Ana González‐Pinto
Biographic Data
| ID | 6773982 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana González‐Pinto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana |
| FAMILY NAME | González‐Pinto |
| SIGNATURE | PINTO A G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of the Basque Country |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2568-5179 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Social determinants and non-suicidal self-injury
Sessamo, follow-up of secondary students to assess mental health and obesity
During last decades, a departure from health-related lifestyles has been observed among adolescents. Evidence reports that healthy lifestyles could be predictors of better mental health status. The aims of the SESSAMO Project are: 1) to assess the association between lifestyles and physical and mental health; 2) to assess how self-concept and stressful life events can modulate these associations; and 3) to establish the role of social determinant…
Impact of traumatic life events on clinical variables of individuals with first-episode psychosis and healthy controls
BACKGROUND: Traumatic life events (TLEs) are one of the most robust environmental risk factors for the onset of first-episode psychosis (FEP). AIMS: To explore TLEs in FEP patients and healthy controls (HC), to analyze gender differences and to examine whether TLEs were associated with sociodemographic, clinical and psychofunctional variables in all FEP sample and split by age. METHODS: Descriptive and cross-sectional study. Three hundred and thi…
Co-creation and regional adaptation of a resilience-based universal whole-school program in five European regions
The co-creation of educational services that promote youth resilience and mental health is still scarce. UPRIGHT (Universal Preventive Resilience Intervention Globally implemented in schools to improve and promote mental Health for Teenagers) is a research and intervention program in the Basque Country (Spain), Trentino (Italy), Low Silesia (Poland), Denmark and Reykjavik (Iceland). UPRIGHT implemented a co-creation research process whose results…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Cannabis Use Cessation in First-Episode Psychosis Patients
Despite the negative influence of cannabis use on the development and prognosis of first-episode psychosis (FEP), there is little evidence on effective specific interventions for cannabis use cessation in FEP. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of a specific cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for cannabis cessation (CBT-CC) with treatment as usual (TAU) in FEP cannabis users. In this single-blind, 1-year randomized controlled trial…
Cognition in Recent Suicide Attempts
Background: Neuropsychological alterations can lead to inaccurate perception, interpretation, and response to environmental information, which could be a risk factor for suicide. Methods: Ninety-six subjects were recruited from the Psychiatry Department of the Araba University Hospital-Santiago, including 20 patients with a recent attempt and diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) according to DSM-V, 33 MDD patients with history of attempte…
Gender-Based Analysis of the Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers in Spain
Purpose: This study aims to analyze from a gender perspective the psychological distress experienced by the medical workforce during the peak of the pandemic in Spain. Methods: This is a single-center, observational analytic study. The study population comprised all associated health workers of the Cruces University Hospital, invited by email to participate in the survey. It consisted of a form covering demographic data, the general health questi…
A Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled Trial of a Combined Clinical Treatment for First-Episode Psychosis
Early intervention based on a combined clinical treatment involving CBT as an adjunctive to standard treatment may improve clinical and functional outcomes in FEP
Lifestyle in Undergraduate Students and Demographically Matched Controls during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Spain
Few studies have used a multidimensional approach to describe lifestyle changes among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic or have included controls. This study aimed to evaluate lifestyle behaviors and mental health of undergraduate students and compare them with an age and sex-matched control group. A cross-sectional web survey using snowball sampling was conducted several months after the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.…
Functionality and Neurocognition in Patients With Bipolar Disorder After a Physical-Exercise Program (Finext-BD Study)
Introduction: Recent studies have shown that symptoms of psychiatric illness, functionality, and cognitive function improve with exercise. The aim of this study will be to investigate whether the implementation of an individualized exercise program will improve the functional status of patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Methods: This longitudinal, interventional, randomized, controlled, simple-blind clinical trial will include 80 patients aged …
Communicative and Social Skills among Medical Students in Spain
Effective risk communication in public health requires the development of social skills such as active listening and empathy. Communicative and social skills were evaluated in third-year medical students ( n = 917) using the Active Listening Test and the Test of Cognitive and Affective Empathy. The results obtained revealed that our participants had equal or better-than-norm communication skills. Women scored higher in active listening whereas me…
Association Between Medication Adherence and Oxidative Stress in Patients With First-Episode Mania
Poor adherence is a major problem in patients with manic episodes that impairs functionality and has unknown effects on oxidative stress. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between adherence to medication, severity of symptoms and oxidative stress in a sample of patients with a first episode of mania. A longitudinal, 6-month study was performed in 60 patients, who were classified as adherent and non-adherent to medication…
UPRIGHT, a resilience-based intervention to promote mental well-being in schools
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03951376 . Registered 15 May 2019
Telemedice-based and integrated-care suicide prevention
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Deploying eHealth
Introduction/context: Depression is one of the most frequent mental health diseases worldwide, with approximately 350 million of individuals affected. Antidepressants are still the mainstay of treatment for depression in healthcare settings. In the Basque Country, about 400.000 people suffer from depression; 10% of them with mild or moderate symptoms. cCBT has proven to be effective to fight depression, enabling the patient to change destructive …
Deploying eHealth
PURPOSE: The main objective of this project is to deploy a Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (cCBT) solution, within an integrated care intervention, as well as to identify and analyze the barriers and facilitators of this process, both in the clinical and organizational fields. CONTEXT: Depression is one of the most frequent mental health diseases worldwide, with approximately 350 million of individuals affected. Antidepressants are stil…
Deploying eHealth across Europe to face depression
Introduction: Around 50% of those suffering a depression do not receive treatment and this is due to barriers such as lack of resources for mental health care or stigma related to mental disorders. Research shows that some of these barriers can be successfully overcome with ICT-based solutions among which Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (cCBT) has proven to be an effective and cost effective treatment for depression. Unfortunately the u…
On line psycho-education
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
On line psycho-education platform to the treatment of bipolar disorder
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to design a functional platform for on line psych-education to treat of bipolar disorder. The platform should be user-friendly and should contain different modules providing advanced communication channels and interaction tools to treat, monitor and support patients and their families.CONTEXT: Bipolar disorder causes changes in the patients ́ mood that goes from deep depression to more uncontrolled euphoria w…
Development of an online solution
Introduction: Bipolar disorder is a disease that causes changes in the regulation of mood, varies from deep depression to more uncontrolled euphoria without external events that justify these variations
Deploying eHealth to face depression
Introduction: Depression is one of the most frequent mental health diseases worldwide, with aproximately 350 million of individuals affected. Nevertheless, over 50% of them do not receive an adequate treatment. Lack of resources and mental health illness' stigma are among the barriers to it. On the other hand, lack of accessibility and mental health services' waiting lists contribute to this situation. Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (…
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Development of an online solution
Introduction: Bipolar disorder is a disease that causes changes in the regulation of mood, varies from deep depression to more uncontrolled euphoria without external events that justify these variations
Deploying eHealth to face depression
Introduction: Depression is one of the most frequent mental health diseases worldwide, with aproximately 350 million of individuals affected. Nevertheless, over 50% of them do not receive an adequate treatment. Lack of resources and mental health illness' stigma are among the barriers to it. On the other hand, lack of accessibility and mental health services' waiting lists contribute to this situation. Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (…
Deploying eHealth
PURPOSE: The main objective of this project is to deploy a Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (cCBT) solution, within an integrated care intervention, as well as to identify and analyze the barriers and facilitators of this process, both in the clinical and organizational fields. CONTEXT: Depression is one of the most frequent mental health diseases worldwide, with approximately 350 million of individuals affected. Antidepressants are stil…
Deploying eHealth across Europe to face depression
Introduction: Around 50% of those suffering a depression do not receive treatment and this is due to barriers such as lack of resources for mental health care or stigma related to mental disorders. Research shows that some of these barriers can be successfully overcome with ICT-based solutions among which Computerized Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (cCBT) has proven to be an effective and cost effective treatment for depression. Unfortunately the u…
On line psycho-education
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 2.913 (2021 JCR, received in June 2022)The IJIC 20th Anniversary Issue was published in 2021
On line psycho-education platform to the treatment of bipolar disorder
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to design a functional platform for on line psych-education to treat of bipolar disorder. The platform should be user-friendly and should contain different modules providing advanced communication channels and interaction tools to treat, monitor and support patients and their families.CONTEXT: Bipolar disorder causes changes in the patients ́ mood that goes from deep depression to more uncontrolled euphoria w…
Deploying eHealth
Introduction/context: Depression is one of the most frequent mental health diseases worldwide, with approximately 350 million of individuals affected. Antidepressants are still the mainstay of treatment for depression in healthcare settings. In the Basque Country, about 400.000 people suffer from depression; 10% of them with mild or moderate symptoms. cCBT has proven to be effective to fight depression, enabling the patient to change destructive …
Association Between Medication Adherence and Oxidative Stress in Patients With First-Episode Mania
Poor adherence is a major problem in patients with manic episodes that impairs functionality and has unknown effects on oxidative stress. The objective of this study was to analyze the relationship between adherence to medication, severity of symptoms and oxidative stress in a sample of patients with a first episode of mania. A longitudinal, 6-month study was performed in 60 patients, who were classified as adherent and non-adherent to medication…
UPRIGHT, a resilience-based intervention to promote mental well-being in schools
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03951376 . Registered 15 May 2019
Telemedice-based and integrated-care suicide prevention
The International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original articles in the field of integrated care on a continuous basis.IJIC has an Impact Factor of 5.120 (2020 JCR, received in June 2021)
Functionality and Neurocognition in Patients With Bipolar Disorder After a Physical-Exercise Program (Finext-BD Study)
Introduction: Recent studies have shown that symptoms of psychiatric illness, functionality, and cognitive function improve with exercise. The aim of this study will be to investigate whether the implementation of an individualized exercise program will improve the functional status of patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Methods: This longitudinal, interventional, randomized, controlled, simple-blind clinical trial will include 80 patients aged …
Communicative and Social Skills among Medical Students in Spain
Effective risk communication in public health requires the development of social skills such as active listening and empathy. Communicative and social skills were evaluated in third-year medical students ( n = 917) using the Active Listening Test and the Test of Cognitive and Affective Empathy. The results obtained revealed that our participants had equal or better-than-norm communication skills. Women scored higher in active listening whereas me…
Cognition in Recent Suicide Attempts
Background: Neuropsychological alterations can lead to inaccurate perception, interpretation, and response to environmental information, which could be a risk factor for suicide. Methods: Ninety-six subjects were recruited from the Psychiatry Department of the Araba University Hospital-Santiago, including 20 patients with a recent attempt and diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD) according to DSM-V, 33 MDD patients with history of attempte…
Gender-Based Analysis of the Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Workers in Spain
Purpose: This study aims to analyze from a gender perspective the psychological distress experienced by the medical workforce during the peak of the pandemic in Spain. Methods: This is a single-center, observational analytic study. The study population comprised all associated health workers of the Cruces University Hospital, invited by email to participate in the survey. It consisted of a form covering demographic data, the general health questi…
A Multicentre, Randomised, Controlled Trial of a Combined Clinical Treatment for First-Episode Psychosis
Early intervention based on a combined clinical treatment involving CBT as an adjunctive to standard treatment may improve clinical and functional outcomes in FEP
Lifestyle in Undergraduate Students and Demographically Matched Controls during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Spain
Few studies have used a multidimensional approach to describe lifestyle changes among undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic or have included controls. This study aimed to evaluate lifestyle behaviors and mental health of undergraduate students and compare them with an age and sex-matched control group. A cross-sectional web survey using snowball sampling was conducted several months after the beginning of COVID-19 pandemic in Spain.…
Co-creation and regional adaptation of a resilience-based universal whole-school program in five European regions
The co-creation of educational services that promote youth resilience and mental health is still scarce. UPRIGHT (Universal Preventive Resilience Intervention Globally implemented in schools to improve and promote mental Health for Teenagers) is a research and intervention program in the Basque Country (Spain), Trentino (Italy), Low Silesia (Poland), Denmark and Reykjavik (Iceland). UPRIGHT implemented a co-creation research process whose results…
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Program for Cannabis Use Cessation in First-Episode Psychosis Patients
Despite the negative influence of cannabis use on the development and prognosis of first-episode psychosis (FEP), there is little evidence on effective specific interventions for cannabis use cessation in FEP. The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of a specific cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) for cannabis cessation (CBT-CC) with treatment as usual (TAU) in FEP cannabis users. In this single-blind, 1-year randomized controlled trial…
Impact of traumatic life events on clinical variables of individuals with first-episode psychosis and healthy controls
BACKGROUND: Traumatic life events (TLEs) are one of the most robust environmental risk factors for the onset of first-episode psychosis (FEP). AIMS: To explore TLEs in FEP patients and healthy controls (HC), to analyze gender differences and to examine whether TLEs were associated with sociodemographic, clinical and psychofunctional variables in all FEP sample and split by age. METHODS: Descriptive and cross-sectional study. Three hundred and thi…
Sessamo, follow-up of secondary students to assess mental health and obesity
During last decades, a departure from health-related lifestyles has been observed among adolescents. Evidence reports that healthy lifestyles could be predictors of better mental health status. The aims of the SESSAMO Project are: 1) to assess the association between lifestyles and physical and mental health; 2) to assess how self-concept and stressful life events can modulate these associations; and 3) to establish the role of social determinant…
Social determinants and non-suicidal self-injury
Medicine (17 works) · Psychiatry (15 works) · Psychology (15 works) · Internal Medicine (7 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Bipolar Disorder and Treatment (6 works) · Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 works) · Health care (6 works) · Intervention (counseling (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works)