Applied Social Neuroscience: the Building Resilience Among Women Project
ViolenceDomestic2 moreIntimate partner violence (IPV) is the most common and alarming form of violence against women, affecting up to 25% of all women in Catalonia. It is a complex phenomenon that involves aspects of social interaction, cognitive-emotional processes, neurobiological alterations and cultural context. Using an integrative methodology, IPV will be approached as a form of chronic exposure to severe stress that alters the stress-response system of exposed women, affecting their capacity to cope with future everyday situations. Fortunately, coping strategies can be subject to change through learning mechanisms and thus the identification of vulnerabilities can help build resilience strategies that may have a long-lasting impression on women's healthy functioning. It is proposed that the sustained exposure to violent social interactions impacts two key aspects of future behavior: i) altered psychosocial coping, and ii) enhanced emotional reactivity to acute stress. To test this hypothesis, the psychosocial and neurobiological response to common social acute stress will be analyzed among women with and without previous exposure to IPV. The Trier Social Stress Task (TSST) will be used, which is a valid test of acute stress that resembles the real life situation of a (mock) job interview. Based on a social neuroscience perspective, quantitative and qualitative measures will be used of cognitive performance, neuroendocrine activity and face-to-face interviews to obtain an integrative description of the response to the TSST that includes the personal narrative of the experience by women themselves. Finally, the proposal will benefit from the fact that all participants will share the same experimental condition (the TSST), and this mock job interview will be used as the common reference point for a workshop about the difficulties and strengths put to test during a stressful situation. The focus of this workshop will be on raising awareness of such coping limitations and abilities that participants themselves will be able to identify. The results of this workshop will inform guidelines and recommendations for future work and prevention strategies, and participants will be invited to be an active part in our dissemination strategy
Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms of Depression and Anxiety: a Multimodal MRI Study
DepressionTo explore the neural and cognitive mechanisms of depression (including unipolar depression and Bipolar disorder) and anxiety using multimodal MRI techniques.
Effect of Tele-consultation in Addition With Psychiatric Follow-up During COVID-19 in Women Who...
Post Partum DepressionWomen who were able to benefit from psychiatric follow-up during the quarantine by tele-consultation have a lower risk of anxious and depressive symptoms than those who did not receive follow-up.
Burn Out Among Medical Family Doctors
BurnoutProfessional4 moreThe main objective of this study is to assess the burnout prevalence among French general practitioners in private practice. As secondary outcomes, this study aim to measure the impact of sociodemographic variables, organizational practice models and workload. the investigators also intend to characterize the prevalence of depression, anxiety, fatigue and stress, drugs and alcohol consumption, use of psychotropic medication, and preferred strategies to cope with their symptoms.
Massive Mental Health Screening Using Smartphones in 24 Pre-graduate Education Centers in Mexico...
Suicidal IdeationSocial Behavior5 moreThe objective of this study is to make a massive suicide risk and social behavior assessment in 24 pre-graduate education centers in Mexico City (approximately 30,000 students aged between 15 and 22 years), taking also into account other outcomes such as depression, anxiety, alcohol and drugs. For this, an app for Smartphone (MeMind) or a web platform (www.MeMind.net) will be used in which the participants will take a self-administered questionnaire, composed of several psychometric instruments. Our main hypothesis is that identification of suicide risk in the Mexico City's student community is feasible using their own smartphones and can serve as both a population screening tool for early specialist referral, as well as a tool for evaluating social behavior strategies and their relation to suicide behavior.
Multi-center Imaging Genetics Studies in China
Alzheimer DiseaseSchizophrenia1 moreTo study the impact of genetic and environmental factors on high-level cognition associated neural circuits among healthy young Chinese Han subjects.
Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome and Thyroid Dysfunction in Patients With Major Depressive Disorder...
Major Depressive DisorderMetabolic Syndrome1 moreAim 1 is to study prevalence and 1 year incidence of metabolic syndrome in major depressive disorder and factors correlation. Aim 2 is to study prevalence and 1 year incidence of thyroid dysfunction in major depressive disorder and factors correlation.
COPD Assessment Test Can Predict Depression
Depression,COPDThe frequency of depression in COPD patients are substantial and early detection and prevention of depression is critical. Recently, COPD assessment test (CAT) was developed and validated to assess the impact of COPD on patients' quality of life. In this prospective study, we will investigate the predictive utility of CAT for predicting depression in COPD patients.
Neurobiological Changes When Treating Depression With Electroconvulsive Therapy - a Longitudinal...
DepressionThe purpose of this study is to determine functional and structural changes in brain following treatment of severe depression with electroconvulsive therapy with correlation to clinical outcome. Our hypothesis is that there are state-dependent changes in functional connectivity within specific neurocircuits systems, as well as structural plasticity changes in hippocampus, when recovering from depression.
IFH Depression Registry 2013
DepressionThis is an observational registry intended to track depression scores of patients over time in treatment.