Parc Taulí is looking for participants to study the psychological factors associated with the risk of suicide

• The selected people will be part of the control group of the study and it is necessary that they be healthy, be between 18 and 70 years old, and have no mental disorders or history of suicide attempts

A Parc Taulí research project is looking for healthy volunteers to to study the psychological factors associated with the risk of suicide, with the aim of improving its prevention with more personalized and effective measures. This research is led by the head of themental health and neuroscience research area of ​​the I3PT and Director of Mental Health of Parc Taulí, Diego Palao.

Specifically, the study proposes to analyze how the psychological pain – understood as the feeling of intense and persistent emotional discomfort in the face of a situation in the environment – ​​and the social cognition - understood as the ability to understand our emotions and those of others - influence people with a history of suicide attempts and a diagnosis of depression.

The participants will be part of the control group of the study and it is necessary that they are healthy people between 18 and 70 years old, with no current mental disorders or history of suicide attempts.

People considered fit to participate in the study will:

1. A clinical and psychological assessment session, with a clinical interview and several evaluation tests. Approximate duration of 2 hours.
2. People who meet the inclusion criteria - and not the exclusion criteria - will also do one functional neuroimaging session (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance -NMR-). Approximate duration of 45 minutes scheduled at another time.

As compensation, one will be offered gift check of 100 euros for to online shopping, which will be delivered once both the assessment and the neuroimaging test are completed. This compensation will not be offered to those individuals who do not meet the technical requirements for neuroimaging and who are only performing the assessment, although their data will also be used in this research. The treatment of all data will be absolutely confidential and explicit informed consent will be requested.

The results obtained from the tests will be compared completely anonymously with those of a sample of stable patients with a history of more than six months of suicide attempts and with a diagnosis of major depression in remission.