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María Fernanda Parada Valencia Specialist in Psychiatry. Primarily dedicated to child and adolescent psychiatry, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dual disorders.

Dr. María Fernanda Parada Valencia

Specialist in Psychiatry.
Primarily dedicated to child and adolescent psychiatry, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and dual disorders.

Works at: Madrid headquarters
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Professional career

Degree in Medicine from the University of Navarra (2021).

Specialist in Psychiatry from the Clínica Universidad de Navarra (2022-2026).

Master's Psychopharmacology Program, Neuroscience Educational Institute (NEI) (2022-2023).

PhD candidate in Applied Medical Research at the University of Navarra, with a project on the impact of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms in adults on marital satisfaction and family functioning (2023-present).

Completed an external rotation in the Addiction Unit at Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (2024).

Participant in the International Training Program in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities at the MIND Institute, University of California, Davis (USA, 2026), and completed an external rotation in its mood disorders research program (2026).

RESEARCH AREAS

  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults: impact of symptoms on marital satisfaction and family functioning.
  • Medial temporal neuroanatomy in adolescents with first-episode mania.
  • Diagnostic assessment and family factors in child and adolescent psychiatry.
  • Dual disorders and addictive behaviours.

AREAS OF INTEREST

  • Child and adolescent psychiatry.
  • Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
  • Eating disorders.
  • Addiction and dual disorders.
  • Psychopharmacology.

Activity

In teaching

  • Teaching Collaborator in the Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, University of Navarra (2022-2026).
  • Speaker at the substance abuse workshop of the University of Navarra Guidance and Wellbeing Unit (COMPASS) (2022-present).
  • Guest speaker in the Ethics course of the Degree in International Relations at the University of Navarra: "Substance abuse at university" (2023-2025).

In research

  • Author of an original article published in European Psychiatry on the use of electroconvulsive therapy in patients with acute psychiatric conditions admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit.
  • Two articles submitted and currently under review in international journals.
  • Author of a book chapter on psychosis in childhood and diagnostic uncertainty (2024).
  • Has presented 13 communications at national and international conferences, with a further three accepted and pending presentation.
  • Trialist at the University of Navarra Alumni Trialist Initiative (UNATI) since 2024.
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Awards

  • First prize at the 1st Alter-farma Clinical Case Competition in Psychiatry, as co-author of the clinical case "Beyond bipolar disorder" (2025).