Laura Forcano
Carlos III Health Institute
48 Papers
293 Citations
Laura Forcano is an academic researcher from Carlos III Health Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Eating disorders & Bulimia nervosa. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 38 publications. Previous affiliations of Laura Forcano include Bellvitge University Hospital & Pompeu Fabra University.
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Papers
A Randomised Controlled Comparison of Second-Level Treatment Approaches for Treatment-Resistant Adults with Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder: Assessing the Benefits of Virtual Reality Cue Exposure Therapy
Marta Ferrer-García,José Gutiérrez-Maldonado,Joana Pla-Sanjuanelo,Ferran Vilalta-Abella,Giuseppe Riva,Massimo Clerici,Joan Ribas-Sabaté,Alexis Andreu-Gracia,Fernando Fernández-Aranda,Laura Forcano,Nadine Riesco,Isabel Sánchez,Neli Escandón-Nagel,Osane Gomez-Tricio,Virginia Tena,Antonios Dakanalis,Antonios Dakanalis +16 more
TL;DR: The effectiveness of virtual reality-CET as a second-level treatment strategy for 64 patients with bulimia nervosa and binge eating disorder who had been treated with limited results after using a structured CBT programme, in comparison with A-CBT was assessed.
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Identifying specific cues and contexts related to bingeing behavior for the development of effective virtual environments
Joana Pla-Sanjuanelo,Marta Ferrer-García,José Gutiérrez-Maldonado,Giuseppe Riva,Alexis Andreu-Gracia,Antonios Dakanalis,Fernando Fernández-Aranda,Laura Forcano,Joan Ribas-Sabaté,Nadine Riesco,Mar Rus-Calafell,Isabel Sánchez,Luís Sanchez-Planell +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify frequent situations that produce smoking craving, as well as detecting specific craving cues in those contexts, and they use Cue Exposure Therapy (CET) to extinguish craving responses.
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A Randomized Trial of Virtual Reality-Based Cue Exposure Second-Level Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Second-Level Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder: Outcome at Six-Month Followup.
Marta Ferrer-García,Joana Pla-Sanjuanelo,Antonios Dakanalis,Antonios Dakanalis,Ferran Vilalta-Abella,Giuseppe Riva,Fernando Fernández-Aranda,Laura Forcano,Nadine Riesco,Isabel Sánchez,Massimo Clerici,Joan Ribas-Sabaté,Alexis Andreu-Gracia,Neli Escandón-Nagel,Osane Gomez-Tricio,Virginia Tena,José Gutiérrez-Maldonado +16 more
TL;DR: Results provide further support for the use of VR-CET as an effective second-level intervention for BN and BED treatment-resistant patients and decrease of self-reported tendency to engage in overeating episodes.
Suicide attempts in bulimia nervosa: personality and psychopathological correlates.
Laura Forcano,Fernando Fernández-Aranda,Eva Álvarez-Moya,Cynthia M. Bulik,Roser Granero,Mònica Gratacòs,Susana Jiménez-Murcia,Isabel Krug,Josep M. Mercader,Nadine Riesco,Ester Saus,Juan José Santamaría,Xavier Estivill +12 more
TL;DR: The notion that internalizing personality traits combined with impulsivity may increase the probability of suicidal behaviors in patients with bulimia nervosa is supported.
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Video game therapy for emotional regulation and impulsivity control in a series of treated cases with bulimia nervosa.
Ana B. Fagundo,Juan José Santamaría,Laura Forcano,Cristina Giner-Bartolomé,Susana Jiménez-Murcia,Susana Jiménez-Murcia,Isabel Sánchez,Roser Granero,Roser Granero,Maher Ben-Moussa,Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann,Dimitri Konstantas,Tony Lam,Mikkel Lucas,Jeppe Nielsen,Richard Bults,Salomé Tárrega,José M. Menchón,Rafael de la Torre,Rafael de la Torre,Valentina Cardi,Janet Treasure,Fernando Fernández-Aranda,Fernando Fernández-Aranda +23 more
TL;DR: Playmancer/ Islands is a video game designed to specifically treat mental disorders, characterized by problems in impulse control, and results suggest that VG training may enhance treatment for ED.