- Health, Nursing, Elderly Care
- Youth, Drugs, and Violence
- Psychology and Mental Health
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Community Health and Development
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Marxism and Critical Theory
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Social and Political Issues
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
- Public Health in Brazil
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
2015-2024
University of Lisbon
2024
Valparaiso University
2022
University of Valparaíso
2022
Columbia University
2011-2022
University of Chile
2022
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2022
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
2022
Schlumberger (Ireland)
2021
Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría
2013-2019
This study examines the intercorrelation of measures reflecting beliefs about and attitudes toward people with mental illness in a sample health professionals (N = 902) from five countries: Brazil, China, Ghana, Nigeria, United States, and, more specifically, association supernatural as contrasted biopsychosocial causes illness. Factor analysis 43-item questionnaire identified four factors favoring a) socializing illness; b) normalizing their roles society; c) belief (e.g., witchcraft,...
Several Latin American countries have made remarkable strides towards offering community mental health care for people with psychoses. Nonetheless, clinics generally a very limited outreach in the community, tending to weaker links primary care; rarely engaging patients providing and usually not recovery-oriented services. This paper describes pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) of Critical Time Intervention-Task Shifting (CTI-TS) aimed at addressing such limitations. The RCT was...
Lay Health Workers (LHW) are important providers of community mental health services and help mitigate access treatment gaps in Africa. However, there is a paucity knowledge about the role performance these workers, as well extent to which interventions delivered culturally adapted African context. This scoping review aimed explore content aspects concerning cultural adaptation sustainability psychological by LHW people with disorders We conducted peer-reviewed literature published from...
This pilot randomized controlled trial evaluated the effectiveness of critical time intervention-task shifting (CTI-TS) for people with psychosis in Santiago, Chile, and Rio de Janeiro. CTI-TS is a 9-month intervention involving peer support workers designed to maintain treatment effects up 18 months.A total 110 were recruited when they enrolled community mental health clinics (Santiago, N=60; Janeiro, N=50). Participants within each city randomly assigned either or usual care 9 months....
Maus tratos contra crianças e adolescentes, descritos por Ambroise Tardieu há cerca de um século, tornaram-se objeto estudo nos últimos quarenta anos. O abuso sexual, uma das formas mais danosas, é conhecido desde a Antiguidade, porém, pouco se avançou no sentido prevenir amenizar suas conseqüências. Diferenças culturais, legais procedimentos dos profissionais envolvidos talvez expliquem dificuldade em estabelecer políticas públicas prevenção enfrentamento do problema mundo inteiro. presente...
Negative attitudes toward people with mental illness are a widespread concern and may vary across countries. This study used 36-item questionnaire to compare beliefs about the causes of among medical students from United States, Brazil, Ghana, Nigeria, China (N = 1131). Exploratory factor analysis identified underlying structure questionnaire, covariance was then factors representing four nonstigmatized five US Medical scored highest on all factors, followed by those Brazil. Nigerian...
Emerging researchers in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) face many barriers, including inadequacies funding, international exposure mentorship. In 2012, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) funded five research hubs aimed at improving core for evidence-based mental health interventions, enhancing skills global health, providing capacity building (CB) opportunities early career investigators LMIC. this paper emerging contextualize their experiences. Each purposively selected...
OBJECTIVE: Assessing the quality of life and clinical social-demographic factors associated in schizophrenic spectrum patients (ICD-10 F20-F29) attending CAPS at programmatic area 3.0. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was carried out a sample who have been enrolled 2008 (AP) 3 Rio de Janeiro city, using MINIPLUS to assess schizophrenia disorder use psychoactive substances, Positive Negative Symptoms Scale (PANSS) psychiatric symptoms Quality Life (QLS-BR) life. RESULTS: Seventy nine were...
OBJETIVO: Realizar revisão sistemática para avaliar a adesão medicamentosa ao tratamento em pacientes do espectro esquizofrênico. MÉTODO: As buscas dos artigos foram conduzidas nas seguintes bases de dados: PubMed/Medline, Lilacs, SciELO e PePSIC, considerando publicados entre 2001 2010. Na estratégia busca, utilizados descritores acordo com sua definição no DeCS MeSH: "schizophrenia" and "patient adherence" or compliance" "medication adherence". correspondências português espanhol...
To estimate the prevalence of major depressive episode (MDE) in patients with presumptive pulmonary tuberculosis (pre-PTB, defined by cough lasting ≥ 3 weeks) and compare it between (PTB) without PTB.Patients pre-PTB (n=260) were screened for depression using Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). Those individuals scores 10 subsequently assessed module Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI-Plus) to confirm diagnosis. Associations categorical variables PTB MDE calculated...
Background and Objectives The use of “operational criteria” is a solution for low reliability, contrasting with prototypical classification that used in clinics. We aim to measure the reliability ICD-10 diagnoses. Methods This retrospective study, convenience sample subjects treated university clinic. Residents reviewed their diagnosis using criteria, Cohen's kappa statistic was performed on operational prototype Results Three out 30 residents participated, reviewing 146 under care....
To investigate associations between COVID-19-related factors and depressive symptoms among primary care workers (PCWs) in São Paulo, Brazil, to compare the prevalence of probable depression PCWs before during pandemic.
OBJETIVO: Analisar os critérios de admissão, encaminhamento e continuidade cuidado a pacientes utilizados pelas equipes dos centros atenção psicossocial. MÉTODOS: Pesquisa qualitativa com avaliação participativa realizada em três psicossocial do município Rio Janeiro (RJ) 2006. Foram sorteados 15 casos admitidos encaminhados dentre para tratamento nos seis meses anteriores ao início da pesquisa. Os apontados pela equipe admissão paciente ou foram analisados partir um roteiro estruturado. A...
Brazilian Psychiatric Reform proposes a mental healthcare model based on the implementation of community-based service network, in which Psychosocial Service Centers (CAPS) play fundamental role. The report presents results pilot study aimed to adapt Critical Time Intervention context, and test its feasibility provide it persons with schizophrenic spectrum disorders who are enrolled CAPS Rio de Janeiro.The research design included three inter-related phases. Phase one consisted carrying out...
Foi realizada uma análise da incidência de exames realizados no Instituto Médico-Legal Afrânio Peixoto, Rio Janeiro, Brasil, entre janeiro e julho 2000. Foram selecionados 124 casos suspeitos abuso sexual, envolvendo ambos os sexos em indivíduos com idade 0 17 anos. Os menores 14 anos representaram 81,45% amostra, coincidindo índices observados estudo anterior que abrangeu o primeiro trimestre do mesmo ano. O sexo masculino predominou nos atentado violento ao pudor - 20,97% grupo, não...
Background: Although there are some reports on the efficacy of maintenance electroconvulsive therapy (mECT) in rapid cycling bipolar disorder is scant data about use mECT non‐rapid form this condition. Patient and methods: We report case a 45‐year‐old man diagnosed with affective at age 32 who had 5 manic episodes 6 years. These were severe, required hospitalization poor response to lithium carbonate, sodium valproate, carbamazepine, haloperidol chlorpromazine (either alone or combination)....
OBJETIVO: Descrever a associação entre depressão durante gestação e os efeitos no recém-nascido (baixo peso ao nascer prematuridade). MÉTODOS: Foi realizado um estudo de coorte, com 100 gestantes atendidas março setembro 2011 em uma unidade atenção básica saúde Nova Iguaçu. As responderam sobre características sociodemográficas, condições médicas/obstétricas, eventos estressantes apoio social. A foi avaliada por meio do Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI). Após o período...
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention efficacy trials with psychiatric patients have been conducted in research settings high-resourced countries, establishing short-term for reducing sexual risk behavior. None has implemented within systems of care. In the last decade, overcoming this research-to-practice gap become a focus implementation science. This paper describes first and only HIV Prevention intervention trial real-world outpatient facilitated by trained clinic-based...
Few studies provide clear rationale for and the reception of adaptations evidence-based interventions. To address this gap, we describe context-dependent in critical time intervention-task shifting (CTI-TS), a manualized recovery program individuals with psychosis Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Santiago, Chile. Implications - incorporating task-shifting approach modifying mode community-based service delivery are examined from users' perspectives.A secondary analysis in-depth interviews CTI-TS users...