Rosa M Molina-Ruiz

• Doctor of Medicine
• MD, PhD at Hospital Clínico San Carlos

Background Mental disorders significantly impact individuals and societies globally. Addressing societal stigma is crucial, as it affects help-seeking behaviors and the effectiveness of treatment for mental disorders. Objective This study aims to explore the knowledge and perceptions of the Spanish population toward mental disorders and their trea...

BACKGROUND The extensive use of online social networks, particularly among young individuals, has sparked a burgeoning interest in investigating how these platforms influence the psychological well-being of their users. Instagram, a platform emphasizing visual displays, has generated significant interest. Many previous studies have indicated that I...

Background The widespread use of online social networks, particularly among the younger demographic, has catalyzed a growing interest in exploring their influence on users’ psychological well-being. Instagram (Meta), a visually oriented platform, has garnered significant attention. Prior research has consistently indicated that Instagram usage corr...

BACKGROUND Instagram is a fundamentally visual social media where users post photos that they can edit, which encourages comparisons between one another, and highlight the importance of physical attractiveness. OBJECTIVE We aimed to analyze the relationship between the use of Instagram, both the hours of daily use and the content viewed, and self-...

Background The Internet has become the main source of information on health issues, and information now determines the therapeutic preferences of patients. For this reason, it is relevant to analyze online information discussing psychotherapy. Objective To investigate tweets posted by 25 major US media outlets between 2009 and 2019 concerning psyc...

Background: A previously published meta-analysis found that about one-third of the general population experienced some mental health problem during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially leading to a late mental health crisis. We aimed to describe the acute, short-term, and long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health...

Introduction Differences in bulimic and impulsive behaviours in Eating Disorders (ED) have been associated with cortico-striatal circuit dysfunction at a neurobiological level. We sought to investigate neo-striatal volume as a biomarker in ED subgroups as well as the possible relationship with trauma history. Material and methods We studied 24 fem...

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is an incapacitating condition characterized by loss of interest, anhedonia and low mood, which affects almost 4% of people worldwide. With rising prevalence, it is considered a public health issue that affects economic productivity and heavily increases health costs alone or as a comorbidity for other pandemic non-c...

The social and economic situation in Europe seems to play a role in the migratory flow of doctors and other health professionals within the continent. However, little is known about the particular reality of workforce migration in Spain. The objective of this study was to explore the factors that motivate migration among junior doctors training in...

Introduction: Training, practice and continuing professional development in neuropsychiatry and clinical neuroscience vary across different countries. However, little is known about the opinions of the Nepalese psychiatrists about the provision of neuropsychiatry training. This study evaluates the current training in neuropsychiatry and clinical ne...

Introduction Differences in bulimic and impulsive behaviours in Eating Disorders (ED) have been associated with cortico-striatal circuit dysfunction at a neurobiological level. We sought to investigate neo-striatal volume as a biomarker in ED subgroups as well as the possible relationship with trauma history. Material and methods We studied 24 fem...

Objective: Emotional processing dysfunction evident in eating disorders (ED) such as anorexia nervosa (AN) and bulimia nervosa (BN), is considered relevant to the development and maintenance of these disorders. The purpose of the current functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study was to pilot a comparison of the activity of the fronto-limb...

Introduction: Combining a successful career with family planning has become increasingly important in recent years. However, maintaining a relationship, deciding upon the optimal time for pregnancy and other family planning decisions can still be quite challenging, especially for junior doctors whose training is long and demanding. Currently, women...

Studies on comorbidity between eating disorders (ED) and personality disorders yield rates of 20-80%, a condition that makes difficult the diagnosis and complicates prognosis, especially regarding their comorbidity with borderline personality disorder (BPD). The objective of this study was to assess whether pathological personality alterations make...

El Trastorno por Déficit de Atención/Hiperactividad (TDAH) es uno de los trastornos del neurodesarrollo más prevalentes en la infancia que frecuentemente se mantiene en la adolescencia y edad adulta. Los psicoestimulantes son generalmente el tratamiento farmacológico de primera línea para el TDAH, aunque alguno de estos pacientes no consiguen una r...

Background: There is a shortage of psychiatrists worldwide. Within Europe, psychiatric trainees can move between countries, which increases the problem in some countries and alleviates it in others. However, little is known about the reasons psychiatric trainees move to another country. Methods: Survey of psychiatric trainees in 33 European coun...

Background Subjects with intellectual disability are at increased risk of having comorbid psychiatric disorders and worse response to psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological treatment interventions. On the other hand, available data on best treatment approach in this population are scarce and lack scientific evidence due to methodological limit...

Objective: This clinical update review focuses on the classification and description of common neuropsychiatric manifestations in Parkinson's disease (PD). Method: We conducted a systematic search of the literature using Pubmed and selected the most recent and relevant papers for this review. Results: Neuropsychiatric manifestations in PD are...

Objective: This clinical update review focuses on treatment approaches of neuropsychiatric manifestations in Parkinson's disease. Methods: We conducted a systematic search of the literature using Pubmed and selected recent and relevant papers for this review. Results: Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Parkinson's disease usually require optimizatio...

Objectives: The present review aims to describe the main steps for completing a psychiatric PhD thesis with success. Methods: A selective review of the literature and the author's experience as a psychiatrist completing a PhD. Results: Deciding upon a topic, choosing a mentor, organising your time, persevering and remaining motivated are the k...

Introduction Treatment strategies in bipolar disorder (BPD) has changed in the last decades and polypharmacy including antipsychotics has become extremely common compared to monotherapy with mood stabilisers. Clinicians tend to use 2 or more atypical antipsychotics despite the lack of evidence to support safety, tolerability and efficacy of this pr...

Introduction. This paper relates the experience of a pilot external audit visit conducted at the University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias in Alcalá de Henares and its benefits, following the UEMS (Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes) model. In Spain, systems of evaluation and quality of the specialists training are well established. Some asp...

Eccrine squamous syringometaplasia is a histopathologic pattern that has mainly been described in patients receiving chemotherapy. Its association to nonchemotherapeutic agents is rare, with very few cases reported in the literature. We present the case of a 55-year-old patient with schizophrenia, who developed a skin eruption 5 weeks after initiat...

Purpose Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is a relatively new imaging technique that is being increasingly used in different types of psychiatric patologies to characterize white matter microstructural organization in this kind of disorders. In the present study we use DTI to explore the structure of the white matter of borderline personality disorder...

Introduction Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is a neuroimaging technique increasingly used for both patient care and clinical research. This techniche provides a space-time high-resolution able to detect small changes in regional brain activation.Ojbectives: the aim of this study was to compare patterns of regional brain activation in...

Eating behavior disorders (EBD) constitute a serious somatic and psychiatric condition that occurs mainly in adolescent and young adult women and is characterized by a persistent desire to be extremely thin, pathologic fear of gaining weight and distortion of body perception. From a neurobiological vantage point, it has been suggested that alterati...