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Psychosomatic, Anxiety and Impulse
Control Disorders
Coordinator: José Manuel Menchón Magriña (Fundación IDIBELL. Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge)
This programme has the characteristic feature of covering different lines of research representing the activities of one or several of the groups in the programme. Some of the most significant activities are detailed below.
In the field of new physical therapies, specifically in deep brain stimulation, studies have been published on their application in different disorders, molecular and cell mechanisms have been studied, a project has been granted for their study in nervous anorexia and an international clinical test has been concluded in obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Apart from this, new therapeutic strategies have been explored such as mindfulness in impulsiveness of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) or in fibromyalgia. Another therapeutic strategy examined in BPD by several groups in the programme was cognitive rehabilitation and the use of long-lasting injectable drugs.
From a transdiagnosis perspective, impulsiveness has been studied in different disorders, such as the pathological game, addictions to substances, borderline personality disorder or attention deficit disorder. These last two disorders were also covered by studies of their association with a record of child abuse.
The study line of neuroinflammation in mental disorders has examined its alterations and modulation in different disorders. We should stress the study on modulation of anti-inflammatory drugs in deep brain stimulation as well as immunological aspects of the innate immune response in neuropsychiatric diseases.
In the area of the relationship between mental disorders and chronic pain noradrenergic mechanisms have been studied, particularly the role of locus coeruleus as a key factor in this comorbidity. On a more clinical level the use, satisfaction and impact of mental health-chronic pain comorbidity in the health system has been studied.
As regards the line of neurocognitive disorders and in particular, mild cognitive impairment, studies have continued for analysing conversion into dementia according to DSM-5 criteria or according to Petersen criteria, epidemiological studies on prevalence in this country and the associated factors, as well as the study of the apathy symptom on both clinical level and as regards structural imaging with magnetic resonance.
The neuroimaging field has performed a large number of studies and has taken part in international consortiums such as ENIGMA and TOC as well as in the International OCD Brain Imaging Consortium.
The epidemiological studies line has been highly active, with numerous studies covering not only European but also Asiatic and Latin-American countries. Some of the more noteworthy studies and projects carried out are on factors associated with suicidal conduct such as solitude, studies on determining factors of the quality of life and subjective well-being, factors associated with mental health, patterns of multi-morbidity, mortality, disability and social stigma in different countries. This angle has enable the group most involved in these studies to make proposals and discuss the priorities of research into mental health in Europe in
a publication. Financing has recently been obtained for a project for analysing big data on mortality and comorbidity in mental disorders.
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