Anxiety, Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia

 Research group

Group Leader

Antonio Bulbena Vilarrassa

The group is made up of different researchers involved in clinical work either in hospital or primary care. Although the backbone of the group is the original description (and derivative) of the association between anxiety and Joint Hypermobility Syndrome (JHS), current lines of research include bipolar illness, schizophrenia, first-episode psychosis, cognitive psychotherapy for anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, psychiatric emergency services, Hikikomori syndrome and also the expert patient. A very active group in ethological research also joined the group and has done pioneering research on the Noah Syndrome (animal hoarding), but is also remaining active on areas such as pet grief, human-animal interaction, etc.

Members

Jordi Coletas Juanico (Researcher)

Anna Mané Santacana (Researcher)

Luis Miguel Martín López (Researcher)

Anna Merino Torres (Researcher)

Guillem Pailhez Vindual (Researcher)

Purificación Salgado Serrano (Researcher)

María José Tribó Boixareu (Researcher)

Esperanza González Fernández (Research Assistant)

 

Main Publications

• Via E, Fullana MA, Goldberg X, Tinoco-González D, Martínez-Zalacaín I, Soriano-Mas C, Davey CG, Menchón JM, Straube B, Kircher T, Pujol J, Cardoner N, Harrison BJ. Ventromedial prefrontal cortex activity and pathological worry in generalised anxiety disorder. Br J Psychiatry 2018; 213(1): 437-443. IF 5.867. Q1.

• Gassó P, Mas S, Bioque M, Cabrera B, Lobo A, González-Pinto A, Díaz-Caneja CM, Corripio I, Vieta E, Castro-Fornieles J, Sarró S, Mané A, Sanjuan J, Llerena A, Lafuente A, Saiz-Ruiz J, Bernardo M, PEPs Group (...Bergé D, Bulbena A...). Impact of NTRK2, DRD2 and ACE polymorphisms on prolactin levels in antipsychotic-treated patients with first-episode psychosis. J Psychopharmacol 2018; 32(6): 702-710. IF 4.738. Q1.

• Mallorquí-Bagué N, Lozano-Madrid M, Toledo E, Corella D, Salas-Salvadó J, Cuenca A, Vioque J, Romaguera D, Martínez JA, Warnberg J, et al. Type 2 diabetes and cognitive impairment in an older population with overweight or obesity and metabolic syndrome: baseline cross-sectional analysis of the PREDIMED-plus study. Sci Rep 2018; 8(1): 16128. IF 4.122. Q1

• Mezquida G, Savulich G, García-Rizo C, García-Portilla MP, Toll A, García-Álvarez L, Bobes J, Mané A, Bernardo M, Fernández-Egea E. Inverse association between negative symptoms and body mass index in chronic schizophrenia. Schizophr Res 2018; 192: 69-74. IF 3.958. Q1.

• Bulbena-Cabré A, Rojo C, Pailhez G, Burón E, Martín-López LM, Bulbena A. Joint hypermobility is also associated with anxiety disorders in the elderly population. Int J Geriatr Psych 2018; 33(1): e113-e119. IF 2.94. Q1.

Ongoing Research Projects

• Rehabilitación cognitiva combinada con ejercicio físico en el tratamiento de la esquizofrenia: estudio controlado aleatorizado

- Financing institution: Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII (PI15/00453)

- Period: from 2016 to 2019

- Principal investigator: Mané Santacana, Anna

 

Group’s Recognitions

• Officially recognised as a consolidated research group by the Generalitat de Catalunya: Unitat de Recerca en Psiquiatria (2017-2020)

- Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (SGR 52)

- Principal investigator: Bulbena Vilarrasa, Antonio

 

Clinical Trials Signed in 2018

• Estudio de fase II, aleatorizado, doble ciego, controlado con placebo y de grupos paralelos para evaluar la eficacia y la seguridad de 4 dosis orales de BI 425809 una vez al día durante un periodo de tratamiento de 12 semanas en pacientes con esquizofrenia.

- Register: 1346.9

- Principal investigator: Mané Santacana, Anna

 

Theses

• Burón E. Estudi sobre la funció olfactòria en el trastorn d’angoixa. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

- Director: Bulbena, Antoni

- Date of defense: 20/03/2018

• Guerrero, Jesús David. La impulsividad en adultos sanos: rasgos antropométricos y exploración estructural de la corteza cerebral. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

- Directors: Blas Navarro, José; Bulbena, Antoni

- Date of defense: 25/07/2018

• Evangelidou, Styliani. Somatización, cultura e inmigración en entornos de atención primaria de salud: el caso de España. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

- Directors: Qureshi, Adil; Fornieles, Albert; Bulbena Antoni

- Date of defense: 11/12/2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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