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Within teletherapy, email interventions have been studied scarcely. For this reason, this exploratory study aims to characterize the assistance provided by email in a university telepsychology service and to compare the data with the assistance provided by telephone in the same service and period. For this purpose, the records of 81 users assisted...
Very pleased to see our article on mental health in PhD students finally published in Psicothema! In this study, we explored the mental health status of doctoral students and the associated variables: having worse emotional regulation, worse work-life balance, female gender, being more advanced in the doctorate and fear of losing tuition rights wer...
This study assesses cognitive abilities through video games for entertainment (Blek, Edge, and Unpossible) that were programmed from scratch to record players’ behavior and the levels achieved in a sample without emotional problems and in one with emotional problems. The non-emotional-problem sample was recruited from three universities and two bac...
Introduction: Gender bias in academia persists, affecting women's participation. It is well known that women have less opportunities in comparation with men (i.e. to achieve positions on academia, be awarded with a grant, more difficulties for family-work conciliation, impostor syndrome, etc.) However, to date now, there is little evidence about ge...
Background: It is of vital importance to study the risk factors associated with suicidal behaviour. The purpose of this study is to analyse the presence of suicide ideation and related factors in an applied clinical environment. Method: A correlative-predictive study is conducted with a sample of 180 adult patients, 64% women, with an average age o...
The purpose of this study was to compare climacteric symptoms associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among women from Madrid (Spain) and Belgrade (Serbia). A cross-sectional study included 461 women from Madrid and 513 women from Belgrade aged 40–65 years. Climacteric symptoms and HRQOL were examined using the Menopause Rating Scale...
Puede consultarse en: https://theconversation.com/radiografia-del-suicidio-en-espana-una-tendencia-al-alza-rodeada-de-mitos-167646
La situación de aislamiento acaecida en España entre los meses de marzo y junio puso en evidencia la utilidad de implementar herramientas de telepsicología para poder suministrar atención psicológica a la población. Entre ellas, la atención vía e-mail ha sido una de las menos estudiadas en la literatura científica. Por ello, resulta de interés cono...
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The aim of this study is to compare climacteric symptomatology and sociodemographic conditions and their effect on quality of life in two populations: Monterrey (Mexico) and Madrid (Spain).
Methods
469 women from Monterrey (mean age 50.5 + 4.3 years) and 452 (mean age 51.7 + 3.7 years) from Madrid participated in the study. Descriptive ana...
Background
A high percentage of menopausal and perimenopausal women suffer symptoms that deteriorate their quality of life (QoL) significantly. Many studies have focused on the relationship between perimenopausal symptoms and QoL, yet the results obtained have been inconclusive. The aim of this study is to evaluate the relationships among the sympt...
ABSTRACT: In the present paper we try to characterize the typology and characteristics of the motives/reasons for consultation as well as to examine their degree of agreement with the problem definition that the psychologist defines for the patient. The study was carried out in a University Psychology Clinic. We analyzed 451 records of patients who...
Suicide is one of the main causes of death in Spain.
Objective: Analyze the presence of autolytic ideation in a clinical context.
Method: Retrospective cross-sectional study, sample of 180 patients.
Results: Prevalence 31%. Find diferences in sociodemographic/clinic vv.
Conclusions: Prevalence confirms importance of paying attention to this area
The study explores the prevalence of climacteric symptomatology and its relationship with the quality of life in a sample of 81 women, aged 45 to 60 years. The subjects completed a sociodemographic and clinical
interview, questionnaires of symptoms of the menopause (MENQOL and MRS), psychological symptomatology (HADS) and a questionnaire of quality...
El objetivo del estudio fue conocer la prevalencia de ideación suicida en estudiantes universitarios que contactan con el Servicio de Atención Psicológica Telemática Inmediata, así como describir el perfil de estudiantes que presentan ideación autolítica tanto a nivel sociodemográfico como clínico.
Con una muestra de 1351 contactos, la edad media d...
Objective:
The aim of the study was to evaluate the accuracy of the Menopause Rating Scale (MRS) and the Menopause Quality of Life Questionnaire (MENQOL) to discriminate women suffering from anxiety (AD) and depression disorder (DD).
Methods:
A cohort of 416 women aged 45 to 65 years (51.7 ± 3.8) completed the MRS, MENQOL and Hospital Anxiety an...
Background
PsiCall is an emergency telematic psychological assistance service for students of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and arises to attend the psychosocial needs of this population. The goal is offering emergency psychological care, prevent and detect early mental health disorders, and referral to other resources.
Method
Psicall is...
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To investigate women's subjective experiences in the climacteric transition, especially the impact of self-concept, quality of life and depression on the severity of climacteric symptoms.
Method:
Non-experimental, cross-sectional study, purpose sampling. To analyze the results, we proposed a three-way interaction, in which the direct...
Objectives. To investigate women's subjective experiences in climacteric transition, especially the impact of self-concept, quality of life and depression on the severity of climacteric symptoms. Method. Non-experimental, cross-sectional study, purpose sampling. To analyse the results, we propose a three-way interaction, in which the direct effect...
Background: Menopause is associated with a wide variety of physical and psychological symptoms.
The main complaints are focused on those related to vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes). Correlation
among hot flushes, depression and anxiety have also been reported.
The high percent of Spanish women complaining of these incapacitating symptoms, lead to r...
Cognitive decline in menopause affects episodic memory and executive functions. These domains are
postulated to be vulnerable to and modulated by exposure to endogenous and exogenous estrogens.
The significant amount of research that studies the relationship between estrogens and the cognitive
performance in menopausal women has not produced consis...
The climacteric is a stage when different changes in the female genitourinary system (such as a lack of lubrication or vaginal dryness, or genital atrophy) appear. These changes may cause inconvenience and difficulties in sexual relationships of women, and as a result, deteriorate their sexual life and the quality of life as a couple. The present w...
Menopause is associated with a considerable variety of physical, psychological and social symptoms that can be treated using cognitive-behavioral techniques. In the present study, 21 women took part in an eight-week group intervention consisting of weekly two-hour sessions to address their slight symptoms related to the climacteric stage of life. T...
cos y sociales y, en cuyo origen destacan: (a) la presencia de un contexto social y/o familiar de riesgo; y (b) una serie de características perso-nales que hacen a la persona más vulnerable a la práctica de uno de los antecedentes más im-portantes de la bulimia nerviosa: la dieta res-trictiva. Esta conducta, unida a una serie de factores precipita...
This study assessed the relationships between reactive and proactive aggression and justification beliefs, impulsivity and antisocial behavior, examined characteristically in the context of children but less often studied in adolescents. For this reason the current study assessed a sample of 320 adolescents of both sexes in order to examine the rel...
La menopausia se asocia a una importante variedad de síntomas físicos, psicológicos y sociales, susceptibles de ser tratados mediante técnicas cognitivo-conductuales. En este trabajo, 28 mujeres recibieron una intervención grupal de ocho sesiones semanales de dos horas para controlar depresión, ansiedad y otros síntomas asociados. Se realizó una me...
For a high percentage of women, menopause is associated with an important variety of physical, psychological, and social symptoms, susceptible to treatment by means of cognitive-behavioral techniques. In the present work, 28 women followed a group intervention (eight weekly sessions, two hours each, including relaxation, cognitive techniques, exerc...
Para un porcentaje elevado de mujeres, la menopausia se asocia a una importante variedad de síntomas físicos, psicológicos y sociales, susceptibles de ser tratados mediante técnicas cognitivo-conductuales. En el presente trabajo, 28 mujeres siguieron una intervención grupal de ocho sesiones semanales, de dos horas por sesión, que incluía psicoeduca...
El cese definitivo de la menstruación se presenta asociado a una serie de síntomas físicos,psicológicos y sociales susceptibles de ser abordados mediante técnicas cognitivo conductuales. Enel presente trabajo se presenta un programa de intervención basado en dichas técnicas. Treintamujeres climatéricas siguieron este programa durante diez semanas....
Measurements from visual-analog (VAS) and numeric scales were used to assess menstrual pain in a prevalence study of 1,387 women in Madrid, Spain. The data obtained from these 2 scales were compared to determine if significant differences existed between the 2 rating methods. Findings indicated that both scales are useful for assessing menstrual pa...
Objectives: The aim of the study was to collect reliable and valid epidemiological data on the incidence of functional dysmenorrhea in the Autonomous Community of Madrid. Material and method: We used a menstrual pain questionnaire specially designed for this study. The questionnaire item discriminative value was determined by Crombach's test and th...
Texto en torno a las causas de la desobediencia infantil, la manera de diagnosticarla y atenderla, procurando cambios de conducta en el niño. Incluye la descripción y evaluación de un caso clínico.