Kloos Syndrome (Paralysis of Time). A Psychopathological Rare Case.

A case of Kloos syndrome is presented, a rare psychopathological manifestation in psychiatry characterized by the experience of "time paralysis" related to an epileptic focus in the left temporoparietal areas. This syndrome was identified through a detailed psychopathological analysis and detected by an electroencephalographic record. The patient's symptoms disappeared after receiving antiepileptic treatment with Carbamazepine. In this case report we highlight the detailed phenomenological and clinical analysis, as well as the importance of carrying out complementary tests when we are faced with unusual or sudden-onset symptoms without any trigger, as took place in the case exposed.

Differences Between the Psychological Symptoms of Health Workers and General Community After the First Wave of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Spain.

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) has worsened the physical and mental health of the general population. Healthcare workers have a high risk of suffering a mental disorder after the first wave. In this way, psychologists, who deal with mental health issues and are considered as healthcare workers in many countries, are of interest in this context. The present study aimed to examine anxiety, depression, stress, and obsessions and compulsions across psychologists, healthcare professionals, and the general community. These variables were measured through the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-21), as well as the Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS), which are related to different sociodemographic variables. The study was carried out after the first wave in Spain through an online questionnaire. Structural equation modeling and a multigroup analysis were carried out across the groups and variables under study. The results suggested that; (i) healthcare workers and general community depicted similar results in anxiety and stress, as well as obsessions; (ii) the group of psychologists depicted better scores than the other groups under study; (iii) stress and anxiety did not predict compulsions in the group of psychologists; (iv) anxiety predicted obsessions for all the professions, while the relationship of this variable with stress was different for each group; and (v) invariance reached a full metric level.

De Colegio oficial de psicólogos a Consejo general de colegios. Posicionamiento nacional y proyección internacional / From the college of psychologists to the Spanish psychological association. National positioning and international projection

La creación del COP tuvo enorme trascendencia para dotar de identidad la psicología española. Esta Corporación destinada a ordenar y representar la profesión no ha dejado de crecer, a pesar de graves problemáticas internas y externas. El artículo ofrece una revisión legislativa y documental, sobre todo desde su revista oficial, Papeles del Psicólogo. Analiza la segunda etapa del COP, la de la profesionalización, la descentralización y la reorganización como Consejo General de Colegios, atendiendo a su papel en la proyección interna e internacional de la disciplina en su conjunto. (AU)

The creation of the COP (Spanish College of Psychologists) was of enormous significance in establishing the identity of psychology in Spain. Theorganization, aimed at organizing and representing the profession, has not stopped growing, despite the serious internal and external issues it hashad. This article presents a legislative and documentary review, particularly based on its representative publication, Papeles del Psicólogo/Psychologist Papers. We analyze the second stage of the COP, that of professionalization, decentralization, and reorganization as theSpanish Psychological Association, taking into account its role in the internal and international projection of the discipline as a whole. (AU)

Psicología Y Profesión En España. Los Primeros Años Del Colegio Oficial De Psicólogos / Psychology And Profession In Spain. The Early Years Of The Spanish Psychological Association

La creación del COP tuvo enorme trascendencia para el establecimiento de la Psicología y para dotarla de identidad. Desde la Ley de creación en 1980, esta organización de carácter semipúblico destinada a ordenar y representar la profesión no ha dejado de crecer, a pesar de graves problemáticas internas y externas. El COP ha pasado por diversas etapas, que reflejan y al tiempo ayudan a caracterizar la corta historia disciplinar de la psicología, sobre todo su definición, frente a otras profesiones. El artículo ofrece una amplia revisión legislativa y documental, sobre todo desde su revista portavoz, Papeles del Psicólogo. Analiza sus complicados primeros años, hasta 1993, bajo la dirección de Carlos Camarero y de Adolfo Hernández, marcados por la configuración interna de la Organización, una grave problemática profesional, y la lucha por conseguir la Licenciatura. (AU)

The creation of the Spanish Psychological Association (Spanish acronym, COP) was of enormous significance in the establishing of psychology in Spain, and in the creation of its identity. Since the publication of the 1980 Law of Creation [of the COP], this organization-aimed at regulating and representing the psychology profession-has not stopped growing, despite the serious internal and external issues it has had. The Spanish Psychological Association has gone through different stages over the past 40 years, which reflect and help us to characterize the short history of Spanish psychology, in particular the history of its delimitation with respect to other professions. This article presents an extensive legislative and documentary review, particularly based on its representative publication, Papeles del Psicólogo/Psychologist Papers. We analyze the complicated early years, up to 1993, under the direction of Carlos Camarero and Adolfo Hernández, a phase marked by the internal configuration of the organization, a serious challenge for the profession, and the fight to approve the master’s degree. (AU)

Profile Changes in Male Partner Abuser After an Intervention Program in Gender-Based Violence.

Gender-based violence is a phenomenon deeply rooted in social, cultural, psychological, and educational factors. To comply with social demands, Government agencies have promoted numerous development plans to reduce this kind of violence. The measures taken by the Spanish Government include preventive and educational measures as well as direct intervention with the victims and aggressors. This study is based on a Spanish psychological intervention with men convicted of gender-based violence. The study supports current evidence of male perpetrators as well as analyzing the effectiveness of these intervention programs. The results of the study indicate that the aggressors of gender-based violence present personality disorders, such as the compulsive behavior, and the results of intervention program indicate that the users obtain higher scores in social skills and empathy and lower scores in romantic jealousy and anger.

Relación entre el trastorno por déficit de atención con hiperactividad y el trastorno por consumo de sustancias (revisión) / Relation between attention-deficit/ hiperactivity disorder and substance use disorder (a review)

Introducción: Existe una elevada comorbilidad entre el trastorno por déficit de atención e hiperactividad (TDAH) y el trastorno por consumo de sustancias, asociando una mayor gravedad de las adicciones, menor edad de inicio del consumo, así como una mayor cronicidad de la drogodependencia. En los pacientes con patología dual el tratamiento resulta ser una tarea compleja, por lo que la eficacia farmacológica ha sido objeto de múltiples estudios académicos en las últimas décadas. Objetivos: El objetivo principal es realizar una revisión bibliográfica acerca de esta comorbilidad, para conocer si el TDAH se considera un factor de riesgo en el desarrollo de un Trastorno por Consumo de Sustancias (TCS) en la adolescencia y en la edad adulta. También se pretende examinar si el tratamiento farmacológico del TDAH previene el desarrollo de TCS y si es segura su prescripción en pacientes con dicha comorbilidad. Metodología: Se realizó una búsqueda bibliográfica principalmente en la base de datos PubMed, en la que se introdujeron las palabras clave y se aplicaron los criterios de inclusión y de exclusión. Resultados: Los pacientes con TDAH tienen más riesgo de desarrollar dependencia al alcohol (OR 2,31), a la nicotina (OR 2,28) y al cannabis (OR 1,73); así como de desarrollar un TCS (OR 2,49) en la edad adulta. Conclusiones: El TDAH es un factor de riesgo para padecer un TCS, siendo seguro el tratamiento en pacientes con patología dual además de mejorar la drogodependencia. (AU)

Introduction: There is a high comorbidity between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and substance use disorder, with a higher severity of addictions, an earlier age on the onset of the consumption, as well as an increased chronic drug dependence. In patients with dual pathology treatment appears to be a complex task, causing the pharmacological efficacy to be object of study of multiple academic studies in the recent decades. Objectives: The main objective is to carry out a literature review on this comorbidity, in order to know if ADHD is considered a risk factor in the development of a Substance use disorders (SUD) in adolescence and adulthood. It is also intended to analyze whether the pharmacological treatment of ADHD prevents from the development of SUD and whether its prescription is safe in patients with such comorbidity. Methodology: A bibliographic research was carried out mainly in the PubMed database, in which the keywords were introduced, and the inclusion and exclusion criteria applied. Results: Patients with ADHD are at greater risk of developing dependence on alcohol (OR 2.31), nicotine (OR 2.28) and cannabis (OR 1.73); and developing a substance abuse disorder (SUD) (OR 2.49) in adulthood. Conclusions: Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is a risk factor for developing a substance abuse disorder, being the treatment safe in patients with dual pathology as well as improving the drug dependence. (AU)

Disability and perceived stress in primary care patients with major depression / Discapacidad y estrés percibido en pacientes de atención primaria con depresión mayor

BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly prevalent in the Spanish primary care (PC) setting and the leading cause of disability in Spain. The aim of this study was to evaluate several key psychometric properties of the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) in patients with or without MDD and varying degrees of symptom severity using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). METHOD: A total of 1,704 PC patients participating in the PsicAP clinical trial completed the SDS and PHQ-9. We evaluated the factor structure, measurement invariance across gender, internal consistency, and the discriminative and predictive validity. RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analyses revealed a unifactorial model of the SDS containing 4 items (SDS-4) with the best model fit (CFI: .99; GFI: .99; TLI: 96; RMSEA: .10). This model contained the three life domain items (work, family, and social life) plus perceived stress (PS) with significant loadings. The internal consistency of the SDS-4 was acceptable in patients with or without MDD, regardless of symptom severity. The SDS-4 also showed good discriminative capacity and acceptable predictive validity in all subsamples. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the use of the SDS-4 to assess depression-related disability in patients at Spanish primary care centres

ANTECEDENTES: el Trastorno Depresivo Mayor (TDM) es muy prevalente en la atención primaria (AP) española y es la principal causa de discapacidad en España. En este trabajo se estudiaron algunas propiedades psicométricas de la Escala de Discapacidad de Sheehan (SDS) en pacientes con o sin TDM y con varios niveles de severidad de síntomas, usando el Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). MÉTODO: 1.704 pacientes de AP que participaron en el ensayo clínico PsicAP cumplimentaron la SDS y el PHQ-9. Se estudió la estructura factorial, medida de invarianza de género, consistencia interna, validez discriminativa y la validez predictiva. RESULTADOS: el análisis factorial confirmatorio mostró un modelo unifactorial con 4 ítems (SDS-4) con un buen ajuste (CFI: .99; GFI: .99; TLI: 96; RMSEA: .10). Este modelo contenía los tres ítems de esferas de la vida (trabajo, familia y vida social) más el ítem de estrés percibido con cargas significativas. La consistencia interna de la SDS-4 fue aceptable en pacientes con MDD y con diferente severidad de síntomas depresivos. También se halló una buena validez discriminativa y aceptable validez predictiva. CONCLUSIONES: nuestros hallazgos respaldan el uso de la SDS-4 cuando se evalúe la discapacidad relacionada con la depresión en centros de AP españoles

Disability and perceived stress in primary care patients with major depression.

BACKGROUND: Major depressive disorder (MDD) is highly prevalent in the Spanish primary care (PC) setting and the leading cause of disability in Spain. The aim of this study was to evaluate several key psychometric properties of the Sheehan Disability Scale (SDS) in patients with or without MDD and varying degrees of symptom severity using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). METHOD: A total of 1,704 PC patients participating in the PsicAP clinical trial completed the SDS and PHQ-9. We evaluated the factor structure, measurement invariance across gender, internal consistency, and the discriminative and predictive validity. RESULTS: Confirmatory factor analyses revealed a unifactorial model of the SDS containing 4 items (SDS-4) with the best model fit (CFI: .99; GFI: .99; TLI: 96; RMSEA: .10). This model contained the three life domain items (work, family, and social life) plus perceived stress (PS) with significant loadings. The internal consistency of the SDS-4 was acceptable in patients with or without MDD, regardless of symptom severity. The SDS-4 also showed good discriminative capacity and acceptable predictive validity in all subsamples. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the use of the SDS-4 to assess depression-related disability in patients at Spanish primary care centres.

El papel de la organización colegial-COP en el posicionamiento internacional de la Psicología Española (1979-2018) / The role of the Association of Psychologists-COP in the international ranking of Spanish Psychology (1979-2018)

La presencia de revistas españolas de psicología en diferentes bases de datos internacionales (JCR y SJR) es un indicador que determina el crecimiento y la madurez de esta disciplina y aporta una visión de la actividad científica en psicología y su situación en el contexto internacional. El objetivo del presente trabajo es determinar el papel del Colegio de Psicólogos como editor de revistas de psicología de impacto. Se seleccionaron 17 revistas indexadas simultáneamente en las bases JCR y SJR de 2018. Los resultados muestran como el 53% de éstas son editadas o coeditadas por un Colegio de Psicólogos, con especial relevancia del Colegio de Psicólogos de Madrid, teniendo una mayor presencia en otras bases de datos y un mayor número de revistas en los primeros cuartiles del JCR (SSCI), si bien no existen diferencias en el número de registros en los tres primeros cuartiles desde 1997 hasta la actualidad. Se puede concluir que las políticas de estado y las campañas de posicionamiento de universidades, asociaciones y colegios juegan un papel clave en la internacionalización y posicionamiento, y que en el caso español el Colegio de Psicólogos es el principal editor y promotor de una auténtica política orientada a estos fines

The presence and spread of Spanish psychology journals in different international databases (JCR and SJR) is an indicator that determines the maturity and growth of this field, apart from providing an interesting view of the scientific activity for what concerns psychology and its situation within the international context. The objective of the present work is to determine the role of the College of Psychologists as editor of psychology high-impact journals. 17 indexed journals were simultaneously selected in the JCR and SJR databases. The results show how 53% of them are edited or coedited by a College of Psychologists, with the particular relevance of the College of Psychologists from Madrid, having this a higher presence in other databases and a higher number of 1st quartile journals in JCR (SSCI); however, there are no differences in the number of first quartile registers in the time span that goes from 1997 until now. We could conclude that the state policies and the ranking campaigns of universities, associations and colleges play a key role in internationalization and ranking, since, in the case of Spain, the College of Psychologists is the main editor and promotor of a true policy focused on these objectives