Fatima Valencia

• Phd
• PhD Student at Autonomous University of Barcelona

Having access to parenting interventions in the early years is key to improve the developmental outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental problems. The Incredible Years® (IY) Parent Program is a group intervention that has demonstrated efficacy in terms of reducing stress in parents, as well as improving behavioral, emotional, and social outcome...

Maternal internalizing symptoms have been linked with child internalizing symptoms, but paternal internalizing difficulties have received little attention. Our aims were to prospectively analyse the simultaneous effect of maternal and paternal internalizing symptoms on child internalizing difficulties, examining gender differences, and to verify th...

La pandemia por COVID-19 está generando multitud de dificultades psicológicas tanto en los supervivientes, como en familiares y profesionales sanitarios en primera línea. La necesidad de intervención psicológica en el contexto hospitalario ha dado lugar a la ampliación del Servicio de Interconsulta de Psicología Clínica en el Hospital General Unive...

Having access to parenting interventions in the early years is key to improve developmental outcomes of children with neurodevelopmental problems. The Incredible Years® (IY) Parent Program is a group intervention that has demonstrated efficacy in terms of reducing stress in parents, as well as improving behavioral, emotional and social outcomes in...

Background Sexual assault of adolescents is associated with negative mental health outcomes, including self-harm. Little is known about correlates and predictors of self-harm after sexual assault. We hypothesized that pre-assault vulnerabilities and post-assault psychological distress would be associated with self-harm after experiencing a recent s...

Aim: Borderline personality disorder and severe emotion dysregulation in adolescence is a major public health concern. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy is a promising treatment for suicidality in adolescents. The aim of this work is to present an adaptation of this intervention to the Spanish national health system, Actions for the Treatment of Adole...

Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) usually starts during adolescence and is associated with an array of psychological and psychiatric symptoms and future suicide attempts. The aim of this study is to determine prospective predictors, mediators and moderators of NSSI in adolescent community samples in order to target prevention and treatment strategies....

En este artículo se analiza la experiencia y necesidades psicológicas presentes en el discurso de las participantes durante una intervención psicoterapéutica grupal dirigida a mujeres con cáncer de mama. Se transcriben las sesiones del grupo y se realiza un análisis del discurso, recogiendo los temas más prevalentes. Las principales dificultades ps...

Background: Patient expectations and preferences are fundamental aspects to take into account in Mental Health. On the one hand, the right to decide between different treatment options is included in the Law of Patient Autonomy. On the other hand, research has shown the influence of patient treatment expectations and therefore the importance of tak...

This article is about the grief process that takes place when a person suffers a psychotic breakdown. The most common losses and frequent patient reactions to them are described. Moreover, this article poses some ideas for a loss-centered psychotherapy that also works towards the identity reconstruction beyond the symptom.

Background: In recent years, the number of referrals to Mental Health Services related to Common Mental Health Disorders and Z codes has increased. This project analyses the characteristics of these referrals and the assistance provided in three Mental Health Centers in Asturias. Method: We collected sociodemographic and clinical variables from the...