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The Mental Health and Addictions Research Group of the IDIBGI is made up of a team of multidisciplinary professionals from the Mental Health and Addictions Network of the Healthcare Institute de Girona, recognized for the “development of a model of community care in mental health and addictions that has closed the psychiatric hospital” (Premi Experiències. Jornada 25 Anys al Servei del Sistema Nacional de Salut de Catalunya: Mirem cap al Futur, 2016).

Main lines of research
  • Omics and functionalism. Impact of pharmacogenetics and the microbiota on the diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and prediction of mental disorders and addictions. Study of the relationship between functionalism and the effectiveness of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, as well as their impact on genetics.
  • Cognition, neurocognition, communication, trauma and attachment, impact on the diagnosis, treatment, recovery, and prediction of mental disorders and addictions.
  • Personality. Diagnosis and analysis of differential personality patterns and their effectiveness and predictive capacity in different types of intervention.
  • Non-pharmacological interventions. Effectiveness of various psychological interventions, physical exercise, music therapy, and dance therapy in improving symptoms in various mental disorders and addictions.
  • Validation of psychometric tools.
  • Mental health and gender, and perinatal mental health.
  • Educational and employment inclusion and mental health. Research based on tools to improve the empowerment of people affected by mental illness in managing their condition and reintegrating into the educational and employment sectors.
  • Epidemiology of mental disorders and addictions.
  • Health services research. Evaluation of mental health programs and support for decision-making for those responsible for planning mental health care.
  • Gamification, virtual reality, and Artificial Intelligence. Effectiveness of technology in the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and prediction of mental illnesses.
  • Patient safety. How to implement diagnostic, treatment, monitoring, and predictive tools to reduce adverse events caused by their application in clinical settings.
Strategic objectives
  • To carry out research enabling increased knowledge of mental disorders, improving their treatment and recovery, personal empowerment and the quality of care of people with mental health problems.
  • To promote participation in research from professionals from the Mental Health and Addictions Network, increasing the critical mass of full time researchers.
  • To establish alliances to carry out joint research projects with other research groups from the IDIBGI.
  • To encourage participation from researchers from the research group in multicentre projects, allowing alliances with other research centres to be strengthened.
Publications
Mora, T, Jacobs, R, Cid, J, Roche, D

Risky behaviours and injuries amongst Catalan children with ADHD: does pharmacological treatment improve outcomes?

Health Economics Review, 2025, 15, 7-7 dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13561-025-00595-x
Díaz-Cutraro, L, Verdaguer-Rodríguez, M, García-Mieres, H, Ferrer-Quintero, M, López-Carrilero, R, Palma-Sevillano, C, Lamarca, M, Espinosa, V, Barrigón, ML, González-Higueras, F, Pousa, E, Grasa, E, Lorente-Rovira, E, Gutiérrez-Zotes, A, Barajas, A, Ruiz-Delgado, I, Cid, J, Moritz, S, Rico, J, Sevilla-Llewellyn-Jones, J, Haro, JM, Ochoa, S

Sex-based differences in Jumping to Conclusions: a multidimensional analysis of first-episode psychosis

SCHIZOPHRENIA, 2025, 11, 60-60 dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41537-025-00579-0
Espinosa V, Naides N, López-Carrilero R, Vila-Badia R, Colomer-Salvans A, Barajas A, Barrigón ML, Birulés I, Butjosa A, Díaz-Cutraro L, Del Cacho N, Frigola-Capell E, González-Higueras F, Grasa E, Gutiérrez-Zotes A, Lorente-Rovira E, Moreno-Kustner B, Pélaez T, Pousa E, Ruiz-Delgado I, Serra-Arumí C, Verdaguer-Rodríguez M, Usall J, Ochoa S

The influence of gender in cognitive insight and cognitive bias in people with first-episode psychosis: an uncontrolled exploratory analysis

ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH, 2024, 27, 669-678 dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01425-5
Roche D, Mora T, Cid J

Identifying non-adult attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder individuals using a stacked machine learning algorithm using administrative data population registers in a universal healthcare system.

Jcpp Advances, 2024, 4, 12193-12193 dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcv2.12193
Espinosa V, Bagaeva A, López-Carrilero R, Barajas A, Barrigón ML, Birulés I, Frígola-Capell E, Díaz-Cutraro L, González-Higueras F, Grasa E, Gutiérrez-Zotes A, Lorente-Rovira E, Pélaez T, Pousa E, Ruiz-Delgado I, Verdaguer-Rodríguez M, Ochoa S

Neuropsychological profiles in first-episodes psychosis and their relationship with clinical, metacognition and social cognition variables

EUROPEAN ARCHIVES OF PSYCHIATRY AND CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE, 2024, 275, 701-713 dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00406-024-01813-z
Vila-Badia R, Ochoa S, Fábrega-Ruz J, Gonzalez-Caballero JL, Romero C, Cid J, Frigola-Capell E, Salvador-Carulla L, Moreno-Küstner B

Sex differences in patient-reported outcome measure of psychotic symptoms in schizophrenia.

ARCHIVES OF WOMENS MENTAL HEALTH, 2024, 27, 721-729 dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00737-024-01472-y
Corrivetti, G, Monaco, F, Vignapiano, A, Marenna, A, Palm, K, Fernández-Arroyo, S, Frigola-Capell, E, Leen, V, Ibarrola, O, Amil, B, Caruson, MM, Chiariotti, L, Palacios-Ariza, MA, Hoekstra, PJ, Chiang, HY, Floares, A, Fagiolini, A, Fasano, A

Optimizing and Predicting Antidepressant Efficacy in Patients with Major Depressive Disorder Using Multi-Omics Analysis and the Opade AI Prediction Tools

Brain Sciences, 2024, 14 dx.doi.org/10.3390/brainsci14070658
Pousa E, Brébion G, López-Carrilero R, Ruiz AI, Grasa E, Barajas A, Cobo J, Gutiérrez-Zotes A, Lorente E, Barrigón ML, Ruiz-Delgado I, González-Higueras F, Frigola-Capell E, Ochoa S

Predictors of clinical insight in first-episode psychosis: Different patterns in men and women.

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, 2024, 339, 116036-116036 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2024.116036
López-Carrilero, R, Lo Monaco, M, Frígola-Capell, E, Ferrer-Quintero, M, Díaz-Cutraro, L, Verdaguer-Rodríguez, M, García-Mieres, H, Vila-Badia, R, Punsoda-Puche, P, Birulés, I, Peláez, T, Pousa, E, Grasa, E, Barajas, A, Ruiz-Delgado, I, Barrigón, ML, Gonzalez-Higueras, F, Lorente-Rovira, E, Gutiérrez-Zotes, A, Cid, J, Legido, T, Ayesa-Arriola, R, Moritz, S, Ochoa, S

Cognitive insight in first-episode psychosis: Exploring the complex relationship between executive functions and social cognition

Spanish Journal of Psychiatry and Mental Health, 2024, 17, 160-167 dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sjpmh.2024.01.002
Frigola-Capell E, Fabregas L, Juanola M, Soms M, Hernández M, Grau R, Alarcón N, Colomer N, Cid J, Cuartero-Barbanoj A, Garcia J

Integrated psychological intervention programme for frontline healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A qualitative study.

Archivos De Prevencion De Riesgos Laborales, 2024, 27, 157-172 dx.doi.org/10.12961/aprl.2024.27.02.04
Competitive projects
Mental Health and Addictions

Optimise and predict antidepressant efficacy for patient with major depressive disorders using multi-omics analysis and AI-predictive tool

Codi oficial: 101095436 Start date:01/12/2022 Data fi: 31/05/2027 Investigador/a principal: EVA FRIGOLA CAPELL Organisme finançador: EUROPEAN HEALTH AND DIGITAL EXECUTIVE AGENCY (HADEA)
Mental Health and Addictions

Fighting Addictions, improving Lives: COmprehensive drug rehabilitation with music

Codi oficial: 101155881-1 Start date:28/11/2024 Data fi: 31/12/2029 Investigador/a principal: EVA FRIGOLA CAPELL Organisme finançador: EUROPEAN HEALTH AND DIGITAL EXECUTIVE AGENCY (HADEA)
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