Schizophrenia is one of the most serious mental disorders and causes the greatest degree of disability, economic cost and individual and family suffering. This illness affects 21 million people in the world and, specifically, in Spain, the data indicate that approximately 400,000 Spaniards suffer from it. Life expectancy in people with schizophrenia is reduced by almost 20 years due to an increase in physical health problems and a higher suicide rate. Schizophrenia usually begins in late adolescence or early adulthood, a very critical period in a young adult's social and professional development.
The main objective of the Schizophrenia Programme is the multidisciplinary study of this disease, trying to integrate research ranging from animal models to psychosocial interventions. All of this is aimed at reducing the gap between research and clinical practice.
The Schizophrenia programme is the one in which the largest number of groups are involved (11). This programme has an extensive clinical, genetic and neuroimaging database. Important collaborative projects have been developed around this programme (non-commercial clinical trials, evolution of first episodes, genetics).
Main Researcher | Consortium Institution | Regions | Details |
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Inmaculada Baeza Pertegaz | Hospital Clinico y Provincial de Barcelona | Cataluña | Ver grupo |
Pilar Alejandra Sáiz Martínez | Universidad de Oviedo. Facultad de Medicina | Asturias | Ver grupo |
Lourdes Fañanás Saura | Univ. de Barcelona. Facultad de Biología | Cataluña | Ver grupo |
Ana González-Pinto Arrillaga | Hospital Universitario de Álava | País Vasco | Ver grupo |
Josep Maria Haro Abad | Fundación Sant Joan de Deu | Cataluña | Ver grupo |
Edith Pomarol Clotet | Hospital Hermanas Hospitalarias Benito Menni | Cataluña | Ver grupo |
José Javier Meana Martínez | Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU | País Vasco | Ver grupo |
Ángela Ibáñez Cuadrado | Hospital Ramón y Cajal | Madrid | Ver grupo |
Juan Salvador Nácher Roselló | Universidad de Valencia | C. Valenciana | Ver grupo |
Elisabet Vilella Cuadrada | Fundación Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Pere Virgili | Cataluña | Ver grupo |
Benedicto Crespo Facorro | Hospital Virgen del Rocío | Sevilla | Ver grupo |