Adoración Castro Gracia

• PhD in Psychology
• PostDoc Position at Fundació Institut Investigació Sanitària Illes Balears (IdiSBa)

Background Multimorbidity is a highly prevalent phenomenon whose presence causes a profound physical, psychological, and economic impact. It hinders help seeking, diagnosis, quality of care, and adherence to treatment, and it poses a significant dilemma for present-day health care systems. Objective This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of...

Patients with depressive disorders are especially prone to suicide risk. Among the clinical predictors of suicidality, those specifically related to depressive disorders have not been accurately detailed. Our aim was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies reporting longitudinal predictors of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts...

Background: Studies about the association of carbonated/soft drinks, coffee, and tea with depression and anxiety are scarce and inconclusive and little is known about this association in European adults. Our aim was to examine the association between the consumption of these beverages and depressive and anxiety symptom severity. Methods: A total...

Impaired executive function (EF) is a key feature of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD) that several studies have linked to suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. This is the first longitudinal study to examine the association between impaired EF and suicide risk in adult patients with MDD. Longitudinal prospective study with 3 assessme...

Background Depression affects millions of people all over the world and implies a great socioeconomic burden. Despite there are different effective evidence-based interventions for treating depression, only a small proportion of these patients receives an appropriate treatment. In this regard, information and communication technologies (ICTs) can b...

Health care for depression is a major challenge. The aim of this review is to capture the status of the detection, diagno- sis and treatment of depression in the Spanish public health system. The data from the latest National Health Survey (ENSE 2017) have been analyzed and a non-systematic search for publications has been carried out in the PubMed...

Health care for depression is a major challenge. The aim of this review is to capture the status of the detection, diagnosis and treatment of depression in the Spanish public health system. The data from the latest National Health Survey (ENSE 2017) have been analyzed and a non-systematic search for publications has been carried out in the PubMed a...

There is a clear consensus that alcohol use disorders are associated with poorer outcomes concerning depression, and that drinking alcohol shouldn`t be recommended because of the risk of dependence. Until recently, literature focused almost exclusively on patients with alcohol use disorders and excludes patients with moderate alcohol use (MAU). It’...

The aim of this systematic review was to determine the adherence to lifestyle interventions for adults with depression and to estimate the dropout rates in trials examining the impact of these interventions. A bibliographic search was conducted in PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, the Cochrane library, and several sources of grey literature. We included ra...

The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential to significant- ly affect the mental health of healthcare workers, who stand in the frontline of this crisis. Insomnia is often related to exposure to stressful situations, such as the current health crisis, as well as other mental disorders, physical conditions and work-related problems. The objectives of th...

Background: Depression is a serious, disabling mental disorder that severely affects quality of life. Patients with depression often do not receive adequate treatment. App-based psychotherapy is considered to have great potential to treat depression owing to its reach and easy accessibility. Objective: We aim to analyze the impact of app-based p...

BACKGROUND Depression is a serious, disabling mental disorder that severely affects quality of life. Patients with depression often do not receive adequate treatment. App-based psychotherapy is considered to have great potential to treat depression owing to its reach and easy accessibility. OBJECTIVE We aim to analyze the impact of app-based psych...

Depression is one of the most common disorders in psychiatric and primary care settings, and is associated with disability, loss in quality of life, and economic costs. Internet-based psychological interventions have been shown to be effective in depression treatment but present problems with a low degree of adherence. The main aim of this study is...

Background: This study aimed at examining the impact of providing healthcare during health emergencies caused by viral epidemic outbreaks on healthcare workers'(HCWs) mental health; to identify factors associated with worse impact, and; to assess the available evidence base regarding interventions to reduce such impact. Method: Rapid systematic rev...

Objectives: To examine the impact of providing healthcare during or after health emergencies caused by viral epidemic outbreaks on healthcare workers (HCWs) mental health, and to assess the available evidence base regarding interventions to reduce such impact. Design: Systematic rapid review and meta-analysis. Data sources: MEDLINE, Embase, and Psy...

BACKGROUND Primary Care (PC) is a major access point for initial treatment of depression, but the management of these patients is far from optimal. The lack of time in PC is one of the most important difficulties for the delivery of evidence-based psychotherapy. During the last decade research has focused on the development of brief psychotherapy a...

Background: Primary care is a major access point for the initial treatment of depression, but the management of these patients is far from optimal. The lack of time in primary care is one of the major difficulties for the delivery of evidence-based psychotherapy. During the last decade, research has focused on the development of brief psychotherap...

Background: The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of telephone-administered psychotherapy for depression in adults when compared to control conditions or other active treatments, and to determine adherence to telephone-administered psychotherapy. Methods: A bibliographic search was conducted in MEDLINE, Embase, Psyc...

Background: Suicide is a serious public health concern. Depression is the main gateway to suicidal behavior. The already established relationship between depression and suicidal risk should now focus on the investigation of more specific factors: recent studies have suggested an association between vulnerability to suicidal behavior and neurocogni...

Background: Depression is one of the most prevalent psychological disorders worldwide. Although psychotherapy for depression is effective, there are barriers to its implementation in primary care in Spain. The use of the Internet has been shown to be a feasible solution. However, the acceptability of Internet-based interventions has not been studie...

Background The World Health Organization (WHO) has included comorbidity between depression and a chronic disease among the 10 leading global health priorities. Although there is a high prevalence of multimorbidity, health care systems are mainly designed for the management of individual diseases. Given the difficulty in delivering face-to-face psyc...

Background: Major depression is a highly prevalent condition. Its pathogenesis is related to a wide variety of biological and psychosocial factors and among these is factors related to lifestyle. Lifestyle-based interventions seem to be appropriate strategies as coadjutant treatment. The objective of this study is to explore and identify expectati...

Internet-delivered psychotherapy has been demonstrated to be effective in the treatment of depression. Nevertheless, the study of the adherence in this type of the treatment reported divergent results. The main objective of this study is to analyze predictors of adherence in a primary care Internet-based intervention for depression in Spain. A mult...

Depression is one of the most common mental disorders and will become one of the leading causes of disability in the world. Internet-based CBT programs for depression have been classified as “well established” following the American Psychological Association criteria for empirically supported treatments. The aim of this study is to analyze the cost...

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Low Intensity Versus Self-guided Internet-delivered Psychotherapy for Major Depression: A Multicenter, Controlled, Randomized Study. (PDF)

Physical activity is showing in recent years to be a good antidepressant complementary strategy for many patients. The association between the degree of physical activity and clinical and sociodemographic characteristics in depression has still not been studied sufficiently in large and representative patient samples. Doing so is important to impro...

Background: Economic crises have a negative effect on mental health. Little evidence has been published on the impact of economic downturns on male and female. The aim of the study was to analyze gender differences in specific mental disorders in primary care during the current economic recession in Spain. Method: A total of 7,914 patients in 20...

Background: Depression is the most prevalent cause of illness-induced disability worldwide. Face-to-face psychotherapeutic interventions for depression can be challenging, so there is a need for other alternatives that allow these interventions to be offered. One feasible alternative is Internet-based psychological interventions. This is the first...

Research on the impact of economic crisis on mental health in European countries has suggested a rise in the prevalence of mental disorders and suicidality. The aim of this research was to study if suicidal ideation (SI) in depressive patients has increased during economic crisis in Spain and what factors predicted SI at each moment. Two nationwide...

Depression is one of the most common disorders in Psychiatric and Primary Care settings and is associated with significant disability and economic costs. Low-intensity psychological interventions applied by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) could be an efficacious and cost-effective therapeutic option for the treatment of depression...

Background: One-quarter of the world’s population will suffer from depression symptoms at some point in their lives. Mental health services in developed countries are overburdened. Therefore, cost-effective interventions that provide mental health care solutions such as Web-based psychotherapy programs have been proposed. Objective: The intent of t...

Background: One-quarter of the world’s population will suffer from depression symptoms at some point in their lives. Mental health services in developed countries are overburdened. Therefore, cost-effective interventions that provide mental health care solutions such as Web-based psychotherapy programs have been proposed. Objective: The intent of t...

A sedentary lifestyle is an urgent problem in developed societies and its consequences are one of the main current problems in public health. Depression is a common reason to attend primary care in Western countries. In many cases of low and mild depression, exercise is recommended as a complement to the main therapy: Psychotherapy and/or pharmacot...

Introducción: los trastornos del sueño y los trastornos afectivos (trastorno depresivo mayor y trastorno de ansiedad generalizada) son dos de las condiciones comórbidas más frecuentes en los pacientes con dolor crónico. Objetivo: el objetivo principal de este estudio es evaluar la calidad del sueño y la prevalencia del trastorno depresivo mayor y t...

Introduction: Depression is a worldwide health problem. Thus, making the diagnosis with reliable and short tests is crucial. In this regard, the Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology-Self Report (QIDS-SR16) has been validated in several countries. It was found that this instrument has a correct balance between time and reliability. This stu...

Introduction: Sleep disturbances and affective disorders (major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder) are two comorbidities very frequents in patients with chronic pain. Objective: The main objective is to evaluate sleep quality and the prevalence of major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder in patients with musculo...

Background Depression is one of the most common disorders in primary care and the fourth most disabling medical condition worldwide. Although gender differences in the prevalence of depression are well established, the little available data on gender-related differences in disabilities among depression patients gives controversial results. This stu...

Objectives: The aim of the study was to analyze the cognitive performance between remitted depressive patients (RP) and non-remitted depressive patients (NRP). Method: This observational cohort study included 88 patients with DSM-IV-TR diagnostic of acute episode of major depressive disorder. The instruments used for clinical assessment were: 17...

Introduction: Cognitive symptoms are core symptoms of depressive disorders (McIntyre et al., 2013). The aim of the study was to analyze the cognitive performance between first episode depression and two groups of recurrent depression (RD): less than three previous episodes and three or more previous episodes. Methods: This observational cohort...

Keywords: Cognitive impairment, melancholic depression, longitudinal study, clinical remission. Introduction: Cognitive symptoms are core symptoms of depressive disorders. The aim of the study was to analyse the cognitive performance between melancholic (MD) and non-melancholic depression (NMD) and compare longitudinally the outcomes after clin...

Objective: To analyze the potential for different aspects of anxiety to modify the effect of impaired functioning in major depressive disorder (MDD). Methods: Participants (n = 1226) were psychiatric outpatients with MDD. A cross-sectional, multicentre, nationwide study was designed. The 12-item version of the World Health Organization Disabilit...

Introducción: Estudios longitudinales indican que un IMC elevado incrementa el riesgo de trastorno depresivo. Sin embargo, otros trabajos muestran una relación inversa entre obesidad y depresión (Luppino et al, 2010). Objetivo: analizar la relación entre el IMC y la depresión en una muestra de pacientes de atención primaria. Método: estudio epidem...