• Apps for depression: are they ready to work? 

    Porras-Segovia, Alejandro; Díaz-Oliván, Isaac; Gutiérrez-Rojas, Luis; Dunne, Henry; Moreno, Manon; Baca-Garcia, Enrique (2020)
    Purpose of Review To summarize the latest evidence about mobile phone applications for the management of depression. Recent Findings Depression apps are very heterogeneous, given the absence of standards for their development, ...

  • Child maltreatment and cardiovascular disease: quantifying mediation pathways using UK biobank 

    Ho, Frederick; Celis-Morales, Carlos; Gray, S.R.; Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Lyall, Donald; Mackay, Daniel; Sattar, Naveed; Minnis, Helen; Pell, J.P. (2020)
    Background: Child maltreatment is associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD), but mediation pathways have not been fully elucidated. The aim of the current study was to determine and quantify the underlying pathways ...

  • Comparative study of paper-and-pencil and electronic formats of the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale 

    Montoro, Maria; Arrua-Duarte, Elsa; Peñalver-Argüeso, Belén; Migoya-Borja, Marta; Baca-Garcia, Enrique; Barrigón-Estévez, María L. (2020)
    The gold standard for measuring anhedonia is the Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS). To date, there are no validated electronic versions of this questionnaire. We aim to study the equivalence between the traditional ...

  • Device-measured physical activity and incident afective disorders 

    Ho, Frederick; Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Parra‑Soto, Solange; Boonpor, Jirapitcha; Gill, Jason M.R.; Gray, S.R.; Pell, J.P.; Celis-Morales, Carlos (2022)
    Background: Studies on physical activity (PA) and mental health are largely limited to self-reported PA. This study aims to use prospective cohort data to investigate the association between device-measured PA and ...

  • Diagnóstico médico de depresión se asocia a sospecha de deterioro cognitivo en adultos mayores 

    Celis-Morales, Carlos; Nazar, Gabriela; Ulloa, Natalia; Martínez-Sanguinetti, María Adela; Leiva, Ana M.; Petermann-Rocha, Fanny; Díaz-Martínez, Ximena; Lanuza, Fabián; Cigarroa, Igor; Concha-Cisternas, Yeny; Troncoso, Claudia; Mardones, Lorena; Villagrán, Marcelo (2020)
    Background: Depression has been previously associated with cognitive impairment in high income country populations. However, its association in the Chilean population has not been investigated. Aim: To investigate ...

  • Effects of different protocols of moderate-intensity intermittent hypoxic training on mental health and quality of life in brazilian adults recovered from COVID-19: The AEROBICOVID double-blind randomized controlled study 

    Merellano-Navarro, Eugenio; Camacho-Cardenosa, Marta; Peinado Costa, Gabriel; Wiggers, Ester; Marcolino Putti, Germano; Evandro Nogueira, Jonatas; da Silva Lizzi, Elisangela Aparecida; Alexandre Trapé, Átila (2023)
    The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different protocols of moderate intensity intermittent hypoxic training in patients who had recovered from COVID-19 on quality of life (QoL) and mental health. The ...

  • Emotional regulation and depression in a sample of separated and divorced Chilean adults 

    Garrido-Rojas, Lusmenia; Guzmán González, Mónica; Mendoza-Llanos, Rodolfo; Rivera-Ottenberger, Diana; Contreras, Paula (2021)
    Previous studies have described the increase in depressive symptoms in divorced and separated individuals. However, the factors associated with depression have been little explored in this particular context. The aim of ...

  • Feasibility of a virtual reality-based psychoeducational tool (VRight) for depressive patients 

    Migoya-Borja, Marta; Delgado-Gómez, David; Carmona-Camacho, Rodrigo; Porras-Segovia, Alejandro; López-Morinigo, Javier D.; Sánchez-Alonso, Montserrat; Albarracín-García, Lucía; Guerra, Nuria; Barrigón-Estévez, María L.; Alegría, M.; Baca-Garcia, Enrique (2020)
    E-health is opening new prospects in the management of mental disorders. Virtual reality (VR)-based interventions, which provide a safe nonjudging environment, may improve symptoms awareness in patients with depressive ...

  • Jumping to conclusions and suicidal behavior in depression and psychosis 

    Sastre-Buades, Aina; Ochoa, Susana; Lorente-Rovira, Esther; Barajas, Ana; Grasa, Eva; López-Carrilero, Raquel; Luengo, Ana; Ruiz-Delgado, Isabel; Cid, Jordi; González-Higueras, Fermín; Sánchez-Alonso, Sergio; Baca-Garcia, Enrique; Barrigón-Estévez, María L. (2021)
    Suicidal behavior (SB) involves an impairment in decision-making (DM). Jumping to conclusions bias (JTC), described as the tendency to make hasty decisions based on insufficient information, could be considered as analogous ...

  • Regulación emocional y depresión en divorciados: ¿Para quiénes es más importante esta relación? 

    Garrido-Rojas, Lusmenia; Guzmán González, Mónica; Santelices, María Pía; Rivera-Ottenberger, Diana (2020)
    Investigaciones previas señalan que, personas con mayores dificultades de regulación emocional (DRE) presentan mayor sintomatología depresiva. Asimismo, factores como el sexo, presencia de hijos, iniciativa de la separación, ...

  • Síndrome de Cotard y catatonía: reporte de un caso 

    Vergara, Sergio; Díaz, Pamela (2020)
    El Síndrome de Cotard es una condición neuropsiquiátrica poco frecuente, descrito inicialmente por Jules Cotard como un delirio hipocondríaco y luego como Delirio de negación, en que el paciente niega la existencia de ...