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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
  2. Corresponding author: Sergio Sanz-Gómez, MSc, Departamento de Psiquiatría, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda Sánchez Pizjuán S/N, 41009 Sevilla, Spain ([email protected]).
  3. Department of Psychology and Sociology, University of Zaragoza, Teruel, Spain
  4. Grupo de Investigación en Neurociencia Clínica de Castilla y León (GINCYL), Valladolid, Spain
  5. Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
  6. Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
  7. Forensic Psychiatry Service, Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Seville, Seville, Spain
  8. Department of Psychiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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