Javier Garcia-Campayo

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet · Psiquiatria

Background There has been growing clinical awareness in recent years of the long-term physical and psychological consequences of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, known as Long COVID. The prevalence of Long COVID is approximately 10% of those infected by the virus. Long COVID is associated with physical and neuropsychological symptoms, including those related...

We addressed construct validity and explored the relationship between self-compassion and compassion for others using the two main current operationalisations of compassion (Neff’s and the Sussex-Oxford Compassion Scales, SOCSs). Relationships with psychological distress and wellbeing, and potential differences in the association between self-compa...

The importance of the affection we have towards ourselves and others and shame are the main contents of Module 5. A guide is provided to the following formal practices: “Give Affection to Friends and Neutral People,” “Giving Ourselves Affection,” “Reconciling with Parental Figures,” and “Repairing Shame.” The informal practices included in Module 5...

This chapter includes basic information on conceptualization and evidence of the attachment-based compassion therapy and the structure of the book. Furthermore, the chapter provides recommendations and advice on to how use the manual and how to adapt it to particular teaching contexts (spiritual, clinical, or psychoeducational). It also includes an...

Module 3 provides information on how compassion works, the figure of secure attachment, efficacy of compassion, and self-criticism. This content is implemented through the practices “developing the attachment figure,” “replacing the critical voice with the compassionate voice,” and “letter from the attachment figure.”KeywordsAttachmentCompassionSel...

Module 4 provides readers with information regarding the biological foundations of compassion, attachment patterns, guilt, and the importance of attachment patterns in daily life. The formal practices introduced in the module are “Become Aware of Our Attachment Pattern,” “Capacity to Receive Affection: Friends, Neutral People, and Enemies),” and “R...

This chapter (Module 0) introduces readers to the basics of the model, and the following theoretical components are explained and put into practice: what compassion is, contexts of application, structure of and rationale behind attachment-based compassion therapy, and meditation and compassion (formal and informal practice). It also offers practica...

The final module includes information on the importance of working in three perspectives (past, present, and future), envy, the usefulness of being our own attachment figure, difficulties in relationships, and how to keep up the practice of compassion throughout life. The formal practices provided in Module 7 are as follows: “Working with envy and...

Module 6 focuses on the following topics in order to facilitate understanding of the importance of forgiveness: the concept of forgiveness, phases of forgiveness, utility of forgiveness, basic forms of barriers to generating forgiveness, resources for generating forgiveness, and recapitulation (optional). The formal meditations that enable these th...

Module 2 includes the following theoretical components: a deeper understanding of compassion and mindfulness terms, compassion and related terms, and concerns about compassion. The formal practices included are “connecting with basic affection,” “developing a safe place,” “the compassionate gesture,” and “identify the attachment figure.” Recommende...

Module 1 focuses on how our brain works, the reality of suffering, the difference between primary and secondary suffering, and what compassion is and is not. The formal practices “compassionate breathing and compassionate body scan” and “compassionate coping with difficulties” are implemented and explained in Module 1. The module also explains the...

Introduction: Higher education, particularly university, is a challenge for many students that can lead to their mental health being seriously affected. The stress to which they are subject throughout their time at university can lead to anxiety and depression. ‘Third wave’ psychotherapies, including compassion-based therapy, have been used to impr...

The Research Network on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (redIAPP), a reference network and promoter of primary care research was created in 2003 thanks to the program Thematic Networks for Cooperative Research in Health (RETICS) of the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII). Its creation has meant a radical change in the situation of res...

Background: Chronic musculoskeletal pain is a major health problem and a common cause of disability in the workplace. Beliefs related to musculoskeletal pain may influence its onset and perpetuation. Consequently, tools designed to identify potentially harmful beliefs are needed. However, the Pain Beliefs Questionnaire (PBQ) is not available for i...

Objectives The Toronto Mindfulness Scale (TMS) and the State Mindfulness Scale (SMS) are two relevant self-report measures of state mindfulness. The purpose of this study was to examine the internal structure and to offer evidence of the reliability and validity of the Spanish versions of the TMS and SMS.Methods Data from six distinct non-clinical...

Engaged Living (values clarity and committed action) is a main process of psychological flexibility as defined by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. However, there is scant research focused on its measurement. The Engaged Living Scale (ELS) was in consequence designed. The purpose of this study was to translate the ELS to Spanish and to examine the...

Background Mindfulness-based programmes (MBPs) have shown beneficial mental health effects. There is emerging evidence that MBPs may also be associated with marked deviations in the subjective experience of waking consciousness. We aimed to assess whether MBPs can have a causal role in different types of such states. Methods We conducted a pragmati...

Background/objectiveThe COVID-19 pandemic and consequent physical distancing has made it difficult to provide care for those with Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD). As a secondary analysis of a clinical trial, the aim of this study was to explore potential mechanisms through which three online-delivered approaches, added to treatment as usual, i...

Gambling disorder in youth is an emerging public health problem, with adolescents and young adults constituting a vulnerable age group for the development of gambling-related problems. Although research has been conducted on the risk factors for gambling disorder, very few rigorous studies can be found on the efficacy of preventive interventions in...

IntroductionPsychotherapies delivered via the Internet have been promoted as an alternative for improving access to psychological treatments. A conceptual working alliance model of blended (i.e., traditional face-to-face consultation combined with Internet-delivered psychotherapy) cognitive-behavioral therapy (b-CBT) for depression has been develop...

Mindfulness-, compassion- and acceptance-based (i.e., “third wave”) psychotherapies are effective for treating chronic pain conditions. Many of these programs require that patients engage with systematic autonomous practice of meditation exercises so they can develop the skills associated with many positive health outcomes. This systematic review a...

Introduction The efficacy of interventions based on mindfulness and compassion has been demonstrated in both clinical and general population, and in different social contexts. These interventions include so-called attentional and constructive meditation practices, respectively. However, there is a third group, known as deconstructive meditation pra...

Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of eHealth interventions to reduce stress and promote mental health in healthcare professionals, and to compare the efficacy of different types of programs (guided vs. self-guided; 'third-wave' psychotherapies vs. other types). Background: Healthcare workers present high levels of stress, which constitutes a r...

With the popularity and development of the internet, China's consumer-to-consumer (C2C) electronic commerce (EC) system is favored by consumers. Therefore, understanding the relationship among consumers' trust, perceived benefits (PBs), and purchase intentions (PIs) is of great significance for studying this system. This article proposes the hypoth...

Background: Chronic medical illnesses significantly and negatively affect the quality of life of individuals who suffer them and represent one of the most important challenges faced by healthcare providers and policy-makers due to its rising prevalence and high rates of comorbidity. Compassion-based interventions delivered over the Internet may be...

Background: A sizeable proportion of Brazilian Primary Care (PC) providers suffer from common mental disorders, such as anxiety and depression. In an effort to cope with job-related distress, PC workers are likely to implement maladaptive strategies such as experiential avoidance (EA). The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire (AAQ-II) is a widely u...

Background: The World Health Organization has formally recognized that healthcare professionals are at risk of developing mental health problems; finding ways to reduce their stress is mandatory to improve both their quality of life and, indirectly, their job performance. In recent years, particularly since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, there has...

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to analyse the efficacy of a 'mindful eating' programme for reducing emotional eating in patients with overweight or obesity. Method: A cluster randomized controlled trial (reg. NCT03927534) was conducted with 76 participants with overweight/obesity who were assigned to 'mindful eating' (7 weeks) + tr...

Realizado desde 2014 no Brasil e na Espanha, o Congresso Internacional de Mindfulness (International Meeting on Mindfulness) é uma colaboração entre o Centro Mente Aberta (Centro Brasileiro de Mindfulness e Promoção da Saúde - Mente Aberta) da UNIFESP (Universidade Federal de São Paulo) e o Centro WebMindfulness, da Universidade de Zara-goza (Espan...

Background: To evaluate the neuroretina and retinal vasculature of fibromyalgia (FM) patients and calculate a linear discriminant function (LDF) to improve retinal parameters' contribution to FM diagnosis. Methods: Fifty FM patients and 232 healthy controls underwent retinal evaluation using swept-source optical coherence tomography (SS-OCT) ang...

There is a growing interest in researching the effects of meditative practices on the mental health of students. However, less enthusiasm has been shown for research into their effects on social and proenvironmental attitudes. The main aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of a training program to promote mindful, empathic, and pro-e...

Fibromyalgia patients often experience anxiety and depressive symptoms; however, validated interventions show only limited efficacy. This pilot study analyzed the effects of a 16-session version of attachment-based compassion therapy (ABCT-16) for improving anxiety and depressive symptomatology, as well as self-compassion and decentering, in 11 fib...

Objective Understanding how different psychotherapies produce their effect can lead to identifying mechanisms of change that could be enhanced to produce better outcomes. This study aims at exploring the potential mediating role of mindfulness and self-compassion facets in the effect of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) and attachment-based...

The aim of this study was to compare meditators and nonmeditators in terms of their tendency to have peak experiences and their dream lucidity, while examining the associations between these outcomes and some related variables such as nondual awareness, mindfulness facets and absorption. In this cross-sectional study, 237 participants from general...

Gambling has become a routine form of entertainment for many young people. The aim of this study was to describe the gambling behavior that university students are developing in Aragon, Spain, and to analyze whether these habits are more common among students of sports science, on the assumption that they are more likely to have a higher exposure t...

Background and objectives This is the first multi-center study intended to document the prevalence, characteristics, and associations of depression in Medicine patients at the time of hospital discharge and their referral to Primary Care (PC). Methods Adult patients randomly selected among consecutive admissions to Medicine wards in 8 hospitals in...

Background: Most programmes developed to reduce aggressive attitudes among teenagers are based on cultivating nonviolence, a construct that has been related to compassion and, more indirectly, mindfulness. This study aims at testing the efficacy of ‘Unlearning’, a mindfulness and compassion-based programme, for reducing aggressive attitudes in adol...

Among mindfulness measures the three constructs acceptance, decentering, and non-attachment are psychometrically closely related, despite their apparent semantic differences. These three facets present robust psychometric features and can be considered core themes in most “third wave” clinical models. The aim of the present study was to explore the...

Mindfulness training (MT) is considered appropriate for school teachers and enhances well-being. Most research has investigated the efficacy of instructor-led MT. However, little is known about the benefits of using self-taught formats, nor what the key mechanisms of change are that contribute to enhanced teacher well-being. This study compared ins...

Lucid dreaming, a specific phenomenon of dream consciousness, refers to the experience being aware that one is dreaming. The primary aim of this research was to validate a Spanish version of the Lucidity and Consciousness in Dreams scale (LuCiD). A secondary aim was to explore whether meditation experience and mindfulness trait were related to LuCi...

Objectives: To study the effectiveness of attachment-based compassion therapy (ABCT) for reducing affective distress in a sample of outpatients with depressive, anxiety or adjustment disorders, and to explore its mechanisms of action. Methods: This randomised controlled trial involved the assessment time points of pre-treatment, post-treatment and...

Purpose: To evaluate the inner retinal layers in fibromyalgia (FM) patients compared to control subjects using posterior pole protocol (PPole) analysis in optical coherence tomography (OCT) and to correlate structural retinal changes with subjective quality of life. Methods: Seventy-four eyes of healthy subjects and 55 eyes of those with FM were...

Congress presentation Results from the Ultreya study -final sample- : The effects of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela (The Way of Saint James) on mental health and wellbeing

Background: The global health emergency generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is posing an unprecedented challenge to healthcare workers (HCWs), who are facing heavy workloads under psychologically difficult situations. Mental mobile Health (mHealth) interventions are now being widely deployed due to their attractive implementation features (low cost...

Diabetic patients have increased depression rates, diminished quality of life, and higher death rates due to depression comorbidity or diabetes complications. Treatment adherence (TA) and the maintenance of an adequate and competent self-care are crucial factors to reach optimal glycaemic control and stable quality of life in these patients. In thi...

Health professionals are among the most vulnerable to work stress and emotional exhaustion problems. These health professionals include tutors and resident intern specialists, due to the growing demand for the former and the high work overload of the latter. Mindfulness training programs can support these professionals during times of crisis, such...

Mindfulness is a psychological technique based on Eastern meditative practices that was developed in the late 1970s by Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts. Initially, there was a debate over whether it should be considered a scientific technique or labelled as part of the "new wave" practices. Today, mindfulness is omnipresent in modern s...

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy of a mindfulness-based programme (MBP) for reducing stress in university students and its action mechanisms and to explore the capacity of virtual reality (VR) exposure to enhance adherence to the intervention. Methods This randomized controlled trial (RCT) involved assessment time points of baseline, posttreatm...

Objectives: To study the effectiveness of Attachment-Based Compassion Therapy (ABCT) for reducing affective distress in a sample of outpatients with depressive, anxiety or adjustment disorders, and to explore its action mechanisms.Methods: This randomised controlled trial involved assessment time points of pre-treatment, post-treatment, and 6-month...

Objectives. There is burgeoning interest in studying the effectiveness of mindfulness-based and traditional contemplative practices, and brief yet suitably and comprehensive measures of mindfulness are needed to assess related changes. There is preliminary evidence that pilgrimage may share some aspects with contemplative practices. This study exam...

Aim: To evaluate the impact of a psychoeducational, mobile health intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness‐based approaches on the mental health of healthcare workers at the frontline against COVID‐19 in Spain. Design: We will carry out a two‐week, individually randomized, parallel group, controlled trial. Participants w...

Background: Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) are widely used to measure the impact of various diseases on both the quality and quantity of life and in their economic valuations. It will be clinically important and informative if we can estimate QALYs based on measurements of depression severity. Objective: To construct a conversion table from t...

Background Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) are widely used to measure the impact of various diseases on both the quality and quantity of life and in their economic valuations. It will be clinically important and informative if we can estimate QALYs based on measurements of depression severity. Objective To construct a conversion table from the...

Background: Police officers' high-stress levels and its deleterious consequences are raising awareness to an epidemic of mental health problems and quality of life (QoL) impairment. There is a growing evidence that mindfulness-based interventions are efficacious to promote mental health and well-being among high-stress occupations. Methods: The POL...

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...

Abstract Background Work stress is a common problem among the health personnel of the Spanish National Health System. The objective of this paper is to assess the state of mindfulness among Spanish primary care providers and to evaluate its potential relationship with work stress and basic labor and sociodemographic characteristics. Methods Cross-s...

Background/Objective: ‘Third-wave’ psychotherapies have shown effectiveness for treating psychopathological symptoms such as anxiety and depression. There is burgeoning interest in examining how these therapies’ core constructs produce their therapeutic benefits. This study explores the hypothetical mediating effect of resilience in the impact of m...

Aim: To evaluate the impact of a psychoeducational, mobile health intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness-based approaches on the mental health of healthcare workers at the frontline against COVID-19 in Spain. Design: We will carry out a two-week, individually randomized, parallel group, controlled trial. Participants w...

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Importance Personalized treatment choices would increase the effectiveness of internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy (iCBT) for depression to the extent that patients differ in interventions that better suit them. Objective To provide personalized estimates of short-term and long-term relative efficacy of guided and unguided iCBT for depressi...

Purpose of the study To assess the ability of the new Spectralis Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Posterior Pole protocol to detect degeneration of the inner retinal layers in patients with bipolar disorder (BD) and to assess the correlation between the neuroretinal thickness and disease duration. Materials and Methods Twenty-five eyes of 25 pat...

BACKGROUND The global health emergency generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is posing an unprecedented challenge to healthcare workers (HCWs), who are facing heavy workloads under psychologically difficult situations. OBJECTIVE This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a psychoeducational mobile Health (mHealth) intervention to reduce mental...

Background: There is a growing interest in mindfulness-and acceptance-based interventions in sport, with empirical results that support improvements in athletes' performance and well-being. Chess is a sport in which the demand is maximum and where mental preparation can have an important impact on the results. The objective of this work is to ident...

Interest of the study: mindfulness is a concept describing the focus on the present moment, intentionally and without judgement. This approach has only recently been applied to sport psychology. Objectives: the aim of the current review is to investigate which indicators and questionnaires are used in mindfulness research in sport, being specifical...

Aim To evaluate the impact of a psychoeducational, mobile health intervention based on cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness-based approaches on the mental health of healthcare workers at the frontline against COVID-19 in Spain. Design We will carry out a two-week, individually randomised, parallel group, controlled trial. Participants wil...

Background: A large number of low-intensity Internet-based interventions (IBIs) for the treatment of depression have emerged in Primary Care; most of them focused on decreasing negative emotions. However, recent studies have highlighted the importance of addressing positive affect (PA) as well. This study is a secondary analysis of a randomized con...

Objectives Mindfulness-based programs (MBPs) have been tested as promising alternatives for managing stress in Primary health care (PHC) providers. The study compared the feasibility and efficacy of an MBP on burnout symptoms in Brazilian PHC providers with a briefer relaxation-based program and with a nonactive control group.MethodsA nonrandomized...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a mental disorder characterised by episodes of extremal mood changes. In recent years, some researchers found neurodegeneration in patients with BD using Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Evaluation of the optic nerve and the retinal layers using optical coherence tomography (OCT) has proved to be a useful, non-invasive tool for...

Interest of the study: mindfulness is a concept describing the focus on the present moment, intentionally and without judgement. This approach has only recently been applied to sport psychology. Objectives: the aim of the current review is to investigate which indicators and questionnaires are used in mindfulness research in sport, being specifical...

The lack of highly effective treatments for fibromyalgia (FM) represents a great challenge for public health. The objective of this parallel, pilot randomized controlled trial was two-fold: (1) to analyze the clinical effects of mindfulness plus amygdala and insula retraining (MAIR) compared to a structurally equivalent active control group of rela...

Objective: to analyze an online course on health promotion based on mindfulness (mindfulness) through the theory of discursive semiotics in one of its most recent developments, the visual or plastic aspect. The objective is to identify how the verbal-visual text of the course produces meanings and how it can help in the design of other courses. Met...

Resumen El trastorno bipolar (TB) es una enfermedad mental caracterizada por episodios de alteraciones extremas del humor en la que existe evidencia de presencia de neurodegeneración, determinada mediante resonancia magnética nuclear. En los últimos años, la evaluación del nervio óptico y de las capas de la retina mediante tomografía de coherencia...