Enrique Baca-García, MD, PhD

Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; CIBERSAM, research group CB/07/09/0025, Madrid, Spain; Translational Psychiatry Research Group, Health Research Institute Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital Rey Juan Carlos, Móstoles, Madrid, Spain; Department of Psychiatry, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Psiquiatría, Hospital Central de Villalba, Villalba, Madrid, Spain; Departamento de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario Infanta Elena, Valdemoro, Madrid, Spain

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

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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Factors Associated with Revisiting the Emergency Department due to Suicidal Behavior in Children and Adolescents
Original Research

January 28, 2026

Within 6 months of the initial emergency department (ED) visit, 21.7% of patients who initially attended the ED for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors returned for the same reason.
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Underdiagnosis, Undertreatment, and Noncompliance With Treatment in People Who Died by Suicide
Original Research

July 10, 2024

Depression was diagnosed prior to death in 18.6% of people with a major depressive episode who died by suicide. Antidepressants were prescribed in 21.5% of these individuals, but only...
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Enriching the Assessment of Suicidal Ideation
Commentary

January 17, 2024

The processes involved in the generation of suicidal ideation (SI) can be distinguished from those involved in the acts themselves. This commentary notes that the rise of digital health...
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Neighborhood Vulnerability in First-Episode Psychosis
Original Research

March 13, 2023

Psychosocial difficulties in people with first-episode psychosis could be related to a lack of resources in the area where they live.
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Six-Month Follow-Up of Patients at Risk of Suicide Using Smartphone Data and Clinical Assessment
Original Research

December 14, 2022

Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) is increasingly used to detect suicidal ideation in real time. This study combined EMA with traditional clinical follow-up to explore correlates of suicidal relapse in...
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Smartphone-Based Mental Health Screening in Adolescents and Young Adults
Original Research

April 6, 2022

This study used smartphone-based screening to explore depression, anxiety, well-being, and suicidality in young people in Mexico City.
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Original Research

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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Letter to the Editor

February 23, 2021

This letter points to the disparity in resources devoted to combating COVID-19 versus another preventable epidemic: suicide.
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Letter to the Editor

June 18, 2019

In this letter to the editor, Martínez-Alés and colleagues comment on the recent article "Combining Postcards, Crisis Cards, and Telephone Contact Into a Decision-Making Algorithm to Reduce Suicide Reattempt"...
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Original Research

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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Article

August 15, 2014

Can people become addicted to suicidal behavior? Read this journal CME article to learn more about the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients who repeatedly attempt suicide.
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