Trayectoria del trastorno formal del pensamiento, desde la observación clínica al análisis computacional / Trajectory of formal thought disorder, from clinical observation to computational analysis

La adecuada comprensión de un término psicopatológico requiere, no solo del conocimiento de la alteración descrita, sino también de los contextos y conceptos a partir de los cuales fue acuñado y de la transformación de los mismos a lo largo del tiempo. En el caso del trastorno formal del pensamiento se describe su evolución desde su incorporación a la psicopatología con fines puramente descriptivos y asociado a la influencia del asociacionismo y a la idea de una dependencia directa entre pensamiento y lenguaje hasta la actualidad, en que el uso de herramientas computacionales y de hipótesis provenientes de la lingüística han promovido su uso como instrumento diagnóstico y marcador pronóstico, al tiempo que ha significado la incorporación de nueva terminología. (AU)

Properly understanding a psychopathological term requires knowledge of the disorder described, the contexts and concepts from which it was coined, and its modification over time. In the case of formal thought disorder, we describe its evolution from its incorporation into psychopathology for purely descriptive purposes and associated with the influence of associationism and the idea of a direct dependence between thought and language to the present day, in which the use of computational tools and hypotheses from linguistics have promoted its use as a diagnostic tool and prognostic marker, while simultaneously leading to the incorporation of new terminology. (AU)

Amor, deseo, sexualidad y salud mental / [Love, desire, sexuality and mental health]

La presente aportación versa acerca del amor y el deseo sexual, así como de su escasamente documentada neurofisiología; también, de sus relaciones con la salud sexual y la mental, que incluye esta última los trastornos mentales, del comportamiento y del neurodesarrollo. Estas cuestiones se abordarán sucintamente desde una perspectiva eminentemente científica. Se han escrutado varios repertorios bibliográficos electrónicos cualificados internacionales y nacionales, sin pretender una imposible exhaustividad. Se constata que la información de calidad al respecto es extremadamente limitada, heterogénea y a menudo subjetiva o con sesgos deficientemente controlados. Según los hallazgos, resultan probables las diferencias psicofisiológicas para el amor y el deseo según sea el sexo y género de las personas, lo que sucede igualmente cuando concurren psicopatologías. El mecanismo regulador de la excitación sexual es complejo en sus correlatos neuronales y todavía son inciertas las bases neurofisiológicas correspondientes. Los trastornos mentales con influencia potencialmente más distorsionadora sobre el amor y el deseo sexual son los del estado de ánimo y, obviamente, los parafílicos. Se necesita investigar más y con mayor rigor acerca de la psiconeurobiología subyacente a estas cuestiones usuales. (AU)

The present contribution is about love and sexual desire and their relationship with sexual and mental health, what includes the latter mental, behavioural and neurodevelopmental disorders. All these issues will be succinctly addressed from an eminently scientific perspective. Several qualified national and international electronic bibliographical indexes have been examined without intending an impossible exhaustiveness. It is established that quality information on this regard is extremely limited, heterogeneous and frequently subjective or with poorly controlled bias. As a result of our findings, the psychophysiological differences for love and desire according to people’s sex and gender are likely to occur as it also happens when psychopathologies come together. The sexual arousal regulator mechanism is complex in its neural correlates and the corresponding neurophysiological basis are still uncertain. The mental disorders with a potentially more distorting influence on love and sexual desire are those related to mood and, obviously, paraphilic disorders. Further rigorous research on psychoneurobiology underlying this usual matters is needed. (AU)

History, Paranoia, Fragmentation1.

In his book Aion, Jung describes something like a quasi-Hegelian progressive historical realization of the Self in a perspective similar to Fernand Braudel's longue durée history. This article deals with a similar perspective, as it tries to focus on what we may call a "cultural complex" yet within its unfolding in historical time and belonging not to just one specific cultural group, but to a large cultural basin, which we may indicate as the "West". This complex marks the birth and development of modernity. The depth, pervasiveness and duration of this cultural complex permeates the lives and psychologies of all of those that are part of it. Therefore, every analytical project must take into account the underlying emotional, epistemic and social field within which this complex constellates. One of the main features of this (trans)cultural complex, strictly connected with the progressive fragmentation of the self and the transformation of the numinosum with its meaning-giving force, is paranoia. This article analyses the historical and cultural features that produce paranoia and fragmentation and determine paranoid symptoms and attitudes.

Dans son livre Aïon, Jung décrit quelque chose comme une réalisation historique progressive quasi hégélienne du Soi dans une perspective similaire à l'histoire de longue durée de Fernand Braudel. Cet article aborde une perspective semblable, car il tente de se concentrer sur ce que nous pouvons appeler un « complexe culturel ¼. Mais ici il s'agit de son déroulement dans le temps historique et de son appartenance non pas à un groupe culturel spécifique, mais à un grand bassin culturel, que nous pouvons désigner comme « l'Occident ¼. Ce complexe marque la naissance et le développement de la modernité. La profondeur, l'omniprésence et la durée de ce complexe culturel imprègnent la vie et la psychologie de tous ceux qui en font partie. Par conséquent, tout projet analytique doit prendre en compte le champ émotionnel, épistémique et social sous­jacent dans lequel ce complexe se constelle. L'une des principales caractéristiques de ce complexe (trans)culturel, étroitement lié à la fragmentation progressive du soi et à la transformation du numinosum et de sa capacité à donner du sens, c'est la paranoïa. Cet article analyse les caractéristiques historiques et culturelles qui produisent la paranoïa et la fragmentation et déterminent les symptômes et les attitudes paranoïdes.

En su libro 'Aion', Jung describe algo así como una realización histórica progresiva cuasi­hegeliana del Self en una perspectiva similar a la historia 'longue durée' de Fernand Braudel. El presente artículo aborda una perspectiva similar, ya que trata de centrarse en lo que podríamos denominar un "complejo cultural", pero dentro de su despliegue en el tiempo histórico y perteneciente no sólo a un grupo cultural concreto, sino a una gran cuenca cultural, que podríamos señalar como "Occidente". Este complejo marca el nacimiento y el desarrollo de la modernidad. La profundidad, la omnipresencia y la duración de este complejo cultural impregnan la vida y la psicología de todos los que forman parte de él. Por lo tanto, todo proyecto analítico debe tener en cuenta el campo emocional, epistémico y social subyacente en el que se inscribe este complejo. Uno de los principales rasgos de este complejo (trans)cultural, estrictamente relacionado con la progresiva fragmentación del self y la transformación de lo numinoso con su fuerza dadora de sentido, es la paranoia. Este artículo analiza los rasgos históricos y culturales que producen la paranoia y la fragmentación y determinan síntomas y actitudes paranoides.

Posttraumatic stress and depression symptom classes in parents of trauma-exposed children: a transdiagnostic perspective using pooled individual participant data.

Background: In the aftermath of child trauma, post-traumatic stress (PTS) and depression symptoms often co-occur among trauma exposed children and their parents. Studies have used latent class analysis (LCA) to examine PTS and depression symptoms and identify homogeneous subgroups among trauma exposed children. However, little is known about subgroups or classes of PTS and depression reactions of parents of traumatised children.Objectives: (1) Determine PTS and depression symptom classes at 2-9 months post-trauma, and (2) to examine sociodemographic covariates among parents of trauma exposed children.Methods: Using harmonised individual participant data (n = 702) from eight studies (Australia, UK, US) included in the Prospective studies of Acute Child Trauma and Recovery Data Archive (PACT/R), we modelled these phenomena at the symptom level using LCA.Results: Our LCA yielded three solutions: 'high internalizing symptom' class (11%); 'low PTS-high depression' class (17%); and 'low internalizing symptom' class (72%). Parents of children in the 'low PTS-high depression' class were more likely to have children of older age and be part of an ethnic minority, compared to the 'low internalizing symptoms' class. Mothers were more likely to be in the 'high internalizing symptom' class compared to the 'low internalizing symptoms' class.Conclusions: These findings reveal a qualitative structure and relationship between depression and PTS symptoms that highlights the importance of assessing and targeting a broad range of internalising symptoms in post-trauma psychological treatment.

Using harmonised individual participant data from eight studies included in the Prospective studies of Acute Child Trauma and Recovery (PACT/R) Data Archive we identified three distinct classes of parental internalising reactions using Latent Class Analysis.Mothers, family ethnic minority status, and children of older age were associated with distinct classes of problematic symptoms.The findings from the present study highlight the need for assessing and targeting a broad range of internalising symptoms after trauma, and that mothers, parents of older children and families with ethnic minority status might be at risk for elevated symptoms.

Trauma e literalidade: a razão psicodinâmica no espírito da traumatização neurocientífica / Trauma and literality: psychodynamic reason in the spirit of neuroscientific traumatization

Resumo Desde o seu nascimento na medicina cirúrgica do século XVII, a pesquisa do trauma admitiu interpretações múltiplas e associadas ora às lesões visíveis de órgãos e tecidos, ora à influência de agentes psíquicos patogênicos sobre a memória, a consciência e a personalidade. Com o aprofundamento do papel dos sistemas classificatórios desde DSM-III, o fenômeno do trauma será incorporado ao prisma psiquiátrico através do Transtorno de Estresse Pós-Traumático e destinado, finalmente, à circunscrição da pesquisa neurocientífica. A partir de revisão narrativa, este artigo abordará uma das premissas epistemológicas fundamentais para essa transição, que informa como o trauma psicológico ganhou autonomia sobre as descrições anatômicas para ser, cerca de um século depois, por ela reanexado enquanto fenômeno essencialmente corporal e aderido à gramática das neurociências.

Abstract Since its origin in the surgical medicine of the 17th century, trauma research has had multiple interpretations and has been associated either with visible injuries to organs and tissues, or with the influence of pathogenic psychic agents on memory, consciousness and personality. With the intensification of the role of classification systems since DSM-III, the phenomenon of trauma came to be incorporated into the psychiatric realm through Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and destined finally to the constraints of neuroscientific research. Based on a narrative review, this article will address one of the fundamental epistemological premises for this transition, which informs how psychological trauma gained autonomy over anatomical descriptions to be reclassified, around a century later, as an essentially bodily phenomenon and incorporated into the jargon of neurosciences.

Malestar psicológico y síntomas psicopatológicos en pacientes recuperados de COVID-19

Objetivo: El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar el malestar psicológico y los síntomas psicopatológicos en pacientes recuperados de COVID-19. Se trabajó con metodología mixta, cuali-cuantitativa. Método: Participaron del estudio 131 adultos de entre 21 y 76 años (68,7 % habían padecido COVID- 19), quienes completaron un cuestionario personal y el Inventario de Síntomas de Derogatis Revisado [SCL-90-R]. Adicionalmente se efectuaron 10 entrevistas semi-estructuradas en pacientes recuperados de COVID-19 que debieron hospitalizarse a causa de la enfermedad. Resultados: Los resultados indicaron que los participantes recuperados de COVID-19 reportaban mayores niveles de malestar y síntomas psicopatológicos luego de su recuperación, en comparación con los participantes que no contrajeron la enfermedad. Se encontraron diferencias estadísticamente significativas (p < 0,05) para casi todos los indicadores, a excepción de Sensibilidad interpersonal e Ideación paranoide (p = 0,06). Además, los pacientes que fueron hospitalizados, pero no fueron intervenidos con respiración asistida, presentaron indicadores más altos para Somatizaciones y para Obsesiones y compulsiones en comparación al grupo que fue internado con respirador (p < 0,05). Complementaria- mente, el análisis cualitativo sugiere que los participantes hospitalizados experimentaron malestar y distintas consecuencias por la internación y la enfermedad. Conclusiones: Los resultados están en línea con lo reportado en la literatura y sugieren la importancia de la contención psicológica como complementaria a la recuperación física.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate psychological distress and psychopathological symptoms in patients recovered from COVID-19. For this purpose, we worked with a mixed, quali-quantitative methodology. Method: A total of 131 adults between 21 and 76 years of age (68,7 % had suffered COVID-19) participated in the study, completing a personal questionnaire and the Symptom Check-List-90-R [SCL-90-R]. In addition, 10 semi-structured interviews were conducted with recovered COVID-19 patients who had to be hospitalized because of the disease. Results: The results indicated that participants who recovered from COVID-19 reported higher levels of distress and psychopathological symptoms after their recovery, compared to participants who did not contract the disease. Statistically significant differences (p < 0,05) were found for almost all indicators, except for Interpersonal Sensitivity and Paranoid Ideation (p = 0,06). Additionally, patients who were hospitalized but not given assisted breathing interventions showed higher indicators for Somatization and Obsessions and Compulsions compared to the group that was hospitalized with a ventilator (p < 0,05). Furthermore, the qualitative analysis suggests that hospitalized participants experienced distress and different consequences from hospitalization and the disease. Discussions: The results are in line with what has been reported in the literature and suggest the importance of psychological support as a complement to physical recovery.

Impacto psicológico inicial e incidencia de trastorno mental en torno a las interrupciones voluntarias del embarazo (IVE): un estudio piloto en población general / Initial psychological impact and incidence of mental disorders Around voluntary terminations of pregnancy (vtp): a pilot Study in the general population

Introducción/Antecedentes: Existe todavía una insuficiente evidencia científica sobre los efectos psicológicos/psicopatológicos y emocionales de las interrupciones voluntarias del embarazo (IVE), especialmente en nuestro entorno. Los estudios previos sobre el tema se caracterizan por 1) ofrecer resultados dispares, 2) estudiar depresión, ansiedad, trastorno por estrés postraumático y abuso de sustancias, pero al mismo tiempo 3) existen cuestiones metodológicas que limitan la generalización de los resultados. Objetivos: Describir una muestra de mujeres de población general que realizaron una IVE en un servicio público de Atención a la Sexual y Reproductiva (ASSIR) de Catalunya. Métodos: Estudio piloto de pacientes provenientes de población general y atendidas en nuestras consultas de Ginecología del Servicio de Atención a la Salud Sexual y Reproductiva (ASSIR) de Osona a Vic (Barcelona). Las pacientes fueron evaluadas siguiendo escalas estandarizadas, incluyendo la MINI (Mini Psychiatric Interview) y la Escala de Depresión de Hamilton. El seguimiento fue durante cuatro meses. Se realizó una estadística descriptiva. Resultados: Hasta 23 mujeres fueron incluidas en la muestra piloto. La edad media era joven (31.4 años). La mayoría (62.5%) estaban activas laboralmente y tenías estudios equivalentes al bachillerato o superiores (52.2%). El 26.1% habían tenido IVE previas. La IVE actual fue mayoritariamente farmacológica (73.9%). El principal motivo fue su voluntad (86.9%). Tres mujeres puntuaron más de 7 puntos en la Escala de Depresión de Hamilton. La entrevista diagnóstica MINI identificó diez mujeres con criterios para enfermedad mental en ese momento. De estas diez mujeres, seis no tenían antecedentes familiares ni personales de enfermedad mental, mientras que cuatro ya tenían antecedentes personales de alguna patología mental y ya habían consultado anteriormente en alguna ocasión al Servicio de Psiquiatría...(AU)

Introduction/Background: There is still insufficient scientific evidence on the psychological/psychopathological and emotional effects of voluntary terminations of pregnancy (V.T.P.), especially in our setting. Previous studies on the subject are characterized by 1) mixed results, 2) studying depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse, but at the same time 3) there are methodological issues that limit the generalizability of the results. Objectives: To describe a sample of women from the general population who underwent an abortion in a public center of the Sexual and Reproductive Assistance Network (ASSIR) of Catalonia. Methodology: Pilot study of patients from the general population attended in our Sexual and Reproductive Health outpatient clinics at the ASSIR of Osona (Vic, Barcelona). Patients were assessed using standardized scales, including the MINI (Mini Psychiatric Interview) and the Hamilton Depression Scale. Follow-up was for four months. Descriptive statistics were performed. Results: Up to 23 women were included in the pilot sample. The average age was young (31.4 years). The majority (62.5%) were active in the labour market and had a high school education or higher (52.2%). 26.1% had had a previous VTP. The current abortion was mostly pharmacological (73.9%). The main reason was willingness (86.9%). Three women scored more than 7 points on the Hamilton Depression Scale. The MINI diagnostic interview identified ten women with criteria for mental illness at that time. Of these ten women, six had no family or personal history of mental illness, while four had a personal history of mental illness and had previously consulted the psychiatric service. After the abortion, during the following four months, only one patient consulted the psychology service and was subsequently discharged...(AU)

La psicopatología como estabilizador de la psiquiatría / Psychopathology as a Stabilizer of Psychiatry

La forma de construir la experiencia psiquiátrica y determinarla se ha llevado a cabo a partir de posiciones naturalistas y psicologistas que siguen siendo las dominantes después de casi doscientos años. Sin embargo, el hecho de asimilar el conocimiento psiquiátrico a una mera ciencia empírico-analítica no ha deparado más que inestabilidad, algo que queda a la vista de forma contundente a lo largo de la historia y de la insuficiencia discriminante de la clínica actual. Se requiere considerar las implicaciones filosóficas que supone el abordaje de ese campo empírico abierto donde la subjetividad no puede ser segregada y se articula sobre una ontología pluralista y discontinua. Se postula que solo la psicopatología, en su ejercicio como procedimiento a la vez lógico e intelectivo, permi-te relacionar los distintos planos de realidad en que se desenvuelve y tratar de cerrar su campo para dotar a la psiquiatría de la necesaria estabilidad requerida de cara a su praxis clínica. (AU)

The way of constructing psychiatric experience and determining it has been carried out on the basis of naturalistic and psychologistic positions, which are still the do-minant ones after almost two hundred years. However, the fact of assimilating psychiatric knowledge to a mere empirical-analytical science has brought nothing but instability, so-mething that is forcefully evident throughout history and the discriminating insufficiency of the current clinical practice. It is necessary to consider the philosophical implications of approaching this open empirical field where subjectivity cannot be segregated and is articulated on a pluralistic and discontinuous ontology. It is postulated that only psycho-pathology, in its exercise as a procedure both logical and intellectual, allows to relate the different planes of reality in which it develops and to try to close its field in order to provide psychiatry with the necessary stability required for its clinical praxis. (AU)

Carlos Castilla del Pino: resistir, explorar, comunicar / Carlos Castilla del Pino: Resisting, Exploring, Communicating

A partir de una experiencia en común, se intenta resaltar alguna característica personal descollante de Carlos Castilla del Pino que le permitió resistir la atonía socio-cul-tural y profesional del franquismo y desarrollar, a pesar de todo, una vida profesional y teó-rica relevante. Tuvo que resistir esa atonía y amordazamiento de la larga noche de piedra y argamasa del franquismo en una ciudad de provincias duramente represaliada durante la guerra y posguerra civil española, dominada por tanto durante decenios por el fascismo institucional e ideológico. A pesar de ello, Carlos Castilla logró desarrollar una obra teórica (en especial en psicopatología, antropología e ideología) sumamente avanzada, coherente y arriesgada, para cuya compresión propongo un marco pragmático. El lema republicano, resistir es vencer, podría ser un buen resumen de su vida profesional y teórica, aunque es más dudoso que tal afirmación pueda tener el mismo valor para su vida personal. (AU)

Based on a common experience, we try to highlight some outstanding perso-nal characteristic of Carlos Castilla del Pino that allowed him to resist the socio-cultural and professional lethargy of Francoism and develop, despite everything, a relevant pro-fessional and theoretical life. To do so, he had to resist that lethargy and gagging of the long night of stone and mortar of Francoism and, on top of that, in a provincial city hars-hly retaliated during and after the Spanish civil war; therefore dominated for decades by institutional and ideological fascism. Despite this, Castilla del Pino managed to develop a highly advanced, coherent and risky theoretical work, especially in psychopathology, anthropology and ideology, for whose understanding I propose a pragmatic framework. The Republican motto, “to resist is to win”, could be a good summary of his professional and theoretical life, although it is more doubtful that such statement can have the same value for his personal life. (AU)

¿Cómo actualizar la propuesta psicopatológica de Castilla del Pino (y no morir en el intento)? / How to Update Castilla del Pino’s Work on Psychopathology (and Not Die Trying)?

La obra psicopatológica de Carlos Castilla del Pino es poco conocida por las nuevas generaciones de residentes. Existen razones externas e internas a la propia obra que podrían servir de explicación de este hecho. Sin embargo, las cuestiones planteadas por Castilla del Pino en su obra psicopatológica pueden tener plena vigencia, indepen-dientemente de que las respuestas por él ofrecidas puedan ser objeto de análisis crítico. Se proponen algunas estrategias para actualizar los planteamientos del autor en la ense-ñanza de la psicopatología descriptiva de los profesionales en formación. (AU)

Carlos Castilla del Pino’s work on psychopathology is mostly unknown by the new generations of residents. This can be accounted for by reasons that are external and internal to his work. However, questions posed by Castilla in his psychopathology work may have validity, irrespective of the answers he proposed, which can be criticised. Some strategies to update Castilla’s proposals that can be used on teaching descriptive psychopathology to trainees are presented. (AU)

Validez y pertinencia de la semiología de las psicosis en Castilla del Pino / Validity and Pertinence of the Semiology of Psychosis in Castilla del Pino

En las últimas décadas, la psicopatología y, con ella, la semiología psiquiátrica han sido sustituidas por las nosografías predominantes (CIE y DSM). En contraposición, existen modelos alternativos que ofrecen explicaciones de la conducta humana en el contexto relacional. Uno de ellos, el Modelo Judicativo de la Conducta, de Castilla del Pino, supone una herramienta válida para establecer los criterios que deben cumplir los actos de conducta calificados de psicóticos. En este artículo se describen los conceptos fundamentales de este modelo con el fin de objetivar las formaciones psicóticas, capturar los síntomas, diferenciarlos y establecer su validez en el diagnóstico de las conductas consideradas psicóticas, así como en los estados previos y en la deconstrucción. Se expliitan los aspectos necesitados de actualización y desarrollo, y se correlacionan conceptos de otros campos teóricos: niveles semiológicos, metáfora-metonimia, saliencia, saliencia aberrante e hiperreflexividad.

In recent decades, psychopathology and, with it, psychiatric semiology have been replaced by the predominant nosographies (ICD and DSM). In contrast, there are al-ternative models that offer explanations of human behavior in the relational context. One of them, the Castilla del Pino ́s Modelo Judicativo de Conducta, is a valid tool to establish the criteria that behaviors classified as psychotic must meet. The fundamental concepts of this model are described to objectify the psychotic formations, capture the symptoms, differentiate them, and establish their validity in the diagnosis of behaviors considered as psychotic, as well as in the previous states and in the deconstruction. Aspects in need of updating and development are made explicit and correlations with concepts from other theoretical fields, such as, semiological levels, metaphor-metonymy, salience, aberrant salience and hyperreflexivity, are examined. (AU)

El centenario de dos Castillas del Pino: el intelectual y el psiquiatra / The Centenary of Two Castillas del Pino: the Intellectual and the Psychiatrist

Con ocasión del centenario de Carlos Castilla del Pino (15 de octubre de 2022) se analiza la relación que existe entre sus dos facetas públicas: la psiquiátrica y la intelectual. Al revisar cronológicamente sus publicaciones aparecen claramente cuatro etapas que oscilan entre esos dos polos: empiezan siendo puramente psiquiátricas (1946-66), se desplazan lue-go hacia lo ensayístico (1966-71), vuelve a predominar la psiquiatría (1971-87) y finalmente se decanta por el ensayo literario-memorístico (1989-2010). El análisis de la recepción que tuvo Castilla del Pino por la psiquiatría académica (hostil) y por la intelectualidad progresista (entusiasta), junto con algunos testimonios personales, acaba de ilustrar esas dos facetas de su personalidad. (AU)

On the occasion of Carlos Castilla del Pino's centenary (15 October 2022), we analyse the relationship between his two public facets: the psychiatric and the intellectual. A chronological review of his publications clearly shows four stages that os-cillate between those two poles: they begin as purely psychiatric (1946-66), then move towards essays (1966-71), psychiatry again predominates (1971-87) and finally he opts for literary-memoiristic essays (1989-2010). The analysis of Castilla del Pino's reception by academic psychiatry (hostile) and by the progressive intelligentsia (enthusiastic), together with some personal testimonies, just illustrate these two facets of his personality. (AU)

Does the COVID-19 pandemic condition the delusional content of patients with psychosis? An observational study.

INTRODUCTION: The primary objective is to analyse the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the triggers of psychopathology and on the delusional content of patients with psychotic symptoms treated during the first three months of the pandemic in a tertiary hospital in Madrid. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional, observational and retrospective study of all patients attending the psychiatric emergency room (ER) between 11th March and 11th June 2020. Sociodemographic and clinical variables were included. The chi-squared test or Fisher's exact test were performed to compare categorical variables. The level of statistical significance was set at P<.05. RESULTS: In the first month of the pandemic, COVID-19 conditioned the delirious content of 38.5% of the admitted patients and acted as a direct trigger for 46.2% of consultations. In the second week it affected 100.0% of the patients in both cases. Subsequently, a progressive and significant decrease was observed, with COVID-19 being the triggering factor for 17.6% and 11.5% of consultations in the second and third months of the pandemic respectively. Similarly, it was the main determinant of the delusional content in 13.7% and 3.8% of cases respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The current pandemic affects delirium's pathoplasty. The delusional content of patients admitted with psychotic symptoms is quickly conditioned, which may be related to the radical change in their life, without transition or prior preparation. The patient's environmental context and events have a huge impact on the dynamics and characteristics of mental disorders.

The psychological consequences of stalking: cross-sectional findings in a sample of Danish help-seeking stalking victims.

Background: The experience of stalking presents a threat to the mental and physical health and wellbeing of victims. Although some studies have explored the impact of stalking on victims, few have gone into detail about specific mental health outcomes and their association with various types of stalking behaviour.Objective: To investigate the psychological consequences among Danish help-seeking victims of stalking who have contacted and received help through the Danish Stalking Center (DSC).Methods: We used survey-data from stalking victims who sought and received help from the DSC during 2015-2020 (N = 591). Descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, T-tests, and hierarchical logistic regression analysis were used to examine psychological distress symptoms and the relationship between psychopathological symptoms and stalking behaviour characteristics.Results: Victims reported considerable levels of stalking and psychological distress. Almost 80% of victims reported symptom levels indicative of a diagnosable disorder of PTSD, depression, or anxiety. T-test shoved that following behaviour had the greatest effect size for PTSD-symptoms (t(575) = -5.81, p < .01, d = -.58), anxiety (t(576) = -4.21, p < .01, d = -.42), and somatization (t(572) = -4.29, p < .01, d = -.43). Hierarchical logistic regression analysis showed that stalking victims who experienced following had significantly higher odds of experiencing symptoms of PTSD (OR 2.869; 95% CI, [1.641-5.016]) and anxiety (OR 2.274; 95% CI [1.265; 4.090]).Conclusion: Being stalked is associated with substantial PTSD-, affective and trauma-related symptoms and psychological distress in general. Together with the strikingly high levels of psychopathology and the particularly grave effects of being followed, it is indicated that stalking is a special type of trauma with many negative and harmful effects. Hence, further research into how to properly help stalking victims through preventive interventions and treatment is needed.

Stalking is a special type of trauma with many negative and harmful effects.Being stalked is associated with substantial PTSD-, affective symptoms, functional impairment, general psychological distress, and strikingly high levels of psychopathology.Especially following behaviour has grave effects on victims' mental health.

Gender Differences in Patients with Substance Use Disorder and Physical/Sexual Abuse: A Preliminary Study / Las diferencias de género en pacientes con trastorno por consumo de sustancias y abuso físico/sexual: un estudio preliminar

Aim: To explore the differential characteristics in sociodemographic variables, severity of consumption, psychopathological symptomatology, life maladjustment, trauma characteristics, and post-traumatic stress symptomatology between women and men who seek treatment for substance use disorder (SUD) and have experienced lifetime physical and/or sexual abuse. Method: The sample consisted of 26 women and 31 men who had experienced physical/sexual abuse and sought treatment for SUD. Results: Women had been victims of sexual abuse in a significantly higher percentage than men. Women presented a significantly higher frequency of revictimization to another traumatic event and a significantly higher presence of avoidance symptoms than men. Conclusions: This study supports the existence of a more severe profile in women than in men with SUD who have experienced lifetime physical and/or sexual abuse. Consequently, gender-related trauma-informed practice in SUD treatment programmes should be promoted. More research in this field is needed, as this is a preliminary study. (AU)

Objetivo: Explorar las diferencias de género en distintas variables (sociodemográficas, gravedad del consumo, sintomatología psicopatológica, inadaptación a la vida cotidiana, características del trauma y sintomatología de estrés postraumático) en pacientes que acuden a tratamiento por trastorno por consumo de sustancias (TCS) y han sufrido abuso físico y/o sexual. Método: La muestra estuvo compuesta por 26 mujeres y 31 hombres que habían sufrido abuso físico y/o sexual y buscaban tratamiento para TCS. Resultados: Las mujeres habían sido víctimas de abuso sexual en un porcentaje significativamente mayor que los hombres. Además presentaban una frecuencia significativamente mayor de revictimización a otro evento traumático y una presencia significativamente mayor de síntomas de evitación que los hombres. Conclusiones: El estudio confirma la existencia de un perfil más grave en las mujeres que en los hombres con TCS que han sufrido abuso físico y/o sexual a lo largo de la vida. En consecuencia, se debe promover la atención informada sobre el trauma con perspectiva de género en los programas de tratamiento del TCS. Dada la naturaleza preliminar de este estudio, se necesita más investigación en este campo. (AU)

Evaluation of Psychopathologies and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Macular Amyloidosis / Evaluación de psicopatologías y calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en pacientes con amiloidosis macular

Macular amyloidosis (MA) is a skin condition with predominance in young women. We aimed to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and psychopathologies in these patients. In this cross-sectional study, patients with MA referring to the Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad during 2018–2020, and their matched controls were included. Participants completed the 36-item short form survey (SF-36), the revised symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90-R), and the dermatology life quality index (DLQI). Overall, 40 women with a mean age of 36.80±10.19 years were studied. In the MA group, the SF-36 score was lower (P<0.001), and the SCL-90-R score was higher (P<0.001). The DLQI score was correlated with age (r=0.447; P=0.048) and pruritus severity (r=0.776; P<0.001), and was lower in patients with uncovered lesions (P=0.005). MA was associated with impaired QoL, which was determined by pruritus severity and lesion location; these patients can benefit from psychiatric interventions in this regard (AU)

La amiloidosis macular (AM) es una situación cutánea con predominancia en mujeres jóvenes. Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar la calidad de vida (QoL) y las psicopatologías en estos pacientes. En este estudio transversal se incluyó a pacientes con AM derivados al Hospital Imam Reza, de Mashhad, de 2018 a 2020, así como a sus controles pareados. Los participantes completaron la encuesta SF-36 (formulario breve de 36 ítems), el test de los 90 síntomas revisado (SCL-90-R) y el índice de calidad de vida en dermatología (DLQI). A nivel global, se estudió a 40 mujeres con una edad media de 36,80±10,19 años. En el grupo AM, la puntuación SF-36 fue más baja (p<0,001), siendo más alta la puntuación SCL-90-R (p<0,001). La puntuación DLQI se correlacionó con la edad (r=0,447; p=0,048) y con la severidad del prurito (r=0,776; p<0,001), siendo más baja en las pacientes con lesiones sin cubrir (p=0,005). La AM estuvo asociada a un deterioro de la QoL, que vino determinada por la severidad del prurito y la localización de la lesión. A este respecto, dichas pacientes pueden beneficiarse de intervenciones psiquiátricas (AU)

[Artículo traducido] Evaluación de psicopatologías y calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en pacientes con amiloidosis macular / Evaluation of Psychopathologies and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Macular Amyloidosis

La amiloidosis macular (AM) es una situación cutánea con predominancia en mujeres jóvenes. Nuestro objetivo fue evaluar la calidad de vida (QoL) y las psicopatologías en estos pacientes. En este estudio transversal se incluyó a pacientes con AM derivados al Hospital Imam Reza, de Mashhad, de 2018 a 2020, así como a sus controles pareados. Los participantes completaron la encuesta SF-36 (formulario breve de 36 ítems), el test de los 90 síntomas revisado (SCL-90-R) y el índice de calidad de vida en dermatología (DLQI). A nivel global, se estudió a 40 mujeres con una edad media de 36,80±10,19 años. En el grupo AM, la puntuación SF-36 fue más baja (p<0,001), siendo más alta la puntuación SCL-90-R (p<0,001). La puntuación DLQI se correlacionó con la edad (r=0,447; p=0,048) y con la severidad del prurito (r=0,776; p<0,001), siendo más baja en las pacientes con lesiones sin cubrir (p=0,005). La AM estuvo asociada a un deterioro de la QoL, que vino determinada por la severidad del prurito y la localización de la lesión. A este respecto, dichas pacientes pueden beneficiarse de intervenciones psiquiátricas (AU)

Macular amyloidosis (MA) is a skin condition with predominance in young women. We aimed to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and psychopathologies in these patients. In this cross-sectional study, patients with MA referring to the Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad during 2018–2020, and their matched controls were included. Participants completed the 36-item short form survey (SF-36), the revised symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90-R), and the dermatology life quality index (DLQI). Overall, 40 women with a mean age of 36.80±10.19 years were studied. In the MA group, the SF-36 score was lower (P<0.001), and the SCL-90-R score was higher (P<0.001). The DLQI score was correlated with age (r=0.447; P=0.048) and pruritus severity (r=0.776; P<0.001), and was lower in patients with uncovered lesions (P=0.005). MA was associated with impaired QoL, which was determined by pruritus severity and lesion location; these patients can benefit from psychiatric interventions in this regard (AU)

Evaluation of Psychopathologies and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Macular Amyloidosis. / [Artículo traducido] Evaluación de psicopatologías y calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en pacientes con amiloidosis macular.

Macular amyloidosis (MA) is a skin condition with predominance in young women. We aimed to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and psychopathologies in these patients. In this cross-sectional study, patients with MA referring to the Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad during 2018-2020, and their matched controls were included. Participants completed the 36-item short form survey (SF-36), the revised symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90-R), and the dermatology life quality index (DLQI). Overall, 40 women with a mean age of 36.80±10.19 years were studied. In the MA group, the SF-36 score was lower (P<0.001), and the SCL-90-R score was higher (P<0.001). The DLQI score was correlated with age (r=0.447; P=0.048) and pruritus severity (r=0.776; P<0.001), and was lower in patients with uncovered lesions (P=0.005). MA was associated with impaired QoL, which was determined by pruritus severity and lesion location; these patients can benefit from psychiatric interventions in this regard.

Medicalização, saúde mental e biopolítica: uma revisão integrativa / Medicalization, mental health and biopower: a integrative

Este estudo objetivou investigar o fenômeno da medicalização em adultos no campo da saúde mental no contexto brasileiro, problematizando o uso de medicamentos como principal ferramenta terapêutica para lidar com o sofrimento psíquico, dispondo do entendimento de biopoder por meio de Foucault e das contribuições de Amarante para o campo da saúde mental. Adotou-se como método a revisão integrativa de literatura a partir de artigos científicos publicados no Portal de Periódicos da Capes e nas bibliotecas eletrônicas científicas SciELO e PePSIC entre 2011 e 2021. Os dados coletados foram tratados por meio da técnica de análise temática de conteúdo. Apontou-se a medicalização como lógica que limita as subjetividades e atua na manutenção do sistema político-econômico vigente. Além disso, identificou-se a correlação entre o uso indiscriminado de medicações e a individualização do sofrimento, reduzindo o cuidado à saúde. Portanto, contribuiu-se para condições desmedicalizantes e antimanicomiais.

This study had the purpose to investigate the phenomenon of medicalization in adults in the mental health field in a Brazilian context, problematizing the use of medications as the main tool to handle psychic suffering, with Foucault's concept of biopower and contributions of Amarante for the mental health field. The chosen method was the integrative literature review of published scientific articles, in Capes Portal of Journals and scientific electronic library SciELO and PePSIC, between 2011-2021. The collected data was managed by content analysis as a method. The medicalization and its main pillars was pointed as a limited logic of the subjectives and political-economic current system maintainers; as well as the correlation between the indiscriminate use of medications and suffering individualization, reducing the wealth of care. Therefore, contributes for a desmedicalization process and anti-asylum conditions.

Evaluation of Psychopathologies and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Macular Amyloidosis.

Macular amyloidosis (MA) is a skin condition with predominance in young women. We aimed to evaluate quality of life (QoL) and psychopathologies in these patients. In this cross-sectional study, patients with MA referring to the Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad during 2018-2020, and their matched controls were included. Participants completed the 36-item short form survey (SF-36), the revised symptom checklist-90 (SCL-90-R), and the dermatology life quality index (DLQI). Overall, 40 women with a mean age of 36.80±10.19 years were studied. In the MA group, the SF-36 score was lower (P<0.001), and the SCL-90-R score was higher (P<0.001). The DLQI score was correlated with age (r=0.447; P=0.048) and pruritus severity (r=0.776; P<0.001), and was lower in patients with uncovered lesions (P=0.005). MA was associated with impaired QoL, which was determined by pruritus severity and lesion location; these patients can benefit from psychiatric interventions in this regard.