Montserrat Dolz Abadia
Jefe de Grupo Senior
Research group
Research line:
Mental health of a young child
Dr. Dolz graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 1995 from the University of Barcelona and obtained the title of Specialist in Psychiatry in 2000 and the diploma of advanced studies from the University of Barcelona in 2003.
She is currently the head of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu in Barcelona and a researcher in the CIBERSAM G11 group: Etiopathogenesis of severe mental disorders, of which she leads the line of research on child and adolescent mental health. She has focused his research career on the last 20 years in the area of psychosis.
She collaborated with the NEDES group in a multicenter study entitled "Needs of people with schizophrenia living in the community" (PI 97/1275) and later with the GENIPE group in the study of patients with a first psychotic episode (PI05 / 1114), projects that have publications in high-impact journals.
In 2000 she spent time at King's College of London with Prof. R. Murray, and later in 2009 at the Center for the Assessment and Prevention of Prodromal States at the University of California (Los Angeles OSA), a pioneering center in the detection of patients at risk of psychosis, with Professor T Cannon.
In 2011, together with Dr. Baeza (H. Clínic de Barcelona, G04 CIBERSAM), started the CAPRIS project, a Spain pioneer study of children and young people at risk of developing psychosis, funded by various ISCIII grants, being IP of PI11 grants / 02684, PI15 / 00509, PI21 / 00090 and with the help of the Alicia Koplowitz Foundation (2015-2018). As Country Coordinator, she is currently leading the collaboration with the Medical Center University of Utrecht in the clinical trial "Placebo-Controlled trial in Ultra-high Risk for Psychosis with Omega 3 fatty acids in Europe".
Since 2013 she has been collaborating as a consultant in child and adolescent mental health in the Master Plan for Mental Health and Addictions of the Generalitat de Catalunya and is the coordinator of the field of child and adolescent mental health in the Advisory Council. of Mental Health of the Department of Health of Catalonia.
Last Publications
- Vergara L, de la Serna E, Sugranyes G, Puig O, Ilzarbe D, Fortea A, Tor J, Muñoz D, Rodríguez-Pascual M, Alvarez J, Dolz M and Baeza I Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Symptoms Are Associated With Functional Impairment in Children and Adolescents With Psychosis Risk Syndrome: The CAPRIS Study. The Journal of clinical psychiatry . 84(6): .
- Fortea A, van Eijndhoven P, Calvet-Mirabent A, Ilzarbe D, Batalla A, de la Serna E, Puig O, Castro-Fornieles J, Dolz M, Tor J, Parrilla S, Via E, Stephan-Otto C, Baeza I and Sugranyes G Age-related change in cortical thickness in adolescents at clinical high risk for psychosis: a longitudinal study EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY . : .
- Serra C, Vila R, del Cacho N, Butjosa A, Manuel Abella Villena, Colomer A, Cunill R, Tena MC, Véliz DI, Bustos-Cardona T, Dolz M, Profep Group and Usall J Association of perceived social support with sociodemographic, clinical, and psychosocial variables in patients with first-episode psychosis. JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH . 162: 30-36.
Projects
- Project name:
- Ayudas Ramon y Cajal_Beneficiari: Pablo Vidal
- Leader
- Montserrat Dolz Abadia
- Funding entities:
- Ministerio De Ciencia E Innovacion
- Code
- RYC2021-033369-I
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2027
- Project name:
- SGR 2022-2024_Grup de Recerca en Etiopatogènia i Tractament dels Trastorns Mentals Greus (MERITT)
- Leader
- Judith Usall i Rodié
- Funding entities:
- Agaur - Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
- Code
- 2021 SGR 01380
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2024
- Project name:
- Estudio multicéntrico longitudinal sobre marcadores de predicción de la transición a psicosis en niños y adolescentes con riesgo de psicosis: el papel del estrés intrauterino
- Leader
- Montserrat Dolz Abadia
- Funding entities:
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII)
- Code
- PI21/00090
- Starting - finishing date:
- 2022 - 2024
News
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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.