Publications by authors named "Carlos Pena-Salazar"

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  • This study investigated how often there are inconsistencies in antipsychotic dosing within prescription data and how different strategies for handling these inconsistencies impact adherence estimates.
  • It used data from 2015-2019, focusing on adult patients in Catalonia who received at least one antipsychotic prescription and analyzed four dosing strategies for assessing medication adherence.
  • The study found that, despite a high rate of overlapping prescriptions, the different strategies did not significantly affect overall adherence rates; however, the strategy of selecting the highest dose provided a more accurate adherence estimate.
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The prevalence of psychiatric disorders in people with Intellectual Disability (ID) is statistically higher than in the general population. There is a lack of consensus on the role that epilepsy plays in psychiatric disorders in people with ID. We carried out a systematic review of articles published between 1960 and 2022, focusing on high-quality, case-control original research studies that only included adult populations.

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Background And Purpose: The purpose of this study was to assess the level of mental disorders and challenging behaviour in individuals with intellectual disability (ID) supported by specialized services, but without a prior psychiatric diagnosis, and to compare the levels of different disorders depending on the severity of ID.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study ( = 142) of population with ID. Inclusion criteria were the following: adult patients with ID and with no previous psychiatric diagnosis prior to this survey.

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