
Josefina Castro-Fornieles
About me
Dr. J. Castro is the head of the Institute of Neuroscience at Hospital Clinic of Barcelona and full professor at the University of Barcelona. She has been the coordinator of the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Program at the Mental Health Research Network (CIBERSAM) for the last eight years and is the Principal Investigator of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology group at the IDIBAPS. She has extensive research experience in psychopathology, neuroimaging, cognition and genetics in child and adolescent samples and she is member of some of the most important Research Centers at national (CIBERSAM, IDIBAPS or the University of Barcelona) and international level (ECNP).
Featured publications
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Relationship between cognition and age at onset of first-episode psychosis: comparative study between adolescents, young adults, and adults
Authors: De la Serna E, Puig O, Mezquida G, Moreno-Izco L, Merchan-Naranjo J, Amoretti S, Ruiz P, Gonzalez-Pinto A, Molina-García M, Corripio I, Vieta E, Baeza I, Berge D, Penadés R, Sanchez-Torres A, Cuesta MJ, Bernardo M, Castro-Fornieles J, PEP’s Group.Reference: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023. -
Longitudinal study in adolescent anorexia nervosa: evaluation of cortico-striatal and default mode network resting-state brain circuits
Authors: Via E, Calvo A, de la Serna E, Blázquez A, Lázaro L, Andrés-Perpiñá S, Plana MT, Flamarique I, Martínez E, Pariente J, Moreno E, Bargallo N, Castro-Fornieles J .Reference: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023. -
In vivo white matter microstructure in adolescents with early-onset psychosis: a multi-site mega-analysis
Authors: Barth C, Kelly S, Nerland S, Jahanshad N, Alloza C, Ambrogi S, Andreassen OA, Andreou D, Arango C, Baeza I, Banaj N, Bearden CE, Berk M, Bohman H, Castro-Fornieles J, Chye Y, Crespo-Facorro B, de la Serna E, Díaz-Caneja CM, Gurholt TP, Hegarty CE, James A, Janssen J, Johannessen C, Jönsson EG, Karlsgodt KH, Kochunov P, Lois NG, Lundberg M, Myhre AM, Pascual-Diaz S, Piras F, Smelror RE, Spalletta G, Stokkan TS, Sugranyes G, Suo C, Thomopoulos SI, Tordesillas-Gutiérrez D, Vecchio D, Wedervang-Resell K, Wortinger LA, Thompson PM, Agartz I .Reference: Molecular Psychiatry 2023. -
Polygenic Scores and Onset of Major Mood or Psychotic Disorders Among Offspring of Affected Parents
Authors: Zwicker A; Fullerton JM; Mullins N; Rice F; Hafeman DM; van Haren NEM; Setiaman N; Merranko JA; Goldstein BI; Ferrera AG; Stapp EK; de la Serna E; Moreno D; Sugranyes G; Herrero SM; Roberts G; Toma C; Schofield PR; Edenberg HJ; Wilcox HC; McInnis MG; Powell V; Propper L; Denovan-Wright E; Rouleau G; Castro-Fornieles J; Hillegers MHJ; Birmaher B; Thapar A; Mitchell PB; Lewis CM; Alda M; Nurnberger JI; Uher R.Reference: American Journal Of Psychiatry 2023. -
Prodromal symptoms and the duration of untreated psychosis in first episode of psychosis patients: what differences are there between early vs. adult onset and between schizophrenia vs. bipolar disorder?
Authors: Baeza I; de la Serna E; Mezquida G; Cuesta MJ; Vieta E; Amoretti S; Lobo A; González-Pinto A; Díaz-Caneja CM; Corripio I; Valli I; Puig O; Mané A; Bioque M; Ayora M; Bernardo M; Castro-Fornieles J; PEPs group.Reference: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2023. -
Clinical characterisation of patients in the post-acute stage of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a prospective cohort study and comparison with patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
Authors: Guasp M, Rosa-Justicia M, Muñoz-Lopetegi A, Martínez-Hernández E, Armangué T, Sugranyes G, Stein H, Borràs R, Prades L, Ariño H, Planagumà J, De-La-Serna E, Escudero D, Llufriu S, Sánchez-Valle R, Santamaria J, Compte A, Castro-Fornieles J, Dalmau J, Spanish anti-NMDAR Encephalitis Study Group.Reference: Lancet Neurology 2022. -
Subgrouping children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors: symptom profiles and the role of callous–unemotional traits
Authors: Rosa-Justicia M; Saam MC; Flamarique I; Borràs R; Naaijen J; Dietrich A; Hoekstra PJ; Banaschewski T; Aggensteiner P; Craig MC; Sethi A; Santosh P; Sagar-Ouriaghli I; Arango C; Penzol MJ; Brandeis D; Werhahn JE; Glennon JC; Franke B; Zwiers MP; Buitelaar JK; Schulze UME; Castro-Fornieles J.Reference: European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry 2022. -
Psychometric properties of the Cognitive Reserve Questionnaire for Adolescents (CoRe-A) [Propiedades psicométricas del Cuestionario de Reserva Cognitiva para Adolescentes (CoRe-A)]
Authors: Camprodon-Boadas P; de la Serna E; Baeza I; Ilzarbe D; Puig O; Andrés-Perpiñá S; Sugranyes G; Castro-Fornieles J.Reference: Revista De Psiquiatria Y Salud Mental 2022. -
Premorbid Characteristics as Predictors of Early Onset Versus Adult Onset in Patients With a First Episode of Psychosis
Authors: Baeza I, de la Serna E, Amoretti S, Cuesta MJ, Díaz-Caneja CM, Mezquida G, Lobo A, González-Pinto A, Corripio I, Vieta E, Puig O, Legido T, Bioque M, García-Rizo C, Bernardo M, Castro-Fornieles J, PEPs Group.Reference: Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry 2021. -
Cortical thickness 20 years after diagnosis of anorexia nervosa during adolescence
Authors: Castro-Fornieles J, de la Serna E, Calvo A, Pariente J, Andrés-Perpiña S, Plana MT, Romero S, Flamarique I, Gárriz M, Bargalló N .Reference: European Archives Of Psychiatry And Clinical Neuroscience 2021.
Featured Projects
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Running in the FAMILY. Undrestandign and predicting the intergenerational transmission of mental illness
Duration: 01/01/2023 -
Clinical, cognitive, neuroimaging and epigenetic characteristics of children and adolescent offspring of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: a predictive model of psychopathology and functioning at ten-year follow-up.
Principal investigator: Josefina Castro FornielesCode: 202310Duration: 01/01/2023 -
FARMacogenética Aplicada para Predecir la REspuesta al tratamiento Del Primer Episodio Psicótico (Proyecto FARMAPRED-PEP)
Code: PMP21/00085Duration: 01/01/2023 -
Interacción genética y ambiente en hijos de pacientes con esquizofrenia y trastrono bipolar
Principal investigator: Josefina Castro FornielesCode: PI21/00519Duration: 01/01/2022 -
Early INtervention to improve Cognitve REserve in subjects At riSk and Early stages of psychosis (INCREASE)
Principal investigator: Josefina Castro FornielesCode: PI046550Duration: 01/01/2021