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Overview

Manuel J. Cuesta is affiliated with the Hospital Universitario de Navarra in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on Psychiatry and Mental Health. Their scholarly output includes 187 publications in Medicine and 69 in Psychology.

The subfields of study prominent in their work include Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Clinical Psychology, and Philosophy. The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, with particular emphasis on Schizophrenia research and treatment, Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, and other Mental Health Research Topics. Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Tryptophan and brain disorders, and Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development are also among their key topics.

Their recent publications highlight ongoing contributions to the understanding of psychosis and related conditions:

  • Movement disorder and sensorimotor abnormalities in schizophrenia and other psychoses - European consensus on assessment and perspectives, 2020, European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Long-Term Outcomes of First-Admission Psychosis: A Naturalistic 21-Year Follow-Up Study of Symptomatic, Functional and Personal Recovery and Their Baseline Predictors, 2021, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio in Patients With a First Episode of Psychosis: A Two-Year Longitudinal Follow-up Study, 2022, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Examining Gene-Environment Interactions Using Aggregate Scores in a First-Episode Psychosis Cohort, 2020, Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Identifying clinical clusters with distinct trajectories in first-episode psychosis through an unsupervised machine learning technique, 2021, European Neuropsychopharmacology

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Miquel Bernardo
  • Ana M. Sánchez-Torres
  • Gisela Mezquida
  • Sílvia Amoretti
  • Ana González-Pinto

A significant portion of their research has been published in specialized journals such as Schizophrenia Research, European Neuropsychopharmacology, Psychological Medicine, European Psychiatry, and Psychiatry Research. The number of publications in each journal is notable, underscoring a consistent presence in these venues:

  • Schizophrenia Research (19 publications)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology (17 publications)
  • Psychological Medicine (13 publications)
  • European Psychiatry (11 publications)
  • Psychiatry Research (9 publications)

Best Publications

  • Psychometric Properties of the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale (PANSS) in Schizophrenia

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J. Cuesta

  • Are there more than two syndromes in schizophrenia? A critique of the positive-negative dichotomy.

    V Peralta;J de Leon;M J Cuesta

  • How many and which are the psychopathological dimensions in schizophrenia? Issues influencing their ascertainment.

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J. Cuesta

  • Lack of insight in schizophrenia.

    Manuel J. Cuesta;Victor Peralta

  • Dimensional structure of psychotic symptoms: An item-level analysis of SAPS and SANS symptoms in psychotic disorders.

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J Cuesta

  • Effects of olanzapine and other antipsychotics on cognitive function in chronic schizophrenia: a longitudinal study.

    Manuel J Cuesta;Victor Peralta;Amalia Zarzuela

  • Influence of cannabis abuse on schizophrenic psychopathology

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J. Cuesta

  • New evidence of association between COMT gene and prefrontal neurocognitive function in healthy individuals from sibling pairs discordant for psychosis.

    Araceli Rosa;Víctor Peralta;Manuel J. Cuesta;Amalia Zarzuela

  • Diagnostic significance of Schneider's first-rank symptoms in schizophrenia. Comparative study between schizophrenic and non-schizophrenic psychotic disorders.

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J. Cuesta

  • Lack of insight in mood disorders

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J Cuesta

  • Reappraising insight in psychosis. Multi-scale longitudinal study.

    Manuel J. Cuesta;Victor Peralta;Amalia Zarzuela

  • Cognitive disorders in the positive, negative, and disorganization syndromes of schizophrenia

    Manuel J. Cuesta;Victor Peralta

  • An Empirical Analysis of Latent Structures Underlying Schizophrenic Symptoms: A Four-Syndrome Model

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J. Cuesta;Jose de Leon

  • Motor behavior abnormalities in drug‐naïve patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

    Victor Peralta;Maria S. Campos;Elena García De Jalón;Manuel J. Cuesta

  • Motor Abnormalities: From Neurodevelopmental to Neurodegenerative Through “Functional” (Neuro)Psychiatric Disorders

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J Cuesta

  • Motor features in psychotic disorders. I: Factor structure and clinical correlates

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J Cuesta

  • The Val66Met polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene is associated with risk for psychosis: Evidence from a family-based association study

    Araceli Rosa;Manuel J. Cuesta;Mar Fatjó-Vilas;Víctor Peralta

  • Spanish version of the Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Psychiatry (SCIP-S): Psychometric properties of a brief scale for cognitive evaluation in schizophrenia

    Oscar Pino;Georgina Guilera;J. Emilio Rojo;Juana Gómez-Benito

  • Premorbid adjustment and clinical correlates of cognitive impairment in first-episode psychosis. The PEPsCog Study

    Manuel J. Cuesta;Ana M. Sánchez-Torres;Bibiana Cabrera;Miquel Bioque

  • Motor features in psychotic disorders. II. Development of diagnostic criteria for catatonia.

    Victor Peralta;Manuel J Cuesta

  • Clinical usefulness of the screen for cognitive impairment in psychiatry (SCIP-S) scale in patients with type I bipolar disorder

    Georgina Guilera;Oscar Pino;Juana Gómez-Benito;J Emilio Rojo

Frequent Co-Authors

Victor Peralta
Victor Peralta Royal College of Psychiatrists
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Miguel Bernardo
Miguel Bernardo University of Barcelona
Lourdes Fañanás
Lourdes Fañanás University of Barcelona
Ana González-Pinto
Ana González-Pinto University of the Basque Country
Josefina Castro-Fornieles
Josefina Castro-Fornieles University of Barcelona
Celso Arango
Celso Arango Complutense University of Madrid
Anabel Martínez-Arán
Anabel Martínez-Arán University of Barcelona
Juana Gómez-Benito
Juana Gómez-Benito University of Barcelona
Luisa Lázaro
Luisa Lázaro University of Barcelona

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