The XI Psychiatric Research Forum CIBERSAM will be held in Zaragoza on March 7 and 8.

On the second day, two new round tables will be held. The first one will be dedicated Psychosomatic, anxiety and impulse control disorders. This discussion will be moderated Josep Antoni Ramos Quiroga, Coordinator of the CIBER program on psychosomatic, anxiety and impulsive disorders. This session will highlight significant advances in the field of these disorders. In addition, studies of sex differences in longitudinal trajectories of cognitive aging and the use of gene expression-based measures of risk for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will be presented.

The next round table will be dedicated to Schizophrenia and will be moderated by EDit Pomarol-Clote, CIBER Schizophrenia Program Coordinator. This session will highlight notable advances in this area. In addition, research on deep brain stimulation and digital monitoring in patients with schizophrenia and treatment-resistant bipolar disorder will be discussed, as well as the role of negative symptoms of schizophrenia in response to a reward stimulus, studied using an error task. (RPE).

Session on Social Impact and Collaboration in Epidemiology and Public Health; and mental health (CIBERESP-CIBERSAM)

There will also be Social Impact Sessionwhere mental health research needs will be examined from the perspective of patients and their families. Itziar Ceballosmanager of AVIFES and member of the CIBERSAM External Scientific Advisory Committee, will offer relevant perspectives on this topic.

Subsequently Interregional conference CIBER moderated by Ana Gonzalez-Pinto, Scientific Director of CIBERSAM. Jordi Alonso, scientific deputy director of the direction of epidemiology and mental health (CIBERESP), will present “CIBERESP: opening bridges to cooperation.”