Emotion recognition through Spanish prosody in people with schizophrenia.

People with schizophrenia have deficits in the ability to identify emotions. An area of important dysfunction is the understanding of affective prosody, which can limit communication and social functionality. The objective of this study is to compare emotional recognition through prosody between a group of people with schizophrenia versus a control group without pathology, through the Reading the Mind in the Voice - Spanish Version scale (RMV-SV).

Reconocimiento de las emociones a través de la prosodia en español en personas con esquizofrenia / Emotion recognition through Spanish prosody in people with schizophrenia

Introducción: Las personas con esquizofrenia presentan déficits en lahabilidad para identificar emociones. Un área de importante disfunción es la comprensión de la prosodia afectiva, que puede limitar la comunicación y la funcionalidad social. Elobjetivo de este estudio es comparar el reconocimiento emocional a través de la prosodia entre un grupo de personas con esquizofrenia frente a un grupo control sin patología, através de la escala Reading the Mind in the Voice – SpanishVersion (RMV-SV).Metodología:Se reclutó un grupo de personas con esquizofrenia otrastorno esquizo-afectivo, clínicamente estables (n = 62).Se compararon con un grupo control (n = 63) en las características sociodemográficas, clínicas, el coeficiente intelectualy el rendimiento en la escala RMV-SV.Resultados:El grupo de casos presentó puntuaciones más bajas enla RMV-SV, con diferencias estadísticamente significativas (p< ,001) frente a los controles. En 17/22 ítems de respuestaserróneas, los enunciados contenían emociones negativas. Lacorrelación fue positiva entre RMV-SV y CI. Se correlacionó de forma inversa el RMV-SV y PANSS, principalmente lasubescala negativa, y la edad.Conclusiones:La escala RMV-SV, validada en autismo, permite detectarlas alteraciones del reconocimiento prosódico en español enla esquizofrenia, postulándose como una herramienta evaluadora de este dominio de la cognición social. (AU)

Introduction: People with schizophrenia have deficits in the ability toidentify emotions. An area of important dysfunction is theunderstanding of affective prosody, which can limit communication and social functionality. The objective of this studyis to compare emotional recognition through prosody between a group of people with schizophrenia versus a controlgroup without pathology, through the Reading the Mind inthe Voice - Spanish Version scale (RMV-SV).MethodA group of people with clinically stable schizophrenia orschizoaffective disorder was recruited (n = 62). They werecompared with a control group (n = 63) in sociodemographic, clinical characteristics, intelligence quotient, and performance on RMV-SV scale. ResultsThe case group presented lower scores on the RMV-SV,with statistically significant differences (p < .001) comparedto controls. In 17/22 items of wrong answers, the statementscontained negative emotions. The correlation was positivebetween RMV-SV and IQ. RMV-SV and PANSS, mainly thenegative subscale, and age were inversely correlated.ConclusionsThe RMV-SV scale, validated in autism, allows detectingthe alterations of prosodic recognition in Spanish in schizophrenia, postulating itself as an evaluating tool of this domain of social cognition. (AU)

[Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments for Children and Adolescents: State of the Art].

Empirically Supported Psychological Treatments for Children and Adolescents: State of the Art. BACKGROUND: The empirical evidence accumulated on the efficacy, effectiveness, and efficiency of psychotherapeutic treatments in children and adolescents calls for an update. The main goal of this paper objective was to carry out a selective review of empirically supported psychological treatments for a variety of common psychological disorders and problems in childhood and adolescence. METHOD: A review was carried out of the psychological treatments for different psychological disorders and problems in social-emotional or behavioral adjustment in the child-adolescent population according to the Spanish National Health System (Clinical Practice Guidelines) levels of evidence and degrees of recommendation. RESULTS: The findings suggest that psychological treatments have empirical support for addressing a wide range of psychological problems in these developmental stages. The degree of empirical support ranges from low to high depending on the phenomenon analyzed. The review suggests unequal progress in the different fields of intervention. CONCLUSIONS: From this update, psychologists will be able to make informed decisions when implementing those empirically supported treatments to address the problems that occur in childhood and adolescence.