Enric Vicens Pons
Investigador
Research line:
Preventive and Health Promotion Activities (RediApp)
Dr. Enric Vicens Pons graduated in Medicine in 1983 from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is a specialist in Psychiatry since 1989, year in which he obtained his PhD in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Salamanca. In 1994, he obtained a postgraduate degree in Hospital Management from the University of Barcelona. In 2003, he obtained the Magisterium in Legal Psychiatry from the Complutense University of Madrid.
He has participated as a teacher in many postgraduate courses and master's degrees related to mental health.
Currently, since 2015, he is the main teaching coordinator of Sant Joan de Déu Park and a member of the Welfare Ethics Committee of the same center. Since 2015, he has also been the Head of Studies of Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu and Chairman of the Teaching Committee.
Among his merits, he is the President of the Sant Joan de Déu Teaching Committee: Mental Health services, Coordinator of the Mental Health Center "Cornellà Sant Joan de Déu: Serveis de Salut Mental", Director of the Area of Penitentiary Psychiatry Sant Joan de Déu : Serveis de Saalut Mental, Director of the Psychiatric Hospitalization Area of the Sant Joan de Déu Health Park and the Referent of the Borderline Personality Disorder Program Sant Joan de Déu and Coordinator of the Mental Health Center "Ripollet Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu"
He is a principal investigator of the Mental Health Group of the National Research Network on Preventive Activities and Health Promotion (RediApp), accredited by the Carlos III Institute.
He has participated in more than 50 papers related to the ethical and legal aspects of medical assistance, also having an important number of publications on the subject.
Last Publications
- Vicens Pons, Enric, Calcedo Barba A, Hastings J, Männikkö M and Paz Ruiz S What Is the Capacity of Individuals with Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder to Make Healthcare Decisions? An Exploratory Study of the Views of Patients, Psychiatrists, and Family Caregivers—A Survey on Decisional Capacity in Mental Health Psychiatry International . 2(2): 127-144.
- Pons EV, Salvador-Carulla L, Calcedo-Barba A, Paz S, Messer T, Paccardi B and Zeller SL The capacity of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder individuals to make autonomous decisions about pharmacological treatments for their illness in real life: A scoping review. health science reports . 3(3): e179.
- Calcedo-Barba A, Fructuoso A, Martinez-Raga J, Paz S, Sánchez de Carmona M and Vicens E A meta-review of literature reviews assessing the capacity of patients with severe mental disorders to make decisions about their healthcare. BMC Psychiatry . 20(1): 339-339.
Projects
- Project name:
- Cohorte DESVELA. Análisis de papel de las aptitudes personales como DEterminantes de la incidencia de morbilidad, eStilos de vida, calidad de Vida, uso de sErvicios y mortalidAd.
- Leader
- Enric Vicens Pons
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI19/00115
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2020 - 2022
- Project name:
- Red de Investigación en Actividades preventivas y promoción de la salud en Atención Primaria
- Leader
- Enric Vicens Pons
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- RD16/0007/0012
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2017 - 2021
- Project name:
- Trastornos mentales en la población penitenciaria española: prevalencia, calidad de vida y necesidades de asistencia
- Leader
- Enric Vicens Pons
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI05/2517
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2008 - 2008