Anxiety, Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia
Research group
Group Leader
Antonio Bulbena Vilarrasa
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)
Miguel Ángel Fullana Rivas (Researcher)
Anna Mané Santacana (Researcher)
Luis Miguel Martín López (Researcher)
Anna Merino Torres (Researcher)
Guillem Pailhez Vindual (Researcher)
María Inmaculada Ruiz Ripoll (Researcher)
Purificación Salgado Serrano (Researcher)
María José Tribó Boixareu (Researcher)
Esperanza González Fernández (Research Assistant)
Main Publications
• Lonsdorf TB, Menz MM, Andreatta M, Fullana MA, Golkar A, Haaker J, Heitland I, Hermann A, Kuhn M, Kruse O, Drexler SM, Meulders A, Nees F, Pittig A, Richter J, Römer S, Shiban Y, Schmitz A, Straube B, Vervliet B, Wendt J, Baas JM, Merz CJ. Don't fear 'fear conditioning': Methodological considerations for the design and analysis of studies on human fear acquisition, extinction, and return of fear. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 77: 247-285. IF 8.299. D1.
• Harrison BJ, Fullana MA, Via E, Soriano-Mas C, Vervliet B, Martínez-Zalacaín I, Pujol J, Davey CG, Kircher T, Straube B, Cardoner N. Human ventromedial prefrontal cortex and the positive affective processing of safety signals. Neuroimage 2017; 152: 12-18. IF 5.835. D1.
• Bulbena A, Baeza-Velasco C, Bulbena-Cabré A, Pailhez G, Critchley HD, Chopra P, Mallorquí-Bagué N, Frank C, Porges S. Psychiatric and psychological aspects in the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes. Am J Med Genet C 2017; 175(1): 237-245. IF 5.6. Q1.
• Bernardo M, Bioque M, Cabrera B, Lobo A, González-Pinto A, Pina L, Corripio I, Sanjuán J, Mané A, Castro-Fornieles J, Vieta E, Arango C, Mezquida G, Gassó P, Parellada M, Saiz-Ruiz J, Cuesta MJ, Mas S, PEPs GROUP. Modelling gene-environment interaction in first episodes of psychosis. Schizophr Res 2017; 189: 181-189. IF 3.986. Q1.
• Fraguas D, Díaz-Caneja CM, Corripio I, González-Pinto A, Lobo A, Bioque M, Cuesta MJ, Sanjuán J, Rodríguez-Toscano E, Arias B, Sarró S, Cabrera B, Bulbena A, Vieta E, Castro-Fornieles J, Arango C, Bernardo M, Parellada M, PEPs group. Gene-environment interaction as a predictor of early adjustment in first episode psychosis. Schizophr Res 2017; 189: 196-203. IF 3.986. Q1.
• Mezquida G, Cabrera B, Bioque M, Amoretti S, Lobo A, González-Pinto A, Espliego A, Corripio I, Vieta E, Castro-Fornieles J, Bergé D, Escartí MJ, Ibáñez Á, Penadés R, Sánchez-Torres AM, Bernardo M, PEPs Group (...Bulbena A, Mané A...). The course of negative symptoms in first-episode schizophrenia and its predictors: A prospective two-year follow-up study. Schizophr Res 2017; 189: 84-90. IF 3.986. Q1.
Ongoing Research Projects
• El modelo de incertidumbre-anticipación: uso de la neuroimagen funcional para predecir la trayectoria de los síntomas de ansiedad y caracterizar las alteraciones cerebrales relacionadas
- Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII (PI16/00144)
- 2017
- Principal investigator: Fullana Rivas, Miguel Ángel
• Rehabilitación cognitiva combinada con ejercicio físico en el tratamiento de la esquizofrenia: estudio controlado aleatorizado.
- Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. ISCIII (PI15/00453)
- From 2016 to 2018
- Principal investigator: Mané Santacana, Anna
Participation in Research Networks
• CIBERSAM (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental)
- Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria. Subprograma CIBER (CB07/09/0010)
- Collaborating investigator: Mané Santacana, Anna
- Principal investigator Pérez Sola, Víctor
Group’s Recognitions
• Officially recognised as a consolidated research group by the Generalitat de Catalunya: Unitat de Recerca en Psiquiatria (2017-2019)
- Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (SGR 52)
- Principal investigator: Bulbena Vilarrasa, Antonio
Theses
• Calvo P. El vínculo entre el ser humano y los animales: aspectos psicológicos y psicopatológicos. Autonomous University of Barcelona
- Director: Fatjó Rios, Jaume; Bulbena Vilarrasa, Antonio
- Date of defense: 14/07/2017
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