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The researcher from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology presented a review of more than two decades of research on neuroimaging and chronic pain, highlighting the potential of brain biomarkers to improve the diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia.

The team presents three studies linking weight stigma with mental health problems in adolescents and healthcare professionals.

Dr. Marta Salla, professor and researcher at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), recently participated in “Nòmada 7: Mental Health and Well-being Special”, an initiative promoted by UAB Media and organized by the UAB Faculty of Communication Sciences.

Professor Dimitra Anastasiadou from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology participated on May 13 at the 33rd European Congress on Obesity held in Istanbul with an oral presentation on weight stigma in the family context and its impact on adolescent psychological well-being.

Held on May 14 and 15, 2026, at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Salamanca and organized by SEAEP.

The Article of the Month initiative, promoted by the Research and Communication Committee of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, has selected as its article of the month the study “The impact of physical multimorbidity on common mental disorders and the role of loneliness and social support: A three-year follow-up study”, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders.

Professor David Sánchez-Carracedo participated in the debate “S20 - Eating disorders, obesity, weight and stigma” at the AEETCA conference, where he presented the work “Anthropometric measurement in children and adolescents in educational settings. Have we forgotten the principle of primum non nocere?”

The “Article of the Month” initiative, promoted by the Research and Communication Committee of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology, has selected the study “Analyzing the Impact of Depression on All-Cause Mortality in Different Sex and Age Groups: A 11-Year Follow-Up Study of Spanish Population”, published in the International Journal of Social Psychiatry.

Held on April 11, 2026, at the Palacio de Congresos in Santiago de Compostela and organized by the Xunta de Galicia.

The research team Person–Environment Interaction in Risk and Resilience for Mental Health, led by Professor Neus Vidal Barrantes from the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, took part in the annual Schizophrenia International Research Society Conference (SIRS), held in Florence (Italy) from March 25 to 29, 2026.