Publications by authors named "G Fico"
Background: The development of Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare sector is generating a great impact. However, one of the primary challenges for the implementation of this technology is the access to high-quality data due to issues in data collection and regulatory constraints, for which synthetic data is an emerging alternative. While previous research has reviewed synthetic data generation techniques, there is limited focus on their applications and the motivations driving their synthesis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOlder Adults with Bipolar Disorder (OABD) represent a heterogeneous group, including those with early and late onset of the disorder. Recent evidence shows both groups have distinct clinical, cognitive, and medical features, tied to different neurobiological profiles. This study explored the link between polygenic risk scores (PRS) for bipolar disorder (PRS-BD), schizophrenia (PRS-SCZ), and major depressive disorder (PRS-MDD) with age of onset in OABD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: The Russo-Ukrainian War (RUW) poses a significant mental health burden, warranting a scoping review of the evidence to shed light on the unmet needs.
Methods: MEDLINE/PubMed and EMBASE databases were inquired from inception until September 1st, 2023, to address the following a-priori-formulated questions: i) "Which psychiatric population has been assessed? How did the conflict affect the functioning of people with established mental health conditions (e.g.
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- Mental health disorders are increasingly prevalent in primary care settings worldwide, with a study in Catalonia revealing 18.2% of individuals had at least one mental health diagnosis from 2010 to 2019.
- The most common diagnoses included unspecified anxiety disorder, insomnia, and unspecified depressive disorder, with an increase in these cases noted until 2015, after which the rates stabilized.
- Factors such as being female, having a lower socioeconomic status, higher BMI, and smoking were significantly associated with mental health diagnoses, suggesting a need for innovative community-based approaches to address the rising burden of mental health issues.
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- Bipolar disorder (BD) involves changes in emotion regulation (ER) strategies, with depressive and (hypo)manic symptoms linked to using maladaptive strategies more than adaptive ones.
- A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis of 15 studies identified rumination as the ER strategy most associated with both depressive (ES=0.43) and (hypo)manic symptoms (ES=0.26).
- The results highlight the significance of rumination in BD and suggest that disrupted ER is more apparent during depressive phases; however, the cross-sectional nature of the studies limits understanding of causal relationships, indicating a need for future longitudinal research.