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Pablo Vergara-Barra is a Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychologist. He holds a Master's degree in Child and Adolescent Development from Jean Jaurès University, France and a PhD in Mental Health. His line of work is mainly focused on the influence of parenthood in child development
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October 2013 - November 2017
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January 2008 - December 2020
March 2003 - December 2020
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La presencia de conductas externalizantes en la infancia tiene importantes grados de continuidad temporal futura, y es un factor de riesgo de fracaso y abandono escolar, de conductas delictuales, abuso y dependencia de sustancias, de conductas suicidas y de otros trastornos psicopatológicos del desarrollo. En esta revisión se analizan los principal...
Introduction
Allostatic load refers to the cumulative burden of stress and life events that involve the interaction of various physiological systems at differing levels of activity. Allostatic overload occurs when environmental challenges surpass an individual's ability to cope. The COVID-19 pandemic has subjected pregnant women to an unprecedented...
Resumen: El suicidio en la adolescencia cuenta con abundantes estudios, pero persisten lagunas en la investigación cualitativa focalizada en las representaciones sociales y la perspectiva de los padres. Este trabajo caracterizó dichas representaciones en padres y madres de adolescentes chilenos, empleando un diseño al estilo de una teoría fundament...
Resumen Los trastornos del comportamiento en los primeros años tienen continuidad temporal futura y son un factor de riesgo de fracaso escolar, conductas delictuales, abuso y dependencia de sustancias, conductas suicidas y otros trastornos (Petersen et al., 2015). La evidencia demuestra que la intervención con cuidadores, en prevención y tratamient...
Background
Muscle Dysmorphia (MDM) is characterized by an obsession with lean body composition, leading to giving up social and work activities to achieve a muscular body. In Chile, studies are limited regarding the factors associated with this condition. Objective: To determine the symptomatology of MDM and related factors in young adults in Temuc...
Introducción:
La diabetes mellitus gestacional (DG) se define como una hiperglucemia que se diagnostica por primera vez durante la gestación.
Objetivo:
Describir la incidencia de diabetes gestacional (DG) durante el periodo 2001-2022 en Chile.
Método:
Estudio observacional, descriptivo, ecológico y longitudinal. Se incluyeron los egresos hospital...
Introduction:
in Western societies, social networks are prominent sources of information and entertainment, widely accessed due to internet availability. While social networks offer health benefits, their impact varies across generations and populations. Concerns arise about their influence on mental health, with potential hindrance to social rela...
El protocolo de intervención para personas adultas expuestas a eventos altamente estresantes que se propone a continuación se basa un enfoque Cognitivo Conductual Positivo. La selección de técnicas y estrategias presentes en este modelo se realizó a través de la revisión bibliográfica de intervenciones existentes en trauma desde la Terapia Cognitiv...
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many aspects of health and society worldwide. One vulnerable group that faced SARS-CoV-2 infection is pregnant women, who were considered to have potentiated risk factors. In physiological pregnancy, maternal systems have several changes and adaptations to support fetal development. These changes involve regulatio...
This edited volume aims to describe physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie human maternal-fetal interactions. The book emphasizes the structure and development of the fetoplacental unit, the endocrine and nutritional regulation of fetal development, nitric oxide signalling, solute carriers function and ion channels regulation...
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Introduction: Early childhood is a critical stage for mental health, and it is necessary to have effective tools for early detection of child behaviours related to psychopathology. Objective: to assess the psychometric properties of the Brief Infant and Toddler Social-Emotional Evaluation Scale (BITSEA) in a sample of Chilean children. Me...
The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Abstract: The Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) is widely used to assess the use of cognitive reappraisal and expressive suppression strategies to regulate negative emotions. The present study evaluates the psychometric properties, reliability and validity of a Chilean adaptatio...
The concept of intensive parenting refers to a trend that has broadened and extended the cultural mandates around what is expected of parents in the “adequate” exercise of their roles. It implies that they focus their vital attention on the upbringing of children and give them full dedication; invest an enormous amount of energy, resources and capa...
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Background
Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is characterized by an excessive, obsessive concern with healthy eating generating psychological complications and even malnutrition at a caloric and protein level. Current evidence suggests that people with greater food knowledge are the most likely to be affected, placing nutrition students as a populational ris...
La presencia de conducta externalizante (CE) en la infancia tiene importantes grados de continuidad futura, siendo factor de riesgo de diversa psicopatología. Las variables parentales generan debate por la influencia que tendrían en el desarrollo de CE. Como variable, el estrés parental (EP) ha sido estudiado siendo incipiente la incorporación del...
Background: Orthorexia nervosa (ON) is characterized by an excessive, obsessive concern with healthy eating generating psychological complications and even malnutrition at a caloric and proteinic level. Current evidence suggests that people with greater food knowledge are the most likely to be affected, placing nutrition students as a populational...
Being a parent plays an important role in people’s life trajectory and identity. Though
the general cultural perception is that having children is a source of subjective well-being, there is evidence that, at least in some societies, the subjective well-being of those who are parents is worse, in some aspects, than that of those who are not. This g...
El estudio de las influencias de las variables psicosociales en el desarrollo de dificultades en el ámbito de salud mental reviste desde una perspectiva tanto individual como sistémica un constante foco de estudio en diversas disciplinas. Dentro de estas variables psicosociales, se debe decir que aquellas que operacionalizan dinámicas familiares o...
El presente trabajo contiene los resultados de una revisión bibliográfica realizada con el objetivo de exponer la importancia del desarrollo de la investigación y de las habilidades clínicas en el proceso de formación de los estudiantes de Medicina. Se constata que promover la investigación en los estudiantes, permite entre otros logros, abrir las...
This work contains the results of a bibliographic review carried out with the objective of exposing the importance of the development of research and clinical skills in the process of training of medical students. It is found that promoting research in students allows, among other things, to open the doors of knowledge to the development of new tec...
Purpose
Feedback is a tool that informs students about their learning process and facilitates necessary changes. It looks for the students’ own perceptions of their performance and how to improve it, developing permanent learning skills vital for autonomous practice. It is useful for improving one’s performance, clinical skills, communication and...
Introducción:
Son escasos los servicios en salud mental dentro del contexto escolar que permitan una integración intersectorial para superar la brecha de falta de asistencia en salud mental en la población infanto - juvenil, aun cuando, es en la escuela donde se detectan mayoritariamente los problemas de salud mental. Objetivo: Analizar el uso de s...
La paternidad es un constructo que se ha ido modificando entre otros factores por los cambios sociales y los avances en equidad de género en occidente. • De acuerdo a los datos del reporte de Estado de la Paternidad en América Latina y el Caribe, alrededor del 80% de los hombres y niños se convertirán en padres en algún momento de sus vidas y mucho...
Revisión descriptiva de la literatura con el fin de extraer datos permitan tributar al objetivo del presente trabajo. El procedimiento de selección se realizó en bases de datos WOS (Web of Science), Pubmed y EBSCO. Se seleccionó la literatura que relacionara genética y epigenética de psicosis y Trastorno del espectro Autista.
This paper contains the results of a bibliographical review which was carried out aiming at establishing the importance of developing emotional competence in health professionals' training, especially on the dentistry area; providing that this specialty is one of the most stressful. The educational process might be at the root of this situation, si...
El presente texto contiene los resultados de una revisión bibliográfica realizada
con el objetivo de establecer la importancia de desarrollar competencias
emocionales durante el proceso de formación de los profesionales de la salud,
especialmente del área de odontología, atendiendo a que la especialidad está registrada como una de las profesiones m...
