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## The LabPsiTec of the UJI participates in a project to treat self-harming behaviour in young people

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The project "Design and analysis of the effectiveness of a brief intervention based on a mobile application for self-harm: self-report, momentary and biological measures as predictors of treatment" of the universities Autònoma de Barcelona, Vic, Barcelona and Universitat  Jaume I de Castelló has been one of the 36 projects selected by the La Marató Foundation to receive the grants in mental health research promoted in the 2021 call with funds raised in La Marató de TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio.

The project, which will receive 398,526.25 euros, aims to develop a specific treatment for non-suicidal self-injury behaviour (NSSI) that can be followed through a mobile application. The Universitat Jaume I will take part through the Laboratory of Psychology and Technology (LabPsiTec) and will participate in the design of the clinical content and the technological development of the app for the treatment of self-harm in young people.

Azucena García Palacios, professor of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatments and director of LabPsiTec, is part of the research team with specialists in different fields of mental health and technologies applied to health, such as Daniel Vega Moreno, from the GRETA Group of the Neurosciences Institute of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Igualada Health Foundation and principal investigator; Jordi Solé Casals, from the Data and Signal Processing (TDS) research group at the University of Vic-UCC and Marina López Solà from the Neuropsychology research group at the University of Barcelona.

**A growing problem**

Despite the evidence that these behaviours are a growing problem among young people and adults around the world and can therefore be considered a public health problem because they are not necessarily associated with the presence of a mental disorder, there are currently few treatments that have been shown to be useful in reducing or eliminating these behaviours and most are difficult to access and very costly in economic terms. This research project therefore aims to ensure that a majority of people who self-harm can have access to treatment that improves their emotional wellbeing and reduces the associated suffering of their families.

To carry out the research, a large sample of young people aged 14-24 years who are in treatment for a mental health problem and the general population will be invited to participate in the study and will be asked to complete online questionnaires. Of these, 300 will be selected for a second phase of the study. A small group will undergo a functional MRI scan, to see how the brain processes physical and emotional pain, and over the next three months will complete a treatment specifically designed for NSSI. The remaining participants will complete an alternative, non-specific treatment. This will allow us to conclude whether the specific treatment designed for NSSI is really useful or not. Finally, all the data obtained (from the questionnaires, the app and the MRI scans) will be analysed together in order to find out which young people may find the designed treatment more helpful.

***La Marató* for mental health**

The funds raised in the last edition of La Marató de TV3 and Catalunya Ràdio will finance 36 research projects led by 81 research teams with expertise in mental health. These resources will be decisive in the coming years to find more answers to disorders that, despite the advances made in recent years, continue to have a very high incidence and prevalence: according to experts, one in four people will have a mental health problem in their lifetime.

The 36 papers selected in accordance with the decision of the Foundation's Board of Trustees, at the proposal of the Scientific Advisory Committee, are the most highly rated of the 150 that were submitted in the last call for research grants. The Catalan Agency for Health Quality and Evaluation, part of the Catalan Ministry of Health, coordinated an international evaluation process in which 111 mental health experts assessed the projects in terms of their quality and methodology, scientific, health and social relevance, and innovative and transformative value, among other aspects.

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