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Mental health and post-traumatic stress disorder in firefighters: an integrated...

Introduction: The presence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology in firefighters is an ever-pressing issue that requires close attention for adequate interventions. The present study investigated PTSD and global psychopathology prevalence in a sample of highly risk-exposed Portuguese firefighters, collected after the widespread deadly wildfires in 2017 that ravaged the country. Following an ac...

Neuropsicologia da Perturbação Obsessivo Compulsiva no Adulto

Perturbações da Personalidade no Contexto Forense

SIMULAÇÃO, DISSIMULAÇÃO E DOENÇA FACTÍCIA

The quest for biomarkers in Schizophrenia: from neuroimaging to machine learning

Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder and one of the leading causes of disease burden worldwide. It represents a source of signi cant su ering and disability to the a ected individuals, and is associated with substantial societal and economical costs. The diagnosis of schizophrenia still depends exclusively on the detection of symptoms that are also present in other mental disorders. This situation causes o...

Neural connectivity in youth at-risk for bipolar disorder: a review of function...

Background: Delayed diagnosis of bipolar disorder (BD) is common in adolescents and young adults and the search for biomarkers to help in early diagnosis in BD at-risk populations is an important goal of neuroimaging research. Functional connectivity studies in BD patients suggests that anomalous connectivity between prefrontal and limbic regions could be risk biomarkers for BD. The aim of this review is to pro...

It is not only memory: Effects of sensecam on improving well-being in patients ...

Cognitive interventions (either restorative or compensatory) developed for mild Alzheimer's Disease (AD) have been tested widely with cognitive measures, but less is known about how the effects of such interventions are generalizable to daily functioning. In the present study, we looked at affective state and perceived functionality and quality of life indicators, for three different cognitive rehabilitation pr...

Cognitive control predicts facial emotion recognition and functioning in euthym...

Negative symptoms mediate the relationship between social cognition and functio...

In spite of significant advances in pharmacological and psychological treatments, schizophrenia still ranks among the leading causes of disability worldwide. People suffering from schizophrenia have significant impairment in major areas of everyday life, such as interpersonal relationships, work or school and even self-care. Enhancing the understanding of factors that hinder real-life functioning is therefore c...

Social Cognition, Negative Symptoms and Psychosocial Functioning in Schizophrenia

Although functional recovery could be advocated as an achievable treatment goal, many e ective interventions for the treatment of psychotic symptoms, such as antipsychotic drugs, may not improve functioning. The last two decades of cognitive and clinical research on schizophrenia were a turning point for the rm acknowledgment of how relevant social cognitive de cits and negative symptoms could be in predicting ...