The research group on mental health, gender, and aging is made up of mental health professionals specialized in the care and treatment of patients with severe mental disorders requiring psychiatric hospitalization due to acute decompensation or the de novo onset of psychiatric symptoms that cannot be managed within the mental health network.

This group is part of a larger, multidisciplinary, and multi-institutional research group (academic professionals from the University of Girona) recognized by the Agency for Management of University and Research Grants (AGAUR) in the SGR-CAT 2021 call as an Emerging Interinstitutional Research Group. This recognition involves collaboration between the IAS research group and the University of Girona, and it was formalized with file number 2021 SGR 00757 in a resolution from February 2023.

We believe that having this dual clinical and academic approach enriches the research and opens up the possibility of expanding the range of questions we can ask regarding mental health and other aspects of the patients we care for in the mental health network, specifically within hospitalization units, always including an intersectional and gender-sensitive perspective.

This integration provides us with a multidisciplinary research outlook, allowing us to establish collaborations and synergies with researchers from other research groups.

We also believe that this research should have an impact both on the education of IAS residents and on improving the detection, care, and treatment of the patients we serve, working towards excellence in healthcare and teaching.