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Pilar Sierra San Miguel
Duloxetina: un antidepresivo con numerosas posibilidades terapéuticas
Duloxetine is a dual action antidepressant included in the pharmacological class of serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. Its mechanism of action makes it a drug indicated for the treatment of clinical conditions than frequently coexist and share pathophysiological pathways such as major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, diabetic peripheral neuropathic pain, fibromyalgia, or chronic musculoskeletal pain. It is also indicated in other diseases that reduce quality of life such as chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy or stress urinary incontinence. All this with a favorable side effect profile. In this review, we will elucidate current evidences on the use of dul…
User-Oriented Interface for Monitoring Affective Diseases in Patients with Bipolar Disorder Using Mobile Devices
Nowadays the design of interfaces on mobile devices in the field of mental health is being studied to be applied in the functional criteria related to usability and user experience (UX). This article presents a methodological and conceptual development of an innovative telematics application oriented to control and management relapse prevention in bipolar disorder patients created by the Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Unit of La Fe Hospital and the Polytechnic University of Valencia. Application called e-therapy aims to control affective diseases in bipolar disorder through the use of computer-assisted tests related to depression and mania among others. Its development and design took i…