Publications by authors named "Nora Olazabal"
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic has had a global impact on mental health, particularly affecting psychiatric emergency department (ED) visits in a tertiary hospital in Spain, leading to changes in the frequency and types of psychiatric emergencies.
- A study analyzed 16,969 psychiatric ED visits from January 2019 to November 2023, comparing the pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic periods, revealing stable visit numbers during the pandemic but a significant increase afterward.
- The increase in post-pandemic visits mainly involved cases of anxiety, suicidal ideation, and social consultations, while visits for schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders decreased during the same time frame.
Background: Subclinical psychotic symptoms are present in the general population. Furthermore, they are quite common in diagnostic categories beyond psychosis, such as BPD patients.
Methods: We want to assess the differences between 3 groups: BPD (n = 68), FEP (n = 83) and controls (n = 203) in an experimental paradigm measuring the presence of speech illusions in white noise.
Background: Jumping to conclusions (JTC) is associated with psychotic disorder and psychotic symptoms. If JTC represents a trait, the rate should be (i) increased in people with elevated levels of psychosis proneness such as individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD), and (ii) show a degree of stability over time.
Methods: The JTC rate was examined in 3 groups: patients with first episode psychosis (FEP), BPD patients and controls, using the Beads Task.