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ORGANIZATION

The components of innovation, transmission and transfer of both products and pro-

cesses, such as new therapeutic targets, must focus not only on the search for mol-
ecules with new mechanisms of action but also on the search for diagnosis, detection,

evaluation and prognosis techniques, non-pharmacological therapeutic approaches or

medical imaging technology. It goes without saying that most of our research re-
sults are related to more efficient therapeutic strategies (pharmacological treatments,

psychotherapeutic interventions) with preventive strategies (detection of risk cases,
interventions to prevent or delay the onset of mental disorders in individuals at risk,

prevention of comorbidity or onset of secondary pathologies in individuals who already

have a mental disorder). The clinical implementation of these results can undoubtedly
reduce healthcare spending through more efficient psychiatry based on the evidence

provided by our research.

Now more than ever, it is time to conduct efficient research aimed at improving health

and the quality of life of individuals at the lowest possible cost, without jeopardizing
all that has been achieved over recent years. Only through the common effort of those

best prepared for doing this task together with the support of the new generations of
talented investigators integrated in groups of excellence will be the driving force that

will get us out of this situation and make us strong enough to face current and future ó

challenges.

Celso Arango Lpez

Scientific Director of CIBERSAM

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