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Chronobiology in Management of Bipolar Disorders: What We Know So Far?
Fraga, Ana Margarida; Moura, Nuno; Quintão, Ana; Santos, Catarina; Cintra, Pedro; Moutinho, Adriana.; .
Global Health in Psychiatry Training in Portugal: A Collaborative Project to Im...
Albuquerque, Margarida; Mota, Ana Margarida; Canas-Simião, Hugo; Cintra, Pedro; Gago, Joaquim.
Lurasidone: Ten Years Treating Adults with Bipolar Depression
Albuquerque, Margarida; Facucho-Oliveira, João; Esteves-Sousa, Daniel; Moura, Nuno; Neto, Daniel; Cintra, PedroLurasidone is an atypical antipsychotic approved in 2010 in Canada and in the USA for the treatment of adults with schizophrenia or bipolar type I disorder. In 2014 it was approved in the European Union for the treatment of patients with 13 years‑old or older, with schizophrenia. Lurasidone is a benzisothiazole derivative with a binding profile that makes it an antidepressant candidate with a low metabolic impa...
Forensic telepsychiatry in Portugal: a few reflections.
Pereira, Bruno; Cintra, Pedro; Vieira, Fernando; Santos, Jorge CostaForensic Telepsychiatry has had growing usage in countries such as the USA and England in the last decade, due to ongoing development of technologies which allow a better access to mental health care in needed populations, and improve the outcome of technicians' work, while facing a more demanding performance of Mental Health facilities. In this article we make a revision of literature concerning applications o...
Sindrome Serotoninérgico: Manifestações Clínicas, Diagnóstico, Terapêutica
Cintra, Pedro; Ramos, AnaO síndrome serotoninérgico é uma entidade clínica relativamente infrequente, mas que pode ter consequências potencialmente letais. O espectro de manifestações é altamente variável, desde discreto tremor e diarreia a alterações do estado mental, hiperactividade autonómica, hipertermia e contracções clóricas. Oitenta e cinco por cento dos médicos não estão familiarizados com as características do síndrome. Preten...