Publications by authors named "M Llaurador-Coll"

Cognitive deficits and overweight are prominent challenges in the treatment of psychosis, which have a direct impact on patients' quality of life. We aim to determine whether there is an association of overweight with cognitive performance and whether there are sex differences in this association. We included 170 individuals with first-episode psychosis (FEP) (mean age 23.

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  • The study explores the connection between child maltreatment and psychoticism, focusing on the frequency and types of abuse specifically in women.
  • It utilizes the Maltreatment and Abuse Chronology Exposure (MACE) scale to assess abuse history among 83 participants with various psychiatric diagnoses.
  • Findings reveal significant gender differences in abuse types affecting women with high psychoticism, particularly in emotional and verbal abuse, highlighting critical periods of vulnerability during early childhood and adolescence.
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Cognitive impairment is present in a broad spectrum of medical conditions and in aging. Here, we aimed to identify plasma proteins related to cognitive function in a sample of older adults with overweight/obesity and metabolic syndrome. A total of 129 subjects (mean age 64.

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Adverse childhood experiences, including child maltreatment (CM), are relevant environmental risk factors for bipolar disorder (BD). However, little is known about the interaction of the type, duration and frequency of abuse with the timing of abuse in BD. The aim of this study was to investigate the different patterns of childhood trauma (frequency, type and chronology) between BD patients and healthy controls (HCs) and to identify BD-sensitive periods of exposure to CM that could influence functioning outcomes.

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