P. Lusilla Palacios, Spain

Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron. Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Psychiatry
She is a specialist on Psychiatry and got her PhD (special award) in 1993 at the Universidad of Zaragoza with a doctorate in anxiety and depression rating scales and their use in clinical samples. She is also currently Associated Professor (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona). She worked as coordinator-manager of a mental health centre for five years. Her background includes also her experience for ten years (from 2000 to 2010) as coordinator of the Inpatient Unit for sick doctors (a one and only special unit in Spain for doctors with mental and /or addictive disorders) managed by Galatea Foundation in collaboration with the Catalan Medical Association and the Catalan Health department. Currently she works as senior consultant on Psychiatry at the Liaison Psychiatry team of Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona She is involved in research as IP at the Vall d'Hebron Research Institute and has carry out several private (MARATO TV·) and public (FP7, H2020) granted projects. The research she has conducted were related with the application of Motivational Interviewing in treatment adherence and the use of motivational interviewing with new technologies (mhealth app and virtual reality) She is also member of the board of the motivational interviewing International networking trainers (MINT) and she has co- founded GETEM (grupo español de trabajo en Entrevista motivacional, She has a large teaching experience in motivational interviewing with more than ten consecutive years providing training for health professionals working in different settings. Dr Lusilla is involved also in training psychopathology to psychiatry and psychology residents in the annual edition course for residents in mental health organized by the Institut d’Estudis de la Salut of the Catalan health department

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EPA Course
Date
Tue, 13.04.2021
Session Time
08:00 - 10:00
Room
Courses Hall A
Session Description
Proposed by the EPA Section on Addictive Behaviours - Motivational interviewing is defined as a patient-centered and collaborative approach that guides people to initiate and maintain a strategy of behaviour change through the resolution of their ambivalence. This approach has become in the last decades the golden standard to manage addictions as opposed to classic confrontational models. Different meta-analysis, have demonstrated its moderate but robust effect in improving both adherence to treatment and addictive behaviours. Brief interventions have proven its efficacy in primary health settings, to help patients reduce their drug use, specially concerning alcohol and tobacco. Motivational adaptations of those brief counselling interventions have been developed and tested in recent years. In this course, attendees will receive training on how to use brief motivational interventions (BMI) with patients suffering addictive disorders in the Emergency Room. The course will address the following topics: •How to identify which clinical situations are, and are not, suitable for a brief intervention •Key elements of a successful brief motivational intervention •Barriers (and how to overcome them) to deliver BMI in the Emergency Room •Elements that influence adherence to treatment and successful referral •Review of the existing scientific evidence The course will be very interactive. Videos, group dynamics, and role playing techniques will be used. At the end of the course, trainees should be able to: •Identify when a BMI is suitable •Know the theoretical principles of BMI •Be able to deliver consistent BMI to patients in need •Understand key elements for a successful referral
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Course 17: Brief Motivational Interviewing Intervention in the Emergency Room: How to Engage Quickly Patients with Addictive Disorders (ID 211) No Topic Needed

Brief Motivational Interviewing Intervention in the Emergency Room: How to Engage Quickly Patients with Addictive Disorders

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Date
Tue, 13.04.2021
Session Time
08:00 - 10:00
Room
Courses Hall A
Lecture Time
08:00 - 10:00
e-Poster Viewing (ID 1107) AS10. E-mental Health

EPV0273 - A Virtual Reality tool for the treatment of obesity: Study protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial

Session Name
e-Poster Viewing (ID 1107)
Date
Sun, 11.04.2021
Session Time
07:30 - 23:59
Room
e-Poster Gallery
Lecture Time
07:30 - 07:30

ABSTRACT

Introduction

Available evidence demonstrates that it is feasible to integrate Motivational Interviewing (MI) techniques with Enhanced Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for the treatment of obesity and that this combined intervention has the potential to improve health-related outcomes of patients and to maintain behavioural changes over time. In addition, the use of Virtual Reality (VR) using embodiment techniques in the treatment of behavioural disorders has proved its preliminary effectiveness.

Objectives

1) to adapt the embodiment tool for treating obesity in a clinical setting, and 2) to compare its preliminary effectiveness to usual care.

Methods

A randomized control trial (SOCRATES project, funded by the European Union’s H2020 program under grant agreement No 951930) will be carried out with 66 participants with a Body Mass Index (BMI) >30, who will be split into two groups (control and intervention). The participants will be recruited from the external consultations of the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital. Readiness to change, BMI, dietetic habits and physical activity, self-perception of the body size, satisfaction with self-image and quality of life in relation to body image will be assessed before and after the intervention and at 4-week follow-up. Finally, variables related to the adoption of the VR tool in terms of perceived usability, user’s satisfaction and technology acceptance will be also evaluated.

Results

Not yet available

Conclusions

The study will provide an important advance in the treatment of obesity, first, by improving the effectiveness of available psychological treatments integrating embodiment, MI and CBT techniques, and second, reducing treatment duration and costs compared to conventional therapies.

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