Publications by authors named "Saenz-Herrero M"

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  • The integration of sex and gender in research is essential for valid data, especially in studying the mental health of hospital staff during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the extent of gender sensitivity in these studies is unclear.
  • A scoping review was conducted reviewing studies from various databases to evaluate the mental health of hospital staff, using specific psychometric scales and a developed gender sensitivity assessment tool.
  • Out of 3,112 identified studies, only 72 met the criteria, with most being cross-sectional; however, a significant majority mishandled the concepts of sex and gender, and only one study adequately addressed gender in their findings.
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There is growing evidence that gender is an important determinant of mental health and well-being. In this sense, both biological and socio-economic factors play a key role in how people experience psychological disturbances. This study examine whether there were sex- and gender-based differences in the management of psychiatric disorders in the emergency department (ED).

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Antipsychotic long-acting formulations (LAI-AP) have emerged as a new therapeutic choice to treat patients presenting a severe mental disorder. Despite that, to date, there is a lack of safety data and studies regarding the use of LAI-AP formulations in pregnant women. Here we present the first six-case series of pregnant women with schizophrenia treated with aripiprazole-LAI reported in the literature.

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The novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 belongs to the coronavirus family, a group of viruses that can cause upper respiratory infections in humans. Among other symptoms, it can present as an asymptomatic infection or as a more severe disease requiring hospitalization. Neuropsychiatric symptoms have been described in the acute phase of the illness and as long-term repercussions.

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This study aims to analyze from a gender perspective the psychological distress experienced by the medical workforce during the peak of the pandemic in Spain. This is a single-center, observational analytic study. The study population comprised all associated health workers of the Cruces University Hospital, invited by email to participate in the survey.

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Background: Long-acting injectable antipsychotics (LAIs) may be a suitable therapeutic option for those patients in earlier stages of psychosis to avoid relapses and disease progression. Despite that, there is a lack of evidence in the literature regarding the use of LAIs in this profile of patients.

Methods: This is a retrospective cohort analysis to assess the efficacy, tolerability, and pattern of use of palmitate paliperidone long-acting injectable (PPLAI) formulations (1- and 3-month doses) compared to oral paliperidone/risperidone in patients with a nonaffective first episode of psychosis (FEP) over 12 months of follow-up.

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, Spain ranked 1st in number of infected health workers. Despite the fact that up to 75% of them were women, psychological interventions to prevent distress usually lacked a gender perspective and a biopsychosocial approach. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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The current health crisis scenario has exposed the negative impact on mental health. This commentary highlights the main challenges and barriers that the Deaf community faces in access to health care resources and psychological support during the COVID-19 pandemic. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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Eating disorders (EDs) are serious and life-threatening mental diseases characterized by abnormal or altered eating habits. The prevalence is variable, being influenced by diverse sociocultural factors. Historically, the prevalence of EDs has been higher in women (90%), although the incidence of these disorders in men appears to be increasing.

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Background: Despite the large body of research on premorbid impairments in schizophrenia, studies comparing different early-onset psychoses are scarce.

Aims: To examine premorbid impairments in first episodes of early-onset bipolar and schizophrenia disorders.

Method: We compared premorbid adjustment and other premorbid variables such as IQ and developmental abnormalities in a cohort of children and adolescents (N=69) with bipolar disorder (BP) or schizophrenia (SZ) experiencing their first psychotic episode and in a healthy control group (N=91).

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Schizophrenia and epilepsy are two disorders that sometimes concur in the same person. According to the present classifications for the diagnosis of mental disorders, these patients would receive two different diagnoses without contemplating the possibility that they are related disorders. However, in some cases, it is possible to determine a probable relationship between both disorders that can be expressed in both symptoms and evolution.

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Rare behaviors, extravagant beliefs and some sort of social isolation frequently put the clinicians on the trail of a psychotic disorder. If we add sudden onset and end, plus the existence of certain stressors that are thought to be precipitant, the initial hypothesis could be referred to with specific surnames: <> or <>. The present case shows the need to weigh the adjectives applied to behavior and ideation (i.

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Eating disorders presents a lower prevalence in males than in females. Despite being mentioned in 1689 in the first case described by Richard Morton, anorexia nervosa in males has been relatively ignored. The diagnostica criteria for males with anorexia nervosa are similar to those for females although the sociocultural environment differs from birth between the sexes.

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Despite obsessive-compulsive symptoms in schizophrenia have been described for over 60 years, their clinical significance and treatment still remain unclear. Described below is a schizophrenic patient with obsessional thinking and compulsive rituals who markedly reduced the obsessive-compulsive symptoms after fluoxetine was added to neuroleptic treatment.

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