: Predictors of involuntariness in psychotic patients: Logistic regression model (ENTER METHOD). Predictor -2log likelihood Nagelkerke R2 x2 (df*) OR* (95% CI*) p value 301.22 0.039 0.03 (1) Age 1.01 (0.98; 1.03) 0.674 Sex 4.88 (1.15; 20.72) 0.032* Age x Sex Interaction 0.97 (0.94; 0.99) 0.046* Conclusions: Young women with psychotic disorders face a higher risk of involuntary admissions, emphasizing the need for gender-specific strategies to improve care of these patients. Disclosure of Interest: None Declared [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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14. Sex differences in diagnostic stability in first episode psychosis after 1-year follow-up.
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Jiménez-Fernández, B., Toll-Privat, A., Bergé-Baquero, D., Motta-Rojas, N. V., Delgado-Marí, M., Legido-Gil, T., Martínez-Sarduní, L., Cuevas-Esteban, J., and Mané-Santacana, A.
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PSYCHOSES ,DIAGNOSIS methods ,UNIVARIATE analysis ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,REGRESSION analysis - Abstract
Introduction: Diagnostic stability is a controversial issue in first episode psychosis (FEP) due to heterogenous symptoms and unclear affective symptoms. Differencing affective and non-affective psychoses is important as treatment strategies are different. Initial affective symptomatology has low specificity for predicting the subsequent diagnosis of affective psychosis. Sex has proven to be relevant for clinical and functional outcomes but it remains unclear how sex may contribute to diagnosis switch of FEP. Objectives: To determine the role of sex in diagnostic stability in a sample of FEP after 1-year follow-up. Methods: Diagnoses of FEP patients from Hospital del Mar of Barcelona were assessed at baseline and 1 year after. Univariate analyses was perfomed for all diagnoses and dichotomic variable (affective/non-affective). Logistic regression model was perfomed to know which variables predict diagnosis switch. Results: 256 patients were enrolled. No differences were found at baseline between completers and non-completers (Table 1). No significant differences between men and women at baseline diagnosis were found, neither all diagnoses (p=0.274) nor the dichotomic variable affective/non-affective (p=0.829) (Table 2AB). Significant differences were found at 1-year follow-up between men and women, for all diagnoses (p=0.043) and the dichotomic variable (p=0.039). Sex was the only variable that predicted diagnosis switch (Figure 1), PANSS, CDSS, YMRS, GAF and cannabis did not. Table 1. Baseline characteristics of participants Completers (n=188) Non-completers (n=68) p Women (n, %) 71 (37.8) 30 (44.1) 0.111 Age (M, IQR) 24 (20-28) 22 (20-28) 0.899 Cannabis use (M, IQR) 5.5 (0-18) 7 (0-21) 0.231 DUP (M, IQR) 45 (12.5-130) 36 (11.25-115.75) 0.213 PANSS (m, sd) 44.55 (10.17) 40.93 (10.42) 0.761 CDSS (M, IQR) 2 (0-7) 3 (0-5.5) 0.199 YMRS (m, sd) 19 (9.64) 17.6 (9.15) 0.845 GAF (M, IQR) 30 (25-50) 30 (25-35) 0.114 TABLE 2A and 2B. Diagnosis comparison (n, %) Baseline 1-year follow-up Men Women Total Men Women Total Psychosis NOS 69 (59) 39 (54.9) 108 (57.4) 28 (23.9) 10 (14.1) 38 (20.2) Schizophreniform disorder 22 (18.8) 16 (22.5) 38 (20.2) 14 (12 9 (12.7) 23 (12.2) Induced psychosis 4 (3.4) 0 (0) 4 (2.1) 15 (12.8) 4 (5.6) 19 (10.1) Affective psychosis 17 (14.5) 9 (12.7) 26 (13.8) 24 (20.5) 25 (35.2) 49 (26.1) Schizophrenia 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0.4) 30 (25.6) 14 (19.7) 44 (23.4) Brief psychotic disorder 5 (4.3) 7 (9.9) 12 (6.4) 6 (5.1) 8 (11.3) 14 (7.4) Baseline 1-year follow-up Men Women Total Men Women Total Affective psychosis 17 (14.5) 9 (12.7) 26 (13.8) 24 (20.5) 25 (35.2) 49 (26.1) Non-affective psychosis 100 (85.5) 62 (87.3) 162 (86.2) 93 (79.5) 46 (64.8) 139 (73.9) Image: Conclusions: Sex has proven to be the main predictor of switching initial diagnosis of FEP. Disclosure of Interest: None Declared [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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15. El paciente anciano en la hospitalización psiquiátrica
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Cuevas-Esteban J, Narvaiza L, and Vanessa Barneda
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- 2019
16. Preliminary study of emotional blunting in patients suffering from major depressive disorder
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Iglesias-Gonzalez, M, Robles-Martinez, M, and Cuevas-Esteban, J
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- 2019
17. P.053 Preliminary study of emotional blunting in patients suffering from major depressive disorder
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Iglesias-González, M., primary, Robles-Martínez, M., additional, and Cuevas-Esteban, J., additional
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- 2019
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18. Amendment of traditional assessment measures for the negative symptoms of schizophrenia
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Farreny A, Usall J, Cuevas-Esteban J, Ochoa S, and Brebion G
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SANS ,Cognition ,Illness duration ,PANSS ,Negative symptoms ,Schizophrenia - Abstract
Schizophrenia research based on traditional assessment measures for negative symptoms appears to be, to some extent, unreliable. The limitations of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) and the Scale for the Assessment of Negative Symptoms (SANS) have been extensively acknowledged and should be taken into account. The aim of this study is to show how the PANSS and the SANS conflate negative symptoms and cognition and to offer alternatives for the limitations found. METHODS: A sample of 117 participants with schizophrenia from two independent studies was retrospectively investigated. Linear regression models were computed to explore the effect of negative symptoms and illness duration as predictors of cognitive performance. RESULTS: For the PANSS, the item "abstract thinking" accounted for the association between negative symptoms and cognition. For the SANS, the "attention" subscale predicted the performance in verbal memory, but illness duration emerged as a stronger predictor than negative symptoms for outcomes of processing speed, verbal and working memory. CONCLUSION: Utilizing alternative models to the traditional PANSS and SANS formats, and accounting for illness duration, provide more precise evidence on the relationship between negative symptoms and cognition. Since these measures are still extensively utilized, we recommend adopting more rigorous approaches to avoid misleading results.
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- 2018
19. Use of vortioxetine in treating obsessive-compulsive disorder: a case report.
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Jiménez-Fernández, B., Motta-Rojas, N. V., Iborra-Vicheto, X., and Cuevas-Esteban, J.
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SEROTONIN uptake inhibitors ,MENTAL depression ,SEROTONIN antagonists ,SEROTONIN agonists ,SEROTONIN transporters - Abstract
Introduction: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic disorder with a wide range of manifestations but primarily intrusive thoughts (obsessions) and/or ritualized actions (compulsions) that can cause a huge distress in patients' life. First-line treatment for OCD are selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). Tricyclic antidepressants are used as second-line treatment due to secondary effects. Also antipsychotics such as aripiprazole are approved for treating OCD. Vortioxetine is has 5-HT3, 5-HT7 and 5-HT1D antagonists, 5-HT1B partial agonist and a 5-HT1A agonist and serotonin transporter inhibitor property. It is used in major depressive and anxiety disorders. A male 48 years old patient with an OCD diagnosis since he was 21, was reffered to psychiatry department. Previously, he had no response with SSRIs at full dosage and clomipramine 75mg was effective. At 46 years old, he had an acute myocardial infarction. He also admited not taking the medication regularly due to sexual disfunction and having affective symptoms related to the distress caused by OCD. Objectives: To evaluate efficacy of vortioxetine in treating OCD in a patient with contraindications for tricyclic antidepressants and no response to SSRIs. Methods: Clomipramine dose was reduced until discontinuation. After one week without treatment, basal scores for Hamilton Scale and Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (DY-BOCS) were collected. Same data was collected again after 10 weeks treatment. Results: The dosage of vortioxetine was progressively titrated until 20mg daily in 3 weeks lapse. Diazepam 5mg was added in case of insomnia or anxiety. Aripiprazole 5mg was added in the third week of treatment as adjunctive treatment due to the recurrence of some intrusive thoughts (discontinued by himself because of akathisia). Finally, the patient reported an improvement in affective and OCD symptoms in the sixth week of treatment that was sustained until the tenth week, when data was recollected. The patient did not refer sexual disfunction. The pre and post results are summarized in tables 1 and 2. Table 1. Hamilton Depresion Rating Scale (0-52) Basal Post 10-week treatment 21 4 Dimensional Y-BOCS (0-15) Basal Post 10-week treatment Aggressive-related obsessions and compulsions 10 2 Religious-related obsessions and compulsions 5 1 Symmetry and order 7 1 Pollution and cleaning 0 0 Collecting and accumulation 2 0 Miscellaneous 10 3 Conclusions: Vortioxetine might be a promising molecule for treating OCD in patients with contraindications for first and second-line treatments. Disclosure of Interest: None Declared [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Remembering verbally-presented items as pictures: Brain activity underlying visual mental images in schizophrenia patients with visual hallucinations
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Stephan-Otto C, Sara Siddi, Carl Senior, Cuevas-Esteban J, Cambra-Martí MR, Ochoa S, and Brebion G
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Visual hallucinations ,genetic structures ,Neuroimaging ,Fusiform gyrus ,Schizophrenia ,Reality-monitoring ,behavioral disciplines and activities - Abstract
BACKGROUND: Previous research suggests that visual hallucinations in schizophrenia consist of mental images mistaken for percepts due to failure of the reality-monitoring processes. However, the neural substrates that underpin such dysfunction are currently unknown. We conducted a brain imaging study to investigate the role of visual mental imagery in visual hallucinations. METHOD: Twenty-three patients with schizophrenia and 26 healthy participants were administered a reality-monitoring task whilst undergoing an fMRI protocol. At the encoding phase, a mixture of pictures of common items and labels designating common items were presented. On the memory test, participants were requested to remember whether a picture of the item had been presented or merely its label. RESULTS: Visual hallucination scores were associated with a liberal response bias reflecting propensity to erroneously remember pictures of the items that had in fact been presented as words. At encoding, patients with visual hallucinations differentially activated the right fusiform gyrus when processing the words they later remembered as pictures, which suggests the formation of visual mental images. On the memory test, the whole patient group activated the anterior cingulate and medial superior frontal gyrus when falsely remembering pictures. However, no differential activation was observed in patients with visual hallucinations, whereas in the healthy sample, the production of visual mental images at encoding led to greater activation of a fronto-parietal decisional network on the memory test. CONCLUSIONS: Visual hallucinations are associated with enhanced visual imagery and possibly with a failure of the reality-monitoring processes that enable discrimination between imagined and perceived events.
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- 2017
21. Prevalence and characteristics of catatonia on admission to an acute geriatric psychiatry ward
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Cuevas-Esteban J, Maria Iglesias Gonzalez, Rubio-Valera M, Serra-Mestres J, Serrano-Blanco A, and Baladon L
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Diagnosis ,Delirium ,Elderly ,Catatonia ,Inpatient ,Prevalence - Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study aims to describe the prevalence of catatonia in a population of older acute psychiatric inpatients according to different diagnostic criteria. Secondary objectives are: to compare the catatonic symptom profile, prevalence, and severity, in respect to the underlying aetiology, and to evaluate the association between catatonic and somatic comorbidity. METHODS: The study included 106 patients admitted to an acute geriatric psychiatry ward. Catatonia was assessed using the Bush Francis Catatonia Rating Scale (BFCRS). RESULTS: Catatonia was highly prevalent (n=42; 39.6%), even when using restrictive diagnostic criteria: Fink and Taylor (n=19; 17.9%) and DSM 5 (n=22; 20.8%). Depression was the most frequent psychiatric syndrome among catatonic patients (n=18; 42.8%). Catatonia was more frequent in depression (48.6%) and delirium (66.7%). Affective disorders showed a higher risk than psychotic disorders to develop catatonia (OR=2.68; 95% CI 1.09-6.61). This association was not statistically significant when controlling for dementia and geriatric syndromes. The most prevalent catatonic signs were excitement (64.3%), verbigeration (61.9%), negativism (59.5%), immobility/stupor (57.1%), and staring (52.4%). CONCLUSIONS: Catatonia in older psychiatric inpatients was highly prevalent. Depression was the most common psychiatric syndrome among catatonic patients, and catatonia was more frequent in depression and mania, as well as in delirium. Affective disorders were associated with a higher risk of developing catatonia compared to psychotic disorders. Somatic and cognitive comorbidity played a crucial aetiological role in catatonia in this series.
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- 2017
22. Catatonia is associated with worse cognitive performance in antipsychotic-naive patients with first-episode psychosis: a 3-month follow-up study
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Colomer, B., primary, Cuevas Esteban, J., additional, Vila Badia, R., additional, Butjosa, A., additional, Del Cacho, N., additional, Pardo, M., additional, and Usall, J., additional
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- 2017
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23. Prevalence of mental disorders in non-demented elderly people in primary care (vol 27, pg 757, 2015)
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Baladon L, Fernández A, Rubio-Valera M, Cuevas-Esteban J, Palao DJ, Bellon JA, and Serrano-Blanco A
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24. Mixing apples with oranges: Visual attention deficits in schizophrenia
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Caprile C, Cuevas-Esteban J, Ochoa S, Usall J, and Navarra J
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25. Effects of caffeine intake and smoking on neurocognition in schizophrenia
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Núñez C, Stephan-Otto C, Cuevas-Esteban J, Maria Haro J, Huerta-Ramos E, Ochoa S, Usall J, and Brébion G
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26. Antibiomania after triple therapy for Helicobacter Pylori: Two case reports and a review of physiopathology
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Minambres, Aitor, Cuevas-Esteban J, Pardo M, Baladon L, and Planella, Marc
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27. Features of psychogeriatric patient visits to a general hospital emergency room
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López-Ortiz C, Cuevas-Esteban J, Baladon L, Serrano-Blanco A, and Planella M
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28. Fundamentos y hallazgos de la neuroimagen en la esquizofrenia: una actualización
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Cuevas-Esteban J, Campayo A, Gutiérrez-Galve L, Gracia-García P, and López-Antón R
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mental disorders ,behavioral disciplines and activities - Abstract
Neuroimaging of psychiatric disorders, especially on schizophrenia, has been increased in the last decade. Different brain imaging techniques have become a useful tool to discover the pathophysiology of schizophrenia.
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29. Gender differences in eating disorders: a descriptive study
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Bel-Aguado, M. J., Barrera-Frances, A., Gracia-Garcia, P., Jimenez-Cortes, M., Cuevas-Esteban J, Garcia-Moreno, M. E., Ruiz-Lazaro, P. M., and Velilla, M.
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30. P.3.b.015 - Catatonia is associated with worse cognitive performance in antipsychotic-naive patients with first-episode psychosis: a 3-month follow-up study
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Colomer, B., Cuevas Esteban, J., Vila Badia, R., Butjosa, A., Del Cacho, N., Pardo, M., and Usall, J.
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31. P.7.c.003 Escitalopram plus levetiracetam and spontaneous orgasms in an female adolescent: a case report
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Ruiz-Lazaro, P.M., primary and Cuevas Esteban, J., additional
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32. Risk and protective factors for the appearance of first-episode psychosis: The role of childhood trauma and coping strategies.
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Vila-Badia, R., Serra-Arumí, C., Butjosa, A., Del Cacho, N., Abella, M., Colomer-Salvans, A., Cuevas-Esteban, J., Alcalde, R., Muñoz-Samons, D., Bogas, J.L., and Usall, J.
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33. Old age patients in acute ward
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Baladon, Luisa, Cuevas-Esteban, J., Planella, M., Iglesias, A., Minambres, A., Rodriguez, M. J., Antoni Serrano-Blanco, and Lopez, C.
34. Neural activity during object perception in schizophrenia patients is associated with illness duration and affective symptoms
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Stephan-Otto C, Sara Siddi, Cuevas-Esteban J, Carl Senior, García-Alvarez, R, Cambra-Martí MR, Usall J, and Brebion G
35. Pla d’atenció sanitària a les persones amb deteriorament cognitiu lleu i demència de Catalunya (PLADEMCAT)
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Bullich-Marín, Íngrid, Cañabate, Pilar, Casablancas Figueras, Sira, Cuevas-Esteban, Jorge, Forné, Susanna, Llado Plarrumani, Albert, Lozano Moreno, Dolors, Pinyol Ripoll, Gerard, Roy Millán, Pedro, Garcia-Sabaté, Anna, Pablo Reyes, Sara, [Bullich Marín I] Corporació Consorci Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain. [Cañabate González MP] Fundació ACE, Barcelona, Spain. [Casablancas Figueras S] Consorci d'Atenció Primària de Salut de l'Eixample (CAPSBE], Barcelona, Spain. [Cuevas Esteban J, Pablo Reyes S] Institut Català de la Salut (ICS), Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. [Forné González S] Fundació Sant Hospital, La Seu d’Urgell, Spain. [Lladó Plarrumaní A] Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. [Lozano Moreno D] Consorci Sanitari Integral (CSI), L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain. [Pinyol Ripoll G] Gestió Serveis Sanitaris, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. [Roy Millán P] Germanes Hospitalàries, Martorell, Spain. [Sabaté García RM] Parc de Salut Mar, Departament de Salut, Generalitat de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, and Departament de Salut
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Nervous System Diseases::Central Nervous System Diseases::Brain Diseases::Dementia [DISEASES] ,enfermedades del sistema nervioso::enfermedades del sistema nervioso central::enfermedades cerebrales::demencia [ENFERMEDADES] ,Assistència sanitària - Planificació ,Mental Disorders::Neurocognitive Disorders::Cognition Disorders::Cognitive Dysfunction [PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY] ,Deteriorament cognitiu lleu ,administración de los servicios de salud::gestión de la atención al paciente::prestación sanitaria [ATENCIÓN DE SALUD] ,Demència ,Health Services Administration::Patient Care Management::Delivery of Health Care [HEALTH CARE] ,trastornos mentales::trastornos neurocognitivos::trastornos cognitivos::disfunción cognitiva [PSIQUIATRÍA Y PSICOLOGÍA] - Abstract
Atenció sanitària; Deteriorament cognitiu; Salut pública Atención sanitaria; Deterioro cognitivo; Salud pública Health care; Cognitive impairment; Public health El Pla d’atenció sanitària a les persones amb deteriorament cognitiu lleu i demència de Catalunya, PLADEMCAT, està conformat per tres documents íntimament relacionats: estat de situació, model d’atenció i operativa. Tots tres tenen una estructura comuna corresponent a les diferents fases evolutives de les demències: la prevenció, el diagnòstic, el tractament integral i l’atenció al llarg de l’evolució de tota la malaltia fins a la fase de demència avançada i final de la vida de les persones. Així, en els tres documents hi ha els mateixos apartats, amb l’objectiu de mantenir un fil conductor comú. Aquest projecte ha estat financiat a càrrec dels fons per a les estratègies 2019 del Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social que vàren ser aprovats en el CISNS de data 13 de desembre de 2019, com a recolzament a la implemenció de la estratègia davant les patologies neurodegeneratives (inclosa ELA).
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36. The relevance of processing speed in the functioning of people with first-episode psychosis.
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Abella M, Vila-Badia R, Serra-Arumí C, Vallejo-Rius G, Colomer-Salvans A, Rolduà-Ros J, Del Cacho-Ortega N, Butjosa A, Muñoz-Samons D, Cuevas-Esteban J, Profep G, and Usall J
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- Humans, Processing Speed, Neuropsychological Tests, Cognition, Cognition Disorders diagnosis, Psychotic Disorders drug therapy, Antipsychotic Agents therapeutic use
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Deficits in functioning affect people with first-episode psychosis. Deficits in cognitive performance are common in such individuals and appear to be related to functioning. The present study examined the relationship between the domains of cognitive performance and personal and social functioning, as well as evaluating which cognitive domains are the most closely related to personal and social functioning and whether they explain variations once other clinical and sociodemographic aspects are accounted for. Ninety-four people with first-episode psychosis participated in the study; they were assessed with the MATRICS battery. Symptoms were evaluated with the Emsley factors of the positive and negative syndrome scale. Cannabis use, duration of untreated psychosis, suicide risk, perceived stress, antipsychotic doses, and premorbid intelligence quotient was accounted for. Processing speed, attention/vigilance, working memory, visual learning, reasoning and problem solving correlated to personal and social functioning. Processing speed emerged as the strongest predictor of social and personal functioning and underscores the importance of targeting this domain in treatment. Moreover, suicide risk and excited symptoms were also significant variables in functioning. Early intervention, focusing on improvement of processing speed, may be crucial to the improvement of functioning in first-episode psychosis. The relationship of this cognitive domain with functioning in first-episode psychosis should be studied further., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.)
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37. Editorial: Catatonia across the lifespan.
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Cuevas-Esteban J, Serra-Mestres J, Grover S, and Jaimes-Albornoz W
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Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
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38. Emotional abuse and perceived stress: The most relevant factors in suicide behavior in first-episode psychosis patients.
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Diago M, Vila-Badia R, Serra-Arumí C, Butjosa A, Del Cacho N, Esteban Sanjusto M, Colomer-Salvans A, Sánchez L, Dolz M, Muñoz-Samons D, Profep G, and Usall J
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- Emotional Abuse, Humans, Risk Factors, Stress, Psychological, Suicide, Attempted psychology, Psychotic Disorders psychology, Suicidal Ideation
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People with a mental disorder have a higher risk of suicidal behavior. Little research has examined the role of childhood trauma in suicide behavior, and even fewer studies have assessed the specific relevance of subtypes of childhood trauma and suicidal behavior in first-episode psychosis (FEP). The aims of the present study were: 1) to compare suicide behavior between FEP and HC; 2) to study the relationship between the five types of ChT and suicide risk in FEP controlling for confounding sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables. 95 patients diagnosed with FEP and 92 healthy control (HC) were recruited as a part of the PROFEP study. ChT was evaluated using The Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ) and suicide behavior through The Suicide Risk Scale of Plutchik (SRSP). Our results showed that patients with FEP presented more suicide behavior (ideation, attempt, and suicide risk) than HC. Emotional abuse was the most relevant type of ChT in suicide ideation and suicide risk. After controlling for other relevant variables, perceived stress seemed to play an important role in suicide ideations, suicide attempt, and suicide risk. The results highlight the importance of assessing and considering in the clinical practice ChT and the perceived stress., (Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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39. 2022: IS IT TIME TO OPEN THE DOORS IN THE ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALISATION?
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Cuevas-Esteban J, Romero E, Moreno-Orea A, Ibáñez-Caparrós A, Bustos-Cardona T, Martínez-Cirera B, and Pablo J
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- Hospitalization, Humans, Mental Disorders psychology, Mental Disorders therapy
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Providing the least restrictive mental health care is an unavoidable ethical principle and is one of the 10 basic prin- ciples of the “Mental Health Care Law” published in 1996 by the World Health Organization (WHO).
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40. Catatonia and Cognitive Impairments: A Systematic Review.
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Serrat F, Iglesias-Gónzalez M, Sanagustin D, Etxandi M, de Pablo J, and Cuevas-Esteban J
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Background: Catatonia is an underdiagnosed and undertreated neuropsychiatric syndrome characterized by catalepsy, negativism, mutism, muscular rigidity, and mannerism, often accompanied by autonomic instability and fever. Although there is growing interest in studying cognitive impairments before and after catatonia, little is known about the cognitive features of the syndrome., Methods: This systematic review was registered at PROSPERO (CRD42022299091). Using a Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) approach, we searched PubMed, ScienceDirect, and PsycArticles using a combination of the terms "Catatonia" and "Cognitive impairment" and "Executive function" and "Frontal lobe" and "Parietal lobe." Studies included original research articles enrolling patients with catatonic syndrome according to specified criteria. Fourteen studies were deemed relevant for inclusion. The abstraction form included age, assessment during acute episode, associated diagnosis, assessment procedure, and cognitive domains. Outcome measures were extracted., Results: Executive functions and visuospatial abilities proved to be the most investigated domains. A great heterogeneity has been observed in the assessment tools used among the 14 evaluated studies. Findings showed that catatonic patients had worse performance than healthy and non-catatonic psychiatric patients in frontal and parietal cortical functions., Conclusion: Because of the small number of studies in such heterogeneous areas and significant methodological limitations, the results should be regarded with caution. Future research assessing cognitive impairments on catatonic patients is needed., Systematic Review Registration: [https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=299091], identifier [CRD42022299091]., Competing Interests: The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2022 Serrat, Iglesias-Gónzalez, Sanagustin, Etxandi, de Pablo and Cuevas-Esteban.)
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41. [Catatonia: Back to the future of the neuropsychiatric syndrome].
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Cuevas-Esteban J, Sanagustin D, and Iglesias-González M
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- Benzodiazepines therapeutic use, Humans, Prognosis, Syndrome, Catatonia diagnosis, Catatonia epidemiology, Catatonia etiology, Electroconvulsive Therapy
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Catatonia is an undertreated and underdiagnosed neuropsychiatric syndrome whose prognosis is benign if treated early, thus avoiding possible complications and compromising the health of patients. The latest epidemiological studies indicate a prevalence of catatonia of 9.2%, being frequent in medical pathologies (especially neurological ones), as well as in psychiatric pathologies. The use of validated scales is recommended for its diagnosis, to be able to measure the severity and response to treatment. Once catatonia has been identified, it is necessary to perform a protocolized diagnostic study of the underlying aetiology («Catatonia Workup»). Treatment of choice is benzodiazepines and electroconvulsive therapy. In recent years, new therapeutic alternatives such as non-invasive transcranial magnetic stimulation have emerged. In this review we propose several initiatives to promote the dissemination and knowledge of catatonia in the clinical setting., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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42. Association of serum interleukin-6 and C-reactive protein with depressive and adjustment disorders in COVID-19 inpatients.
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Iglesias-González M, Boigues M, Sanagustin D, Giralt-López M, Cuevas-Esteban J, Martínez-Cáceres E, and Díez-Quevedo C
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Background: Immune mechanisms are part of the pathophysiology of mental disorders, although their role remains controversial. In depressive disorders a chronic low-grade inflammatory process is observed, with higher interleukin-6 (IL-6) values. Furthermore, in SARS-CoV2 infection, which is closely related to depressive disorders, there is a proinflammatory cascade of cytokines that causes systemic inflammation., Methods: The present study evaluates the relationship between IL-6 and C-reactive protein (CRP) serum levels and the presence of depressive and adjustment disorders in a sample of 1851 patients admitted to hospital for SARS-CoV2 infection from March to November 2020. Concentrations of IL-6 and CRP were determined within the first 72 h at admission and compared among groups of patients according to previous history and current presence of depression or adjustment disorders., Results: IL-6 serum levels were significantly higher in the group of patients with depression and adjustment disorders compared to patients without such disorders (114.25 pg/mL (SD, 225.44) vs. 86.41 (SD, 202.97)), even after adjusting for several confounders. Similar results were obtained for CRP (103.94 mg/L (SD, 91.16) vs. 90.14 (SD, 85.73)). The absolute levels of IL-6 and CRP were higher than those of previous depression studies, and differences were only found for the subgroup of De Novo depressive or adjustment disorders., Conclusions: Serum concentrations of IL-6 and CRP are higher in COVID-19 patients with De Novo but not persistent depressive or adjustment disorders. Clinical features such as fatigue, asthenia, anhedonia, or anxiety can be the basis for this finding., Competing Interests: ☒ The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper., (© 2021 The Authors.)
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43. Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in older adults: A systematic review of case reports.
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Giné-Servén E, Serra-Mestres J, Martinez-Ramirez M, Boix-Quintana E, Davi-Loscos E, Guanyabens N, Casado V, Muriana D, Torres-Rivas C, Cuevas-Esteban J, and Labad J
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging adverse effects, Receptors, N-Methyl-D-Aspartate, Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis complications, Anti-N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptor Encephalitis diagnosis, Catatonia etiology, Psychotic Disorders complications
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Objective: To ascertain the clinical characteristics of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis (NMDARE) in older patients., Method: A systematic literature review using PubMed and Scopus of all published case reports of NMDARE was undertaken, from database inception to June 2020. From this, cases reporting on patients older than 65 years of age and whose diagnosis was confirmed by the presence of anti-NMDAR antibodies in CSF were selected., Results: 23 case reports fulfilling the study's criteria were found. Median age was 70.1 years (range 65-84), fourteen were female (60.9%), and mostly presented with acute behavioral and cognitive changes (95.7%). Atypical psychosis occurred in eleven patients (47.8%) with a sudden onset and fluctuating clinical pattern of delusions (39.1%), hallucinations (30.4%), and motility disturbances (34.8%) including catatonia (17.4%). Nine patients presented with seizures (39.1%). Pleocytosis in CSF (>5 WBC) was described in twelve cases (52.2%). Eleven cases (47.8%) had abnormal brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans with limbic inflammatory lesions. Thirteen patients had an abnormal EEG (56.5%)., Conclusion: NMDARE should be included in the differential diagnosis of older patients who present with new psychiatric episodes, especially when characterized by sudden onset psychotic polymorphic symptomatology, fluctuating course with marked cognitive decline, and with catatonic features., (Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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44. Mental disorders, psychopharmacological treatments, and mortality in 2150 COVID-19 Spanish inpatients.
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Diez-Quevedo C, Iglesias-González M, Giralt-López M, Rangil T, Sanagustin D, Moreira M, López-Ramentol M, Ibáñez-Caparrós A, Lorán ME, Bustos-Cardona T, Menéndez-Cuiñas I, Mundo-Cid P, Blanco-Presas L, de Pablo J, and Cuevas-Esteban J
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- COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing, Female, Hospital Records statistics & numerical data, Hospitalization statistics & numerical data, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Recovery of Function, Risk Assessment, SARS-CoV-2 isolation & purification, Spain epidemiology, COVID-19 diagnosis, COVID-19 mortality, COVID-19 psychology, COVID-19 rehabilitation, Inpatients psychology, Inpatients statistics & numerical data, Mental Disorders diagnosis, Mental Disorders drug therapy, Mental Disorders epidemiology, Mental Disorders virology, Psychotropic Drugs classification, Psychotropic Drugs therapeutic use
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Objective: To determine how mental disorders and psychopharmacological treatments before and during COVID-19 hospital admissions are related to mortality., Methods: Subjects included in the study were all adult patients with a diagnosis of COVID-19, confirmed clinically and by PCR, who were admitted to a tertiary university hospital in Badalona (Spain) between March 1 and November 17, 2020. Data were extracted anonymously from computerized clinical records., Results: 2,150 subjects were included, 57% males, mean age 61 years. History of mental disorders was registered in 957 (45%). Throughout admission, de novo diagnosis of mood or anxiety, stress, or adjustment disorder was made in 12% of patients without previous history. Delirium was diagnosed in 10% of cases. 1011 patients (47%) received a psychotropic prescription during admission (36% benzodiazepines, 22% antidepressants, and 21% antipsychotics). Mortality rate was 17%. Delirium during admission and history of mood disorder were independently associated with higher mortality risk (hazard ratios, 1.39 and 1.52 respectively), while previous year's treatments with anxiolytics/hypnotics and antidepressants were independently associated with lower mortality risk (hazard ratios, 0.47 and 0.43, respectively)., Conclusion: Mental symptoms are very common in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 infection. Detecting, diagnosing, and treating them is key to determining the prognosis of the disease and functional recovery., (© 2021 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.)
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45. Brain grey matter abnormalities in first episode non-affective psychosis patients with suicidal behaviours: The role of neurocognitive functioning.
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Canal-Rivero M, Tordesillas-Gutiérrez D, Ruiz-Veguilla M, Ortiz-García de la Foz V, Cuevas-Esteban J, Marco de Lucas E, Vázquez-Bourgon J, Ayesa-Arriola R, and Crespo-Facorro B
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- Adult, Brain diagnostic imaging, Brain pathology, Brain Mapping, Female, Gray Matter diagnostic imaging, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Neuroimaging, Neuropsychological Tests, Psychotic Disorders diagnostic imaging, Risk Factors, Suicide, Young Adult, Cognition, Gray Matter pathology, Psychotic Disorders pathology, Psychotic Disorders psychology, Suicidal Ideation
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Background: Suicide is one of the leading causes of premature death in first-episode psychosis (FEP) patients. The understanding of suicidal behaviour (SB) is limited, and new and integrative approaches focusing on the likely relationship of the biological and cognitive features of SB in the early phases of psychosis are warranted. We aimed to study the relationship of brain grey matter anomalies and cognitive functioning with SB or suicidal risk in a large sample of non-affective FEP patients., Methods: We used a voxel-based morphometry analysis in 145 FEP patients to investigate the pattern of structural brain abnormalities related to SB. In addition, bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed to explore the relationship between cognitive functioning and SB., Results: A reduction in grey matter volume in the frontal area, temporal gyrus, precuneus, uncus, amygdala, left cuneus and subcallosal gyrus as well as a marked regional volume reduction in the right hemisphere was linked with the presence of SB. Additionally, worse global cognitive functioning and living in urban areas were identified as suicide risk factors., Conclusions: This study provides some insights about the brain abnormalities associated with SB in FEP patients. Specifically, the areas reported are involved in important functions related to SB, such as impulsivity, problem solving or responses to pain. Thus, the results confirm the relevant role of cognitive functioning on SB., Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors have no conflicts of interest concerning the subject of the study., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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46. Comparison of the touch-screen and traditional versions of the Corsi block-tapping test in patients with psychosis and healthy controls.
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Siddi S, Preti A, Lara E, Brébion G, Vila R, Iglesias M, Cuevas-Esteban J, López-Carrilero R, Butjosa A, and Haro JM
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- Adult, Attention, Case-Control Studies, Cognition Disorders complications, Female, Humans, Male, Memory, Short-Term, Psychotic Disorders physiopathology, Psychotic Disorders psychology, Neuropsychological Tests standards, Psychotic Disorders diagnosis
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Background: Working memory (WM) refers to the capacity system for temporary storage and processing of information, which is known to depend on the integrity of the prefrontal cortex. Impairment in working memory is a core cognitive deficit among individuals with psychotic disorders. The Corsi block-tapping test is a widely-used instrument to assess visuospatial working memory. The traditional version is composed of 9 square blocks positioned on a physical board. In recent years, the number of digital instruments has increased significantly; several advantages might derive from the use of a digital version of the Corsi test., Methods: This study aimed to compare the digital and traditional versions of the Corsi test in 45 patients with psychotic disorders and 45 healthy controls. Both groups completed a neuropsychological assessment involving attention and working memory divided into the two conditions., Results: Results were consistent between the traditional and digital versions of the Corsi test. The digital version, as well as the traditional version, can discriminate between patients with psychosis and healthy controls. Overall, patients performed worse with respect to the healthy comparison group. The traditional Corsi test was positively related to intelligence and verbal working memory, probably due to a more significant effort to execute the test., Conclusions: The digital Corsi might be used to enhance clinical practice diagnosis and treatment.The digital version can be administered in a natural environment in real-time. Further, it is easy to administer while ensuring a standard procedure.
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47. Impaired memory for temporal context in schizophrenia patients with hallucinations and thought disorganisation.
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Brébion G, Stephan-Otto C, Cuevas-Esteban J, Usall J, and Ochoa S
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- Hallucinations etiology, Humans, Memory, Memory Disorders etiology, Neuropsychological Tests, Schizophrenia complications
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Introduction: Context processing deficiencies have been established in patients with schizophrenia and it has been proposed that these deficiencies are involved in the formation of positive symptoms., Method: We administered a temporal context discrimination task to 60 schizophrenia patients and 60 healthy individuals. Pictures were presented in two sessions separated by half an hour and the participants were required to remember afterwards whether the pictures had been presented in the first or the second session., Results: The number of temporal context errors was significantly increased in the patient group. More specifically, it was highly significantly increased in a subgroup of patients presenting hallucinations, while the patients without hallucinations were equivalent to the healthy individuals. Regression analyses revealed that, independently of memory of the pictures themselves, verbal and visual hallucinations, as well as thought disorganisation, were associated with more temporal context errors. In contrast, affective flattening and anhedonia were associated with fewer of these errors., Conclusion: Inability to process or remember the temporal context of production of events might be a mechanism underlying both hallucinations and thought disorganisation., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare no conflict of interest., (Copyright © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
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48. Clinical and non-clinical hallucinations are similarly associated with source memory errors in a visual memory task.
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Brébion G, Stephan-Otto C, Ochoa S, Cuevas-Esteban J, Núñez-Navarro A, and Usall J
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- Adult, Aged, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Young Adult, Association, Hallucinations physiopathology, Pattern Recognition, Visual physiology, Recognition, Psychology physiology, Schizophrenia physiopathology, Space Perception physiology, Spatial Memory physiology, Speech Perception physiology
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Hallucinations have been found to be associated with various types of source memory failure in both schizophrenia patients and hallucination-prone healthy individuals. We investigated the associations of clinical and non-clinical hallucinations with source memory errors in a visual memory task that involved the remembering of picture presentation context. 59 schizophrenia patients and 61 healthy individuals took part in the study. Pictures were presented either at different locations or in association with different visual stimuli. The participants were required afterwards to recognize the target pictures among distractors, and then to remember their spatial location or the visual stimulus that was associated with them. Liberal response bias in picture recognition was associated with hallucination proneness and auditory-verbal hallucinations in subsamples of participants with significant non-clinical or clinical hallucinations. After controlling for overall memory performance, failure to remember the spatial location of the pictures was associated with visual hallucinations in male patients; failure to remember the associated visual stimulus was related to auditory-verbal hallucinations in female patients and to hallucination proneness in healthy women. The findings suggest that both clinical and non-clinical hallucinations are associated with loss of contextual information relative to the acquisition of events., (Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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49. Depression, auditory-verbal hallucinations, and delusions in patients with schizophrenia: Different patterns of association with prefrontal gray and white matter volume.
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Siddi S, Nuñez C, Senior C, Preti A, Cuevas-Esteban J, Ochoa S, Brébion G, and Stephan-Otto C
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- Adult, Delusions epidemiology, Delusions psychology, Depression epidemiology, Depression psychology, Female, Hallucinations epidemiology, Hallucinations psychology, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods, Male, Middle Aged, Organ Size, Prefrontal Cortex diagnostic imaging, Schizophrenia epidemiology, Delusions diagnostic imaging, Depression diagnostic imaging, Gray Matter diagnostic imaging, Hallucinations diagnostic imaging, Schizophrenia diagnostic imaging, White Matter diagnostic imaging
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Structural brain abnormalities, including decreased gray matter (GM) and white matter (WM) volume, have been observed in patients with schizophrenia. These decrements were found to be associated with positive and negative symptoms, but affective symptoms (depression and anxiety) were poorly explored. We hypothesized that abnormalities in GM and WM volume might also be related to affective symptoms. GM and WM volumes were calculated from high-resolution T1 structural images acquired from 24 patients with schizophrenia and 26 healthy controls, and the associations of positive, negative, and affective symptoms with the brain volumes that showed significant reduction in patients were investigated. Patients demonstrated GM volume reductions in the bilateral prefrontal cortex, and WM volume reductions in the right frontal and left corpus callosum. Prefrontal cortex volume was significantly and inversely associated with both auditory-verbal hallucinations and depression severity. WM volume alterations, in contrast, were related to alogia, anhedonia, and delusions. The combined impact of auditory-verbal hallucinations and depression on similar sub-regions of the prefrontal cortex suggests that depression is involved in hearing voices. Further, this adverse impact of depression on prefrontal GM volume may underlie the impairment demonstrated by these patients in cognitive tasks that rely on executive processes., (Copyright © 2018. Published by Elsevier B.V.)
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50. Measurement invariance of the Spanish Launay-Slade Hallucinations Scale-Extended version between putatively healthy controls and people diagnosed with a mental disorder.
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Siddi S, Ochoa S, Farreny A, Brébion G, Larøi F, Cuevas-Esteban J, Haro JM, Stephan-Otto C, and Preti A
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- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Spain, Hallucinations diagnosis, Mental Disorders diagnosis, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales standards
- Abstract
Objectives: The current study aimed at evaluating the reliability, convergent and divergent validity, and factor structure of the Spanish Launay-Slade Hallucinations Scale-Extended version (LSHS-E) in people with mental disorders and healthy controls., Methods: Four hundred and twenty-two individuals completed the Spanish LSHS-E and the Spanish Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences. The convergent and divergent validity of the LSHS-E was assessed with the three dimensions of the Community Assessment of Psychic Experiences (positive, negative, and depressive dimensions) in healthy controls and people with a mental disorder. Factor structure of the LSHS-E was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance., Results: The LSHS-E had a good reliability in healthy controls and people with a mental disorder (Cronbach's = 0.83 and 0.91, respectively). The LSHS-E was more strongly associated with positive psychotic-like experiences than with depressive and negative symptoms. Four factors were found: (a) "intrusive thoughts"; (b) "vivid daydreams"; (c) "multisensory hallucination-like experiences"; and (d) "auditory-visual hallucination-like experiences" that were invariant between the group of healthy controls and people with a mental disorder., Conclusion: The Spanish version of the LSHS-E possesses adequate psychometric properties, and the confirmatory factor analysis findings provide further support for the multidimensionality of proneness to hallucination in clinical and nonclinical samples., (© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.)
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- 2018
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