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Collective Health in Brazil and Implementation Science: Challenges and Potentialities

Implementation science encounters numerous obstacles in the Latin American region, primarily due to its unique social, political, and institutional characteristics. These obstacles include weak institutions, u...

Alice A. Silva, Giovana P. D. Lopes… in Global Implementation Research and Applica… (2023)

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Map** genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia

Schizophrenia has a heritability of 60–80%¹, much of which is attributable to common risk alleles. Here, in a two-stage genome-wide association study of up to 76,755 individuals with schizophrenia and 243,649 con...

Vassily Trubetskoy, Antonio F. Pardiñas, Ting Qi, Georgia Panagiotaropoulou… in Nature (2022)

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Building Research Capacity Across and Within Low- and Middle-Income Countries: The Collaborative Hubs for International Research on Mental Health

Daniel J. Pilowsky, Graciela Rojas, LeShawndra N. Price… in Academic Psychiatry (2016)

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Prevalence and risk factors for cannabis use in low-income pregnant women in São Paulo, Brazil

Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug during the perinatal period and has potential risks to the fetus. The purpose of this study is to estimate the 1-year prevalence of cannabis use and identify ass...

Janet E. Shu, Hsiang Huang, Paulo R. Menezes… in Archives of Women's Mental Health (2016)

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Population impact of depression on functional disability in elderly: results from “São Paulo Ageing & Health Study” (SPAH)

With the fast population aging, functional disability among the elderly is becoming a major public health issue. Depression is highly prevalent in this phase of life and may be associated with a significant pr...

Simone Almeida da Silva, Marcia Scazufca… in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinic… (2013)

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Suicidal ideation during pregnancy: prevalence and associated factors among low-income women in São Paulo, Brazil

The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and correlates of suicidal ideation among low-income pregnant women living in Brazil. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of 831 women surveyed during 2...

Hsiang Huang, Alexandre Faisal-Cury, Ya-Fen Chan… in Archives of Women's Mental Health (2012)

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Incidence and Outcome of Schizophrenia Across the Globe

Ten years ago, during the “IV Search for the Causes of Schizophrenia” meeting, one of the main issues regarding the epidemiology of schizophrenia was the meaning and implications of universality and uniformity...

Paulo R. Menezes in Advances in Schizophrenia Research 2009 (2010)

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Validity of the self reporting questionnaire-20 in epidemiological studies with older adults

This study examined the validity of the self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ-20) in a population-based survey with older adults in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dr. Marcia Scazufca, Paulo R. Menezes… in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemio… (2009)

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Caregiver burden in an elderly population with depression in São Paulo, Brazil

Background: Mental disorders are among the most prevalent chronic conditions in old age, depression being the most widespread. The aim of this study was to examine the burden and distress reporte...

Marcia Scazufca, Paulo R. Menezes… in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemio… (2002)

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Predictors of clinical and social outcomes after hospitalization in schizophrenia

A prospective cohort study of schizophrenia was carried out in São Paulo, Brazil, in order to investigate clinical and social outcomes in schizophrenia and related psychoses after hospitalization. A sample of ...

Paulo R. Menezes, Laura C. Rodrigues… in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinic… (1997)