Basic Instructions
Basic Instructions
In the Documentation section, you will find various resources to deepen your knowledge and use of LISMEN. You can access conferences and explanatory videos, published research papers and scientific articles, as well as experiences of its application in different services and contexts. The objective is to provide professionals and interested parties with a solid and updated basis to better understand this instrument and its potential.
In the Documentation section, you will find various resources to deepen your knowledge and use of LISMEN. You can access conferences and explanatory videos, published research papers and scientific articles, as well as experiences of its application in different services and contexts. The objective is to provide professionals and interested parties with a solid and updated basis to better understand this instrument and its potential.
LISMEN: An instrument for exploring and detecting the risk of attachment alteration in childhood and adolescence”
By Jordi Artigue.
Activity organized by the Clinical, Health, and Psychotherapy Section of the COPC on March 25, 2015.
More information: http://www.copc.cat
LISMEN: a summarized way of administering the LISMEN questionnaire can be seen, though it is not the only one.
It is a role-playing exercise based on a modified real case, where a mother of an adolescent with mental health problems answers an interviewer’s questions.
Documentation
Tizon JL, Artigue J, Parra B, Ferrando J, Català L, Pérez C, Pareja F. (2006). Risk factors of Psychoses: Is a preventive detection possible? Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. (Supplementum), 431 (114): 14.1
Tizón JL, Artigue J, Parra B1, Sorribes M, Ferrando J, Pérez C, Pareja F, Gomá M, Marzari B. Risk factors for psychotic disorders: Is preventive detection possible?. Clínica y Salud. 2008;19(1): 27-58.
Artigue J, Tizón JL, Parra B.(2008). Risk Factors for Psychoses: Their Detection with LISMEN (Mental Health Items List for Preschool and School Ages). Infant Mental Health Journal, 29(3A), No. 54.
Quijada Y, Tizón JL, Artigue J, Parra B. (2010). At-risk mental state (ARMS) detection in a community service center for early attention to psychosis in Barcelona. Early Intervention in Psychiatry 4(3): 257–262. NCBI – DOI:10.1111/j.1751-7893.2010.00192.
Impact on treatment outcome in the early stages of psychosis Doctoral Thesis. Yanet Quijada. Autonomous University of Barcelona. September 2012.
Quijada, Y., Tizón, JL., Artigue, J., Kwapil, TR. y Barrantes-Vidal, N. (2012). Attachment style predicts 6-month improvement in psychoticism in persons with at-risk mental states for psychosis. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 6(4): 442-449. NCBI – DOI:10.1111/j.1751-7893.2012.00342.x
Artigue, J. (2013). The Lismen: a questionnaire to explore mental health risk factors. Topics in Psychoanalysis, 5: 1-21.
Artigue J, Tizón JL. (2014). A review of childhood risk factors for schizophrenia and severe adult mental disorders. Primary Care, 46(7): 336-356.
Artigue, J., Tizón, J., Salamero, M. (2016). Reliability and Validity of the List of Mental Health Items (LISMEN), Schizophr. Res. 176 pp. 423-430.
Busquets, L., Jodar, M,. Ascaso, A., García, I., Jofresa, G., Ortíz, P., Artigue, J., Arias, E. and Sala, G. (2018). Detection of risk factors in the school environment: pilot study. Areas of Psychopedagogy and Guidance, 49: 50-64.
Capitán, M., Artigue, J. (2020). Study and detection of risk factors in childhood: a retrospective study using the LISMEN questionnaire. Journal of the Spanish Association of Neuropsychiatry, 40(137), 93. https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/s0211-57352020000100006
Llopart, M. (2022). Mental health care in early childhood: an experience of early detection and prevention between Pediatrics and CDIAP. Journal of Psychopathology and Mental Health of the Child and Adolescent, (40), 41-50.

Where it is Used
The use of LISMEN and access to this website are free and open, therefore there is no control regarding the use of this instrument. We are aware that it has been used in other centers or services. The data appearing in this section has been provided to us by the professionals involved. We encourage other professionals to inform us about their use of LISMEN to share its application and improve this questionnaire.
The use of LISMEN and access to this website are free and open, therefore there is no control regarding the use of this instrument. We are aware that it has been used in other centers or services. The data appearing in this section has been provided to us by the professionals involved. We encourage other professionals to inform us about their use of LISMEN to share its application and improve this questionnaire.
St. Martí Nord Mental Health Unit. Director Jorge L. Tizón. Barcelona City Area. Catalan Institute of Health. 2000 – 2005.
Early Attention Team for Patients at Risk of Psychosis (EAPPP). Director Jorge L. Tizón. Barcelona City Area. Catalan Institute of Health. 2005 – 2011.
Psychosis Monitoring and Care Unit (USAPPS). Vidal i Barraquer Foundation. 2012 – 2014.
Design of preventive strategies for child and adolescent populations at high risk of developing psychotic disorders, based on a retrospective study of risk factors in patients presenting a first episode of schizophrenia at Las Higueras Hospital in Talcahuano, Chile. Developed since 2017 by: Yanet Quijada, Dorca Retamal, Dali Cares, Marcelo Silva and Jordi Artigue.
Detection of risk factors in the school environment: pilot study. Carried out by the Viloca Psychopedagogy Office. Article published in 2018 (see publications). Developed between 2015 and 2018 by: Lourdes Busquets (general health psychologist and CDIAP psychotherapist), Marta Jodar (general health psychologist), Anna Ascaso (child and adolescent psychologist), Iris García (psychologist), Glòria Jofresa (teacher and speech therapist), Pietat Ortiz (pedagogue, therapist and specialized educator), Dr. Jordi Artigue (Professor of Psychology – UB.), Dr. Eulàlia Arias (Professor of Psychology, Blanquerna University) and Gemma Sala (CDIAP psychologist).
Pilot study on the presence of risk factors for psychotic spectrum disorders in patients from specialized community services. It is carried out at the St Pere Claver Healthcare Foundation. Study started in 2017. Developed within the framework of the Specific Attention Programs for Incipient Psychotic Disorder (PAE-TPI), which are included in the care services of the Sants Adult Mental Health Centers and the Montjuïc Adult Mental Health Centers. In this study, the following collaborate or have collaborated: Mercè Jane, Ivan Torices, Brigitte Garay, Júlia Knobel, Marina Capitán and Jordi Artigue.
Badalona Home Clinical Intervention Team (ECID) and Sta Coloma ECID: used in the anamnesis phase by the different service professionals.
Final Degree Project: Retrospective Study of risk factors in childhood and adolescence of adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. It is carried out at the Community Rehabilitation Service (SRC) of St. Andreu (Barcelona) of the Vidal i Barraquer Foundation, during the 2017 – 2018 academic year. Developed by Júlia Ayats i Bori, supervised by Eulàlia Arias Pujol from the “Blanquerna” Faculty of Psychology at Ramón Llull University, and with the cooperation of Cristina Alberich, SRC psychologist of St. Andreu.
Final Degree Project: Retrospective Study of Risk Factors in Children with ASD Diagnosis. It is carried out at the Early Development and Attention Center l’Espiga (CDIAPE) in Vilafranca del Penedés, during the 2018-2019 academic year. Developed by Mireia Miró Díez de Ulzurrun, guided by Eulàlia Arias Pujol from the “Blanquerna” Faculty of Psychology at Ramón Llull University, and with the cooperation of the CDIAPE professionals.
Master’s Final Project in Family Therapy from the “Blanquerna” Faculty of Psychology at Ramón Llull University (2019-2020): Adolescents and families attended by the Home Clinical Intervention Team (ECID): study of characteristics and risk factors. Carried out by: Júlia Arias Fillat, Josefin Grossmann and Mercè Margalef Simó. Directed by Dr. Meritxell Campreciós Orriols. In collaboration with Dr. Laia Ferrer and Dr. Jordi Artigue from the ECID of the Vidal i Barraquer Foundation.
