Judith Usall I Rodié
Jefe de Grupo Senior
The researcher Judith Usall and Rodié graduated in Medicine in 1988 from the University of Barcelona and obtained her PhD in Medicine from the University of Barcelona in 2003 with the thesis: "Schizophrenia and gender: symptomatic and social functioning differences between men and women".
She has a Master's Degree in Women's Studies from the University of Barcelona.
She is a Senior Psychiatrist at CSM Cornellà, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu (PSSJD) since 2003.
Coordinates the group "Ethiopathogenesis and treatment of serious mental disorders MERITT" of the Research and Development Unit of the PSSJD since 2005. It is a group consolidated by the AGAUR.
She coordinates the Working and Research Group on Women and Mental Health (GTRDSM) of the Catalan Society of Psychiatry and Mental Health (SCPSM) since 2005.
She is a member of the Task Force on Women's Mental Health of the World Federation of Societies in Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP).
Professional network profiles
Last Publications
- Clougher D, Forte MF, Mezquida G, Sánchez-Torres AM, Serra-Navarro M, Penadés R, Lobo A, Pinto AG, Panadero R, Roldán A, Vieta E, de la Serna E, Trabsa A, Martínez-Aran A, Torrent C, Tortorella A, Menculini G, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Cuesta MJ, Bernardo M and Amoretti S Emotional intelligence and neurocognition profiles in first-episode psychosis: A two-year follow-up study. EUROPEAN NEUROPSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY . 85: 66-77.
- Cuñat O, Arranz B, Vila R, Serra C, del Cacho N, Butjosa A, Colomer A, Dolz M, Pardo M and Usall J Relationship Between Exposure to Emotional Neglect and the Inflammatory Biomarkers Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte, Monocyte-to-Lymphocyte, and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios in Patients With First-Episode Psychosis. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY . 85(2): .
- Llorca-Bofí V, Madero S, Amoretti S, Cuesta MJ, Moreno C, González-Pinto A, Bergé D, Rodriguez-Jimenez R, Roldán A, García-León MÁ, Ibáñez A, Usall J, Contreras F, Mezquida G, García-Rizo C, Berrocoso E, Bernardo M and Bioque M Inflammatory blood cells and ratios at remission for psychosis relapse prediction: A three-year follow-up of a cohort of first episodes of schizophrenia SCHIZOPHRENIA RESEARCH . 267: 24-31.
Projects
- Project name:
- EU-VR-AT_A European Multi-Centre Trial Examining the Effect of Treating Auditory Hallucinations with Virtual Reality (VR)-Based Avatar Therapy
- Leader
- Susana Ochoa Güerre
- Funding entities:
- European Commission
- Code
- 230227
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2024 - 2025
- Project name:
- Sol·licitud d'ajuts Joan Oró per a la contractació de personal investigador predoctoral en formació (FI 2023). Beneficiari: Alícia Colomer Salvans
- Leader
- Judith Usall i Rodié
- Funding entities:
- Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- Code
- 2023 FI-1 00177
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2026
- Project name:
- Protective and Risk factors On Suicide in Young people. A population-based study (PROSIA-Y)
- Leader
- Judith Usall i Rodié
- Funding entities:
- Fundació Bancària " La Caixa"
- Code
- SR23-00370
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2023 - 2025
News
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Emotional abuse and stress are risk factors for suicidal behavior in people with first psychotic episodes
Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu study associates stress and emotional abuse in childhood with a greater risk of suicidal behavior in young people with a first psychotic episode.
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61% of people with early psychotic episodes have experienced childhood trauma
A study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research and conducted by Regina Vila, a predoctoral researcher, and led by Dr. Judith Usall, co-coordinator of the Ethiopathogenesis and Treatment of Severe Mental Disorders (MERITT) group at the Institut de Recerca Sant Joan de Déu, analyzes factors and sociodemographic variables that may influence the onset and evolution of a first episode psychotic.
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Study reveals that a high percentage of children and adolescents with early onset psychosis suffer from clinical depression
A study carried out by researchers from the Institut Sant Joan de Déu and the Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu reveals that a high percentage of children and adolescents with early onset psychosis suffer from clinical depression. The article has been published in the scientific journal European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.
More activities
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Defensa tesi doctoral: Núria del Cacho
Aula 14, Dolors Aleu i Riera, Facultat de Medicina - Campus Clínic
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IV European Meeting on Women's Mental Health, Psychosis and Gender
Auditorium Hospital Sant Pau
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Defensa tesi doctoral: Regina Vila Badia
Aula de Graus de la Facultat de Biologia · UB