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Effectiveness of a transdiagnostic internet-based protocol for the treatment of emotional disorders versus treatment as usual in specialized care: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2015-10)
Background
Emotional disorders (depression and anxiety disorders) are highly prevalent mental health problems. Although evidence showing the effectiveness of disorder-specific treatments exists, high comorbidity rates ...
An Internet-based program for depression using activity and physiological sensors: efficacy, expectations, satisfaction, and ease of use
(Dove Medical Press, 2016)
Purpose: Computerized cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) has been shown to be efficacious.
Moreover, CCBT can be enhanced by using physiological and activity sensors, but there is no
evidence about the acceptability of ...
Un programa de intervención autoaplicado a través de Internet para el tratamiento de la depresión: Sonreír es divertido
(Blanquerna ; Universitat Ramon Llull, 2015)
Depression is among the world’s greatest contemporary health problems. It is necessary to have recourse to effective interventions to treat it. Although it is true that there are currently several psychological treatments ...
Mindfulness, perceived stress, and subjective well-being: a correlational study in primary care health professionals
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Background
Primary health care professionals (PHPs) usually report high levels of distress and burnout symptoms related to job strain. Mindfulness, defined as non-judgmental-present-moment awareness, seems to be a moderator ...
How Bilingualism Shapes the FunctionalArchitecture of the Brain: A Study on ExecutiveControl in Early Bilinguals and Monolinguals
(Wiley, 2015-09)
The existence of a behavioral advantage of bilinguals over monolinguals during executive tasks is controversial. A new approach to this issue is to investigate the effect of bilingualism on neural control when performing ...
Efficacy of low-intensity psychological intervention applied by ICTs for the treatment of depression in primary care: a controlled trial
(BioMed Central, 2015-05-07)
Background
Depression is one of the most common disorders in Psychiatric and Primary Care settings and is associated with significant disability and economic costs. Low-intensity psychological interventions applied by ...
Centrally formed acetaldehyde mediates ethanol-induced brain PKA activation
(Elsevier, 2014)
Centrally formed acetaldehyde has proven to be responsible for several psychopharmacological effects induced by ethanol. In addition, it has been suggested that the cAMP-PKA signaling transduction pathway plays an important ...
Differences between the nonselective adenosine receptor antagonists caffeine and theophylline in motor and mood effects: Studies using medium to high doses in animal models
(Elsevier, 2014-08)
Rationale:
Caffeine and theophylline are methylxanthines that are broadly consumed, sometimes at high doses, and act as minor psychostimulants. Both are nonselective adenosine antagonists for A1 and A2A receptors, which ...
Differential neural control in early bilinguals and monolinguals during response inhibition
(Elsevier, 2014-05)
We tested the hypothesis that early bilinguals and monolinguals use different brain areas when performing nonlinguistic executive control tasks. For this, we explored brain activity of early bilinguals and monolinguals ...
EARTH of Well-Being System: A pilot study of an Information and Communication Technology-based positive psychology intervention
(Taylor & Francis, 2014-06)
The positive technology field combines the objectives of positive psychology with enhancements from information and communication technologies. Following this approach, our team developed the ‘EARTH of Well-Being,’ a system ...