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Kidney function, age, and education as contributors to depression and anxiety i...
Figueiredo-Braga, M; Silva, B; Ganhão, S; Aguiar, F; Cornaby, C; Brito, I; Poole, BDJuvenile systemic lupus erythematosus (JSLE) is diagnosed in children younger than 18 years of age. Depression and anxiety are common, but not well understood in JSLE. We investi-gated the clinical and psychological factors associated with the psychological manifestations of JSLE. Twenty-nine JSLE patients were recruited for the study. Patients completed surveys evaluating their psychological status and percept...
Impulsive and premeditated aggression in male offenders with antisocial persona...
Azevedo, JC; Vieira-Coelho, M; Castelo-Branco, M; Coelho, R; Figueiredo-Braga, MIntroduction Aggression is a clinical symptom of various psychiatric disorders that can be conceptualised as a physical act towards another person with the intent to cause harm. In antisocial personality disorder (ASPD), aggression is a frequent manifestation that differently compromise therapeutic and prognostic goals according to its impulsive or premeditated categorisation. ASPD is characterised by high leve...
Depression and anxiety in systemic lupus erythematosus: The crosstalk between i...
Figueiredo-Braga, M; Cornaby, C; Cortez, A; Bernardes, M; Terroso, G; Figueiredo, M; Mesquita, CS; Costa, L; Poole, BDepression and anxiety cause severe loss of quality of life for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. The causes and factors that contribute to these psychological manifestations in lupus are difficult to disentangle. This study compared clinical, psychological, and demographic factors between lupus patients, depressed patients, and rheumatoid arthritis patients to discover lupus-specific contributors to ...
Influence of Biological Therapeutics, Cytokines, and Disease Activity on Depres...
Figueiredo-Braga, M; Cornaby, C; Cortez, A; Bernardes, M; Terroso, G; Figueiredo, M; Mesquita, CS; Costa, L; Poole, BPurpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an often debilitating autoinflammatory disease. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis are often troubled by co-occurring depression or other psychological manifestations. RA patients have a variety of treatment options available, including biologicals that inhibit cytokines or immune cells. If these cytokines influence the psychological symptoms, then the use of cytokine inhib...
Mobile solutions in depression: Enhancing communication with patients using an ...
Almeida, A; Almeida, H; Figueiredo-Braga, MMobile solutions, namely the ones based on the Short Message Service (SMS), can play an important role in enhancing communication with patients with depression, between consultations, allowing the delivery of supportive messages or reminders. This paper presents an overview on this topic and describes a 4-stage study aiming to better understand the mHealth scenario in depression, specifically regarding the use ...
Correlation between physical markers and psychiatric health in a Portuguese sys...
Figueiredo-Braga, M; Cornaby, C; Bernardes, M; Figueiredo, M; Mesquita, CS; Costa, L; Poole, BBackground: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease that affects a large number of people throughout the world. Anxiety, depression and fatigue are common symptoms of SLE that substantially contribute to decreased quality of life. This study investigates the interplay between physical and psychiatric manifestations of lupus. To this end, an SLE patient cohort was examined for correlat...
Validation of the Portuguese version of impulsive-premeditated aggression scale...
Azevedo, JC; Pais-Ribeiro, J; Coelho, R; Figueiredo-Braga, MAggression is one of the core symptoms of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) with therapeutic and prognostic relevance. ASPD is highly prevalent among inmates, being responsible for adverse events and elevated direct and indirect economic costs for the criminal justice system. The Impulsive/Premeditated Aggression Scale (IPAS) is a self-report instrument that characterizes aggression as either predominately...