Ana Fresán
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1250438 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ana Fresán |
| PRENOMES | Ana |
| SOBRENOME | Fresán |
| ASSINATURA | FRESÁN A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9160-6988 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Validity and reliability of Mexican version of MacArthur competence assessment tool for treatment decision (MacCAT-T) in patients with schizophrenia
Environmental Enrichment
Background: Despite the well-documented benefits of environmental enrichment (EE) in animal models of depression, the application of these findings to humans is complex due to individual variability and environmental constraints. Aim: This study aims to investigate the relationship between EE and depression by comparing demographic features and EE levels between individuals with depression and controls. Methods: A cross-sectional, comparative ret…
Exploring the correlation between suicide and homicide rates with percentage of gentrification and by sex
Our results show that in Mexico City, the gentrification percentage is negatively correlated with suicide rates, but it is not correlated with homicide rates. This suggests that gentrification could be linked to the prevention of suicide especially in women. However, further studies are needed to achieve conclusive results
Mental health self-medication in psychiatry residents
Objective: The purpose of the present study was to determine the prevalence of self-medication among psychiatric residents with self-reported mental disorders, and to study the factors associated with self-medication. Methods: A cross-sectional retrospective study was conducted with psychiatry residents who answered an online survey. Variables were compared between psychiatry residents who do and do not self-medicate to treat self-reported mental…
Factors Associated with Low/Moderate Perceived Risk for HIV Acquisition Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men Eligible to Use Pre-exposure Prophylaxis from Brazil, Mexico, and Peru
Psychosocial factors associated with the risk of developing psychosis in a Mexican general population sample
Epidemiological evidence has linked an array of sociodemographic and psychosocial factors with an increased risk of developing psychosis. However, research in samples from low- and middle-income countries is still scarce. This study used a Mexican sample to explore (i) sociodemographic and psychosocial differences between individuals with and without a positive screen for Clinical High-Risk for psychosis (CHR), and (ii) sociodemographic and psych…
A better way of life
Psychiatrists' and trainees' wellbeing benefits from engagement in leisure activities, which should be part of their daily schedules to reduce stress, and potentially improve their mental health
Brief Screening for Distress among Healthcare Professionals
our findings suggest that PWBI-S is a valid, reliable measure for clinical and research purposes in the field
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Transgender Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs (T-KAB) Scale for the Mexican Population
Knowledge, Emotions and Stressors in Front-Line Healthcare Workers during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Mexico
The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge, emotions and perceived stressors by healthcare workers who were in contact with infected patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. An online cross-sectional survey was applied. Data were collected from N = 263 healthcare workers in Tabasco State, Mexico. We developed and administered a questionnaire, which consisted of sociodemographic characteristics, plus four sections. The sections evaluated wer…
Mental Health Problems among Covid-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Other Country-Level Epidemics
COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers (FHCW) are struggling to cope with challenges that threaten their wellbeing. We examine the frequency and predictors of the most frequent mental health problems (MHP) among FHCW during the first COVID-19 peak in Mexico, one of the most severely affected countries in terms of FHCW's COVID-19 mortality. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between May 8 and August 18, 2020. A total of 47.5% of the sample ( n …
The ICD-11 classification of gender incongruence of adolescence and adulthood
The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of the then proposed International Classification of Diseases version 11 (ICD-11) diagnostic guidelines for Gender Incongruence of Adolescence and Adulthood in a sample of transgender people accessing multi-disciplinary health care services at specialised organisations in Lebanon. The cross-sectional study reported here was part of the ICD-11 field test studies that took place in several countrie…
Mexican Psychiatric Trainees’ Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness
Despite their training, psychiatrists have been found to have negative attitudes towards people with mental illness, including the patients they treat. Similarly, studies focused on service users have identified psychiatrists as a source of stigma. Even though negative attitudes in psychiatrists have been identified in different countries and settings, in Mexico the attitudes of these professionals have never been assessed. Because of this, we in…
Higher risk of depression in individuals with type 2 diabetes and obesity
The aim of this study was to determine the risk of having significant depressive symptoms in subjects with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus through a meta-analysis. Our results showed that individuals with obesity and diabetes have an increased risk of having significant symptoms of depression. In subgroup analyses, we observed that Caucasian populations have an increased risk of having these symptoms. Our meta-analysis suggests that obesity …
From planning to action in smoking cessation
Risk factors for violence in transgender people
Background: Transgender people are often victims of multiple types of violence across several areas of life due to society’s marked intolerance of gender nonconformity. Objective: This study seeks to describe experiences of violence in transgender individuals and explore the relationship between different types of violence and specific, high-risk gender incongruence and social rejection factors during adolescence. Method: The sample consisted of …
Mental Health Service Users’ Perceptions of Stigma, From the General Population and From Mental Health Professionals in Mexico
Negative attitudes towards people with mental health disorders have been widely studied and identified in the general population, and even within health care professionals. Moreover, studies focused on service users have also identified mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, as a source of stigma. However, in Mexico and Latin America few studies have been conducted addressing this issue. To explore mental health service users' perc…
Work motivation in patients with bipolar disorder
BACKGROUND: Occupational functioning is severely impaired in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Work motivation (WM), defined as the psychological processes that determine the direction, intensity, and persistence of action within the work, is an essential component of work-related functioning. AIM: To assess whether WM is affected in patients with BD and which clinical and sociodemographic factors are related to low WM. METHODS: In all, 95 eut…
Decreased Quality of Life in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated with Emotional Distress
Background : individuals with type 2 diabetes show emotional distress as they learn how to cope with the disease. The emotional distress increases the possibility of complications in these patients. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the impact of the emotional distress in the quality of life of individuals with diabetes, and to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with the emotional distress of living w…
Psychopathic Disorder Subtypes Based on Temperament and Character Differences
The concept of psychopathy has shifted from people who commit crimes to those with a particular personality and deviant behaviors. Although antisocial personality disorder is associated with psychopathy, it also seems common in individuals with narcissistic personality traits. Psychopathy may be the expression of earlier, persistent patterns of individual characteristics as personality. The psychobiological model of personality can be useful for …
Masked Depression
The interplay between respondents' and patients' biological sex in the perception of aggression and dangerousness in schizophrenia
The perception that those with schizophrenia will be aggressive persists among the wider population. Some studies report that women generally perceive more aggression than men. It is not clear how the respondent’s and the patient’s biological sex might influence the perception of those with schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to determine whether the perception of aggression, and the threat with which this is associated, is affected by the b…
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015
Objective: To analyze sex differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals who died by suicide in Mexico City. Method: Statistical analysis of residents of Mexico City whose cause of death was suicide, during two years period from January 2014 to December 2015, with a coroner's report. Suicide mortality rates were calculated by age, sex, and location within the city. The Chi-squared test was used to assess statistical differ…
Risk Factors and Prevalence of Suicide Attempt in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the Mexican Population
Our results showed a high prevalence of suicidal behavior in patients with type 2 diabetes. We found that younger age, depression and normal BMI could be risk factors of suicide attempt in these patients. Therefore, psychiatric interventions to prevent depression and suicidal behavior in this population are necessary. New studies using larger samples are necessary to replicate and confirm these results
Lack of Association of Coffee Consumption with the Prevalence of Self-Reported Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Mexican Population
It is estimated that almost 366 million people are currently suffering from diabetes mellitus worldwide. However, it has been suggested that coffee consumption has a protective effect against the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This association has been observed in many regions around the world. Today, there are no reports in Mexico regarding this association. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the association between coffee …
Mental Health Service Users’ Perceptions of Stigma, From the General Population and From Mental Health Professionals in Mexico
Negative attitudes towards people with mental health disorders have been widely studied and identified in the general population, and even within health care professionals. Moreover, studies focused on service users have also identified mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, as a source of stigma. However, in Mexico and Latin America few studies have been conducted addressing this issue. To explore mental health service users' perc…
Risk factors for violence in transgender people
Background: Transgender people are often victims of multiple types of violence across several areas of life due to society’s marked intolerance of gender nonconformity. Objective: This study seeks to describe experiences of violence in transgender individuals and explore the relationship between different types of violence and specific, high-risk gender incongruence and social rejection factors during adolescence. Method: The sample consisted of …
Mexican Psychiatric Trainees’ Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness
Despite their training, psychiatrists have been found to have negative attitudes towards people with mental illness, including the patients they treat. Similarly, studies focused on service users have identified psychiatrists as a source of stigma. Even though negative attitudes in psychiatrists have been identified in different countries and settings, in Mexico the attitudes of these professionals have never been assessed. Because of this, we in…
Violent behavior in schizophrenic patients
Considerable evidence suggests that violent behavior observed in schizophrenic patients is motivated by psychotic symptomatology. The understanding of violence in schizophrenic patients requires consideration of psychiatric symptomatology. Objective: This study investigated the relationship between violent behavior and psychiatric symptomatology in schizophrenic patients. Method: One hundred and thirteen patients were recruited. Thirteen patients…
Mental illness recognition and beliefs about adequate treatment of a patient with schizophrenia
BACKGROUND: In developing countries, little is known about public recognition and beliefs about treatment of severe mental disorders, both emergent key elements in reducing stigma and the gap of treatment of such patients. It has been proposed that they may be related to gender and perception of patient's aggressiveness and/or dangerousness. AIMS: To assess mental illness recognition and beliefs about treatment of schizophrenia, and to determine …
History of Religious Delusions and Psychosocial Functioning Among Mexican Patients with Paranoid Schizophrenia
Increase in Suicide Rates by Hanging in the Population of Tabasco, Mexico between 2003 and 2012
Hanging was found to be the most common choice of suicide in the Mexican population, probably because the materials required are easily available and the method does not require complicated techniques, especially in the 55-64 age group. Strategies for prevention and intervention should be developed for the Mexican population considering suicide rates by age group and gender
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Completed Suicides in Mexico City 2014–2015
Objective: To analyze sex differences in demographic and clinical characteristics of individuals who died by suicide in Mexico City. Method: Statistical analysis of residents of Mexico City whose cause of death was suicide, during two years period from January 2014 to December 2015, with a coroner's report. Suicide mortality rates were calculated by age, sex, and location within the city. The Chi-squared test was used to assess statistical differ…
Risk Factors and Prevalence of Suicide Attempt in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in the Mexican Population
Our results showed a high prevalence of suicidal behavior in patients with type 2 diabetes. We found that younger age, depression and normal BMI could be risk factors of suicide attempt in these patients. Therefore, psychiatric interventions to prevent depression and suicidal behavior in this population are necessary. New studies using larger samples are necessary to replicate and confirm these results
Lack of Association of Coffee Consumption with the Prevalence of Self-Reported Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Mexican Population
It is estimated that almost 366 million people are currently suffering from diabetes mellitus worldwide. However, it has been suggested that coffee consumption has a protective effect against the development of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This association has been observed in many regions around the world. Today, there are no reports in Mexico regarding this association. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the association between coffee …
A Qualitative Study of the Acceptability of the Proposed ICD-11 Gender Incongruence of Childhood Diagnosis Among Transgender Adults Who Were Labeled Due to Their Gender Identity Since Childhood
Work motivation in patients with bipolar disorder
BACKGROUND: Occupational functioning is severely impaired in patients with bipolar disorder (BD). Work motivation (WM), defined as the psychological processes that determine the direction, intensity, and persistence of action within the work, is an essential component of work-related functioning. AIM: To assess whether WM is affected in patients with BD and which clinical and sociodemographic factors are related to low WM. METHODS: In all, 95 eut…
Decreased Quality of Life in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Is Associated with Emotional Distress
Background : individuals with type 2 diabetes show emotional distress as they learn how to cope with the disease. The emotional distress increases the possibility of complications in these patients. The aims of the present study were to evaluate the impact of the emotional distress in the quality of life of individuals with diabetes, and to investigate the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with the emotional distress of living w…
Psychopathic Disorder Subtypes Based on Temperament and Character Differences
The concept of psychopathy has shifted from people who commit crimes to those with a particular personality and deviant behaviors. Although antisocial personality disorder is associated with psychopathy, it also seems common in individuals with narcissistic personality traits. Psychopathy may be the expression of earlier, persistent patterns of individual characteristics as personality. The psychobiological model of personality can be useful for …
Masked Depression
The interplay between respondents' and patients' biological sex in the perception of aggression and dangerousness in schizophrenia
The perception that those with schizophrenia will be aggressive persists among the wider population. Some studies report that women generally perceive more aggression than men. It is not clear how the respondent’s and the patient’s biological sex might influence the perception of those with schizophrenia. The aim of this study was to determine whether the perception of aggression, and the threat with which this is associated, is affected by the b…
From planning to action in smoking cessation
Risk factors for violence in transgender people
Background: Transgender people are often victims of multiple types of violence across several areas of life due to society’s marked intolerance of gender nonconformity. Objective: This study seeks to describe experiences of violence in transgender individuals and explore the relationship between different types of violence and specific, high-risk gender incongruence and social rejection factors during adolescence. Method: The sample consisted of …
Mental Health Service Users’ Perceptions of Stigma, From the General Population and From Mental Health Professionals in Mexico
Negative attitudes towards people with mental health disorders have been widely studied and identified in the general population, and even within health care professionals. Moreover, studies focused on service users have also identified mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, as a source of stigma. However, in Mexico and Latin America few studies have been conducted addressing this issue. To explore mental health service users' perc…
Knowledge, Emotions and Stressors in Front-Line Healthcare Workers during the Covid-19 Outbreak in Mexico
The aim of this study was to explore the knowledge, emotions and perceived stressors by healthcare workers who were in contact with infected patients during the COVID-19 outbreak. An online cross-sectional survey was applied. Data were collected from N = 263 healthcare workers in Tabasco State, Mexico. We developed and administered a questionnaire, which consisted of sociodemographic characteristics, plus four sections. The sections evaluated wer…
Mental Health Problems among Covid-19 Frontline Healthcare Workers and the Other Country-Level Epidemics
COVID-19 frontline healthcare workers (FHCW) are struggling to cope with challenges that threaten their wellbeing. We examine the frequency and predictors of the most frequent mental health problems (MHP) among FHCW during the first COVID-19 peak in Mexico, one of the most severely affected countries in terms of FHCW's COVID-19 mortality. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between May 8 and August 18, 2020. A total of 47.5% of the sample ( n …
The ICD-11 classification of gender incongruence of adolescence and adulthood
The aim of this study was to evaluate the adequacy of the then proposed International Classification of Diseases version 11 (ICD-11) diagnostic guidelines for Gender Incongruence of Adolescence and Adulthood in a sample of transgender people accessing multi-disciplinary health care services at specialised organisations in Lebanon. The cross-sectional study reported here was part of the ICD-11 field test studies that took place in several countrie…
Mexican Psychiatric Trainees’ Attitudes Towards People with Mental Illness
Despite their training, psychiatrists have been found to have negative attitudes towards people with mental illness, including the patients they treat. Similarly, studies focused on service users have identified psychiatrists as a source of stigma. Even though negative attitudes in psychiatrists have been identified in different countries and settings, in Mexico the attitudes of these professionals have never been assessed. Because of this, we in…
Higher risk of depression in individuals with type 2 diabetes and obesity
The aim of this study was to determine the risk of having significant depressive symptoms in subjects with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus through a meta-analysis. Our results showed that individuals with obesity and diabetes have an increased risk of having significant symptoms of depression. In subgroup analyses, we observed that Caucasian populations have an increased risk of having these symptoms. Our meta-analysis suggests that obesity …
A better way of life
Psychiatrists' and trainees' wellbeing benefits from engagement in leisure activities, which should be part of their daily schedules to reduce stress, and potentially improve their mental health
Brief Screening for Distress among Healthcare Professionals
our findings suggest that PWBI-S is a valid, reliable measure for clinical and research purposes in the field
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Transgender Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs (T-KAB) Scale for the Mexican Population
Psychosocial factors associated with the risk of developing psychosis in a Mexican general population sample
Epidemiological evidence has linked an array of sociodemographic and psychosocial factors with an increased risk of developing psychosis. However, research in samples from low- and middle-income countries is still scarce. This study used a Mexican sample to explore (i) sociodemographic and psychosocial differences between individuals with and without a positive screen for Clinical High-Risk for psychosis (CHR), and (ii) sociodemographic and psych…
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