Jorge Lopez-Castroman, MD, PhD

CIBERSAM, research group CB/07/09/0025, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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About

Jorge Lopez-Castroman, MD, PhD, is affiliated with CIBERSAM in Madrid, Spain, and the Department of Psychiatry, Radiology, Public Health, Nursing and Medicine at the University of Santiago de Compostela. With a publication record spanning from 2009 to 2026, Dr. Lopez-Castroman has contributed extensively to research on suicide, depression, bipolar disorder, Alzheimer disease, and geriatric psychiatry. His work includes studies on suicidal behavior patterns, depressive symptom trajectories in older adults, and diagnostic stability in bipolar disorder. Frequent collaborators include Enrique Baca-García, Philippe Courtet, and Gonzalo Martínez-Alés.

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Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Its Association with Suicidal Ideation and Negative Affect
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Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Its Association with Suicidal Ideation and Negative Affect

April 8, 2026

Desire to self-harm was associated with nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) episodes. Further, NSSI was related to higher negative affect and negative interpersonal experience, which decreased across follow-up.
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Five-Year Outcomes of First Suicide Attempts: Lethality, Recurrence, and Mortality
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Five-Year Outcomes of First Suicide Attempts: Lethality, Recurrence, and Mortality

September 1, 2025

Recurrence of suicide attempt occurred in 37.2% of patients, with 27.8% having ≥3 attempts. Alcohol use predicted high-lethality first attempts, and female sex predicted multiple reattempts.
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Epilepsy and Suicide Attempt
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Epilepsy and Suicide Attempt

May 2, 2022

From a sample of 1,229 adults who attempted suicide, this study found an elevated frequency of epilepsy and identified clinical factors that might play a role.
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Diagnostic Stability in Bipolar Disorder

September 14, 2021

Because bipolar disorder causes substantial functional disability, the consequences of misdiagnosis are great. This study looked at 30 years of data on real-world stability of bipolar diagnoses, plus clinical...
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Amyloid Load and Depression in Older Adults

August 3, 2021

Amyloid load can impact cognitive decline in older adults, but does it affect depressive symptoms, and if so, which ones? This 3-year study provides some answers.
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Effectiveness of 3 Suicide Prevention Programs

February 26, 2019

Most evidence concerning suicide prevention strategies comes from either non-experimental epidemiologic designs or randomized controlled trials, but there is a growing call for data from actual clinical practice. Learn...
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Clusters of Suicide Attempters

June 22, 2016

How can we improve the way we characterize suicidal behavior? The authors of this Online First article uncovered significant differences between suicide attempters and classified over 1,000 hospitalized patients...
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Violent and Serious Suicide Attempters: One Step Closer to Suicide?

March 15, 2014

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Continuity of Depressive Disorders From Childhood and Adolescence to Adulthood: A Naturalistic Study in Community Mental Health Centers

September 8, 2011

Review results from a study that examined the frequency of homotypic and heterotypic continuity of depressive disorders in patients followed in clinical services since childhood or adolescence.
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Specific Features of Suicidal Behavior in Patients With Narcissistic Personality Disorder

July 14, 2009

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