Psychosis as debut of sporadic Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Publication date: Available online 7 July 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): Maria Ruiz, Enrique del Agua, Gerard Piñol-Ripoll (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - July 8, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

ICD-11 and the depathologisation of the transgender condition
Publication date: Available online 5 July 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): Rebeca Robles García, José Luis Ayuso-Mateos (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - July 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Pharmacological treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder in adults: A clinical practice guideline based on the ADAPTE methodology
This article summarises the process of preparing this guideline and the recommendations adopted by consensus by a guideline panel grouped into five areas of interest: acute treatment, duration of treatment, predictors of response and special symptoms, partial response to lack of response to treatment, and special populations.ResumenA pesar de la existencia de tratamientos efectivos basados en la evidencia para el tratamiento del trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC), el abordaje de esta enfermedad sigue siendo subóptimo. Disponer de una guía terapéutica farmacológica del TOC puede ayudar a mejorar el manejo de la enferme...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - July 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Long-acting injectable antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia in Spain
The objective of this article is to analyse the use of LAI antipsychotics in Spain, which is similar to other European countries but with a predominance of the use of second generation LAI, to discuss the possible causes of prescribing differences with respect to other countries (including organisational aspects, attitudes of psychiatrists, patients and family members, and clinical practice guidelines), and to discuss their use in acute psychiatric units, first episode, and in children and adolescents. In our view, while it is necessary to increase existing evidence regarding the advantages of LAI antipsychotics and the di...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - July 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Prepare the smoking cessation in severe mental illness: Early diagnosis and prevention opportunities
Publication date: Available online 4 July 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): Fernando Sarramea, María José Jaén-Moreno, Nuria Feu, Justa Redondo-Écija, Vicente Balanzá-Martínez, Luis Gutiérrez-Rojas, María Paz García-Portilla (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - July 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Could structural changes in the retinal layers be a new biomarker of mental disorders? A systematic review and thematic synthesis
Publication date: Available online 4 July 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): María Paz García-Portilla, Leticia García-Álvarez, Lorena de la Fuente-Tomás, Ángela Velasco-Iglesias, Pilar Alejandra Sáiz, Leticia González-Blanco, María Teresa Bobes Bascarán, Begoña Baamonde, Ignacio Alcalde, Jesús Merayo-Lloves, Julio BobesAbstractIt has recently been suggested that alterations of the layers of the retina could be a biomarker of specific mental disorders since they originate in the same embryonic layer as the brain and both are interconnected through the optic nerve. The...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - July 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Clinical staging in severe mental disorders: Bipolar disorder, depression and schizophrenia
Publication date: Available online 4 July 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): Lorena de la Fuente-Tomas, Mónica Sánchez-Autet, Leticia García-Álvarez, Leticia González-Blanco, Ángela Velasco, Pilar A. Sáiz Martínez, María P. Garcia-Portilla, Julio BobesAbstractClinical staging is a diagnostic tool used in other medical specialties, which has resulted from the combination of a categorical and dimensional approach. In the last 2 decades, the usefulness of its application in the field of psychiatry has been suggested, mainly as a tool for diagnostic help, and therapeutic and...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - July 5, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Joint hypermobility is a marker for anxiety in children
ConclusionChildren with JHS have higher frequency of anxiety disorders and higher intensity of physiological anxiety, somatic complaints, and therefore, JHS might be used as marker for this anxiety phenotype in youngsters.ResumenAntecedentesSe ha encontrado que el síndrome de hiperlaxitud articular (SHLA) está asociado a trastornos de ansiedad en poblaciones clínicas y no clínicas, aunque hasta la fecha ningún estudio ha evaluado esta asociación en niños. El objetivo principal de este estudio es evaluar el SHLA junto con la ansiedad, las medidas somáticas y conductuales en niños, para clarificar si el SHLA está a...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - June 6, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Clozapine-induced eosinophilia and serositis
Publication date: Available online 30 May 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): Pablo Demelo-Rodríguez, José María de Miguel-Yanes, Sandra Gómez-Vallejo (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - May 31, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

The impact of the 2008 economic crisis on the increasing number of young psychiatric inpatients
ConclusionsPsychiatric hospital admissions abruptly increased in April 2008, coinciding with the onset of the economic crisis. We identified age groups and diagnoses affected. Increased hospitalizations were found only at the age-ranges most affected by the rise in unemployment. The diagnoses affected were those most sensitive to environmental changes.ResumenIntroducciónSe dispone de escasa literatura científica sobre el impacto de la crisis económica de 2008 en los servicios de salud mental en España.MétodoSe ha realizado un análisis de serie temporal interrumpido para examinar una posible asociación a corto plazo ...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 9, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Deep brain stimulation and treatment-resistant obsessive-compulsive disorder: A systematic review
ConclusionsThe use of DBS is still considered to be in the field of research, although it is increasingly used in refractory-OCD, producing in the majority of studies significant improvements in symptomatology, and in functionality and quality of life. It is essential to implement random and controlled studies regarding its long-term efficacy, cost-risk analyses and cost/benefit.ResumenIntroducciónAl menos el 10% de pacientes con trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo (TOC) son refractarios al tratamiento psicofarmacológico. La aparición de nuevas tecnologías neuroquirúrgicas (estimulación cerebral profunda[ECP]) de modulaci...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Rethinking suicide in urban and rural areas. A critical approach to research of suicide in Castellon
Publication date: Available online 2 March 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): Alejandro Arnaldo Barroso Martínez (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Teasing as a risk factor for abnormal eating behaviours: A prospective study in an adolescent population
ConclusionsTeasing about weight or abilities has no direct effect, neither in boys nor in girls of 13–15 years old, in the development of eating psychopathology.ResumenIntroducciónExisten discrepancias en la literatura sobre el papel de las burlas en la aparición de clínica alimentaria. El objetivo de este artículo es establecer la influencia de las burlas sobre la aparición de conductas alimentarias anómalas en una población adolescente.Material y métodosSe trata de un estudio prospectivo a 2 años en el que participaron 7.167 adolescentes de entre 13 y 15 años. En una evaluación basal se estudió su exposici...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

Epidemiological and clinical variables related with the predominant polarity on bipolar disorder: A systematic review
ConclusionPP may be useful as a supplement to current BD classifications. We have found consistent data on a great number of studies, but there is also contradictory information regarding PP. Further studies are needed, ideally of a prospective design and with a unified methodology.ResumenIntroducciónLas actuales clasificaciones del trastorno bipolar (TB) en tipo I y tipo II, aunque han demostrado utilidad, aportan una información clínica insuficiente en algunos pacientes. Por ese motivo se han propuesto clasificaciones complementarias como la basada en la polaridad predominante (PP) que es definida como la tendencia cl...
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research

CIBERSAM: Ten years of collaborative translational research in mental disorders
Publication date: Available online 2 March 2019Source: Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental (English Edition)Author(s): Estela Salagre, Celso Arango, Francesc Artigas, José Luis Ayuso-Mateos, Miquel Bernardo, Josefina Castro-Fornieles, Julio Bobes, Manuel Desco, Lourdes Fañanás, Ana González-Pinto, Josep María Haro, Juan Carlos Leza, Peter J. Mckenna, José Javier Meana, José Manuel Menchón, Juan Antonio Micó, Tomás Palomo, Ángel Pazos, Víctor Pérez, Jerónimo Saiz-Ruiz (Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental)
Source: Revista de Psiquiatria y Salud Mental - March 4, 2019 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research