(Deutsche Version: hier)

Research interest

• Depression heterogeneity 
• Depression relapse prevention
• Dynamic changes and the relationship of symptoms in depression
• Psychological mechanism of depression relapse 

Current Projects

SNSF Project "Telephone-administered Relapse Prevention for Depression" (NaTel Study)

Selected Publications

Núñez C, Delgadillo J, Barkham M, Behn A. (2024). Understanding symptom profiles of depression with the PHQ-9 in a community sample using network analysis. European Psychiatry. 67(1):e50. https://doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2024.1756 

Labbé, N., Vaccarezza, S., Nuñez, C., Zimmermann, R., & Behn, A. (2024). Psychoeducational interventions for borderline personality disorder: A scoping review. Personality disorders, 10.1037/per0000729. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/per0000729  

Muzard, A., Olhaberry, M., Núñez C., Vaccarezza, S., Franco, P., Moran, J., Sieverson, C., León. M.J., Apter, G. (2023). Parental personality traits and emotion regulation: its relationship with infants’ socioemotional development during the perinatal period. General Hospital Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2023.04.004 

Hernandez, C., Cottin, M., Parada, F., Labbe, N., Nunez, C., Quevedo, Y., ... & Behn, A. (2022). Watching the world from my screen: A longitudinal evaluation of the influence of a problematic use of the internet on depressive symptomatology. Computers in Human Behavior, 126, 106995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106995 

Barros, J., Morales, S., García, A., Echávarri,O., Fischman,R., Szmulewicz, M., Moya,C., Núñez, C., & Tomicic, C.(2020). Recognizing states of psychological vulnerability to suicidal behavior: a Bayesian network of artificial intelligence applied to a clinical sample. BMC Psychiatry 20, 138. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-020-02535-x 

Maino, M. D. L. P., Morales, S., Echávarri, O., Barros, J., García, A., Nuñez, C., ... & Tomicic, A. (2018). Suicide risk configuration system in a clustered clinical sample: a generalized linear model obtained through the LASSO technique. Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry. 41(2), 112–121. https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2017-0028 

Morales, Barros, Echávarri, García, Osses, Moya, Maino, Fischman, Núñez, Szmulewicz y Tomicic. (2017). Acute mental discomfort associated with suicide behavior in a clinical sample of patients with affective disorders. Ascertaining critical variables using artificial intelligence tools. Frontiers in psychiatry, 8, 7. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2017.00007 

Barros, J., Morales, S., Echavarri, O., García, A.,Ortega, J., Asahi, T., Moya, C., Fischman, R., Maino, M., Núñez, C. (2016). Suicide detection in Chile: proposing a predictive model for suicide risk in a clinical sample of patients with mood disorders. Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria. https://doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2015-1877