Maria Purificación López Peña

Biography

Graduate in Medicine and Surgery Doctor in Neurosciences Specialist in psychiatry Extensive experience in the clinical field (Basurto Civil Hospital, Basurto Hospital, Ortiz de Zarate Hospital, CSM Uribe Costa). Currently psychiatrist assistant at the Santiago Apostol Hospital in Vitoria. Member of the research team of the department of psychiatry of Santiago Apostol Hospital, Stanley Center 03-SRC-003. Center dedicated to psychiatric research, main lines of research: GENERAL * Schizophrenia and first psychotic episodes * Bipolar or Bipolar * SPECIFIC * Psychosis: neurodevelopment, neuropsychology and neuroimaging * Psychosis in childhood and adolescence * Predictors of suicide in bipolar disorder and first psychotic episodes * Dimensional study of psychotic and manic clinic * Evaluation of depressive clinic during episodes of acute mania * Proteins G at different times of the evolution of patients with a first psychotic episode * Glutamatergic signaling in schizophrenia * Oxidative factors at different moments in the evolution of patients with a first psychotic episode * Psychoeducation and cognitive-behavioral therapy in the bipolar disorder * Pharmacological treatment and adherence Investigator associated in projects subsidized by both public and private entities. Publications in international

Research Interest

Psychiatry, Neurosciences