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First-time administration of the Sydney Melancholia Prototype Index (SMPI) to n...
Messinger,Mateus F.; Caldieraro,Marco A.; Mosqueiro,Bruno P.; da Costa,Felipe B.; Barcelos,William dos S.; Santos,Pedro V.; Parker,GordonObjective: The Sydney Melancholia Prototype Index (SMPI) is a scale that uses a non-conventional strategy to assess melancholia status based on prototypic symptoms and illness course variables. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of the first translation of this instrument in a non-English-speaking population. Methods: A sample comprising 106 Brazilian outpatients with depression was evaluated simultan...
Sydney Melancholia Prototype Index (SMPI): translation and cross-cultural adapt...
Messinger,Mateus Frizzo; Caldieraro,Marco Antonio; Mosqueiro,Bruno Paz; da Costa,Felipe Bauer Pinto; Possebon,Gabriela Maria PereiraAbstract Introduction Depression is possibly not a single syndrome but rather comprises several subtypes. DSM-5 proposes a melancholia specifier with phenotypic characteristics that could be associated with clinical progression, biological markers or therapeutic response. The Sydney Melancholia Prototype Index (SMPI) is a prototypic scale aimed to improve the diagnosis of melancholia. So far, there is only an E...
Psychometric properties of the WHOQOL-SRPB BREF, Brazilian Portuguese version
Zimpel,Rogério R.; Panzini,Raquel G.; Bandeira,Denise R.; Fleck,Marcelo P.; da Rocha,Neusa S.Objective: To test the reliability and the discriminant and convergent validity of the abbreviated Brazilian Portuguese World Health Organization’s Quality of Life Instrument – Spirituality, Religion, and Personal Beliefs module (WHOQOL-SRPB BREF). Methods: In a sample of 404 individuals, we applied a general questionnaire, the WHOQOL-BREF, the long-form SRPB, the Brief Religious-Spiritual Coping Scale (RCOPE),...
Effectiveness evaluation of mood disorder treatment algorithms in Brazilian pub...
Lima,Ana F.; Miguel,Sandro R.; Cohen,Mírian; Zimmermann,Jacques J.; Shansis,Flávio M.; Cruz,Luciane N.; Ziegelmann,Patrícia K.; Polanczyk,Carisi A.Objective: To assess the effectiveness of three mood disorder treatment algorithms in a sample of patients seeking care in the Brazilian public healthcare system. Methods: A randomized pragmatic trial was conducted with an algorithm developed for treating episodes of major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar depressive episodes and mixed episodes of bipolar disorder (BD). Results: The sample consisted of 259 sub...
Predictors of length of stay in an acute psychiatric inpatient facility in a ge...
Baeza,Fernanda L.; da Rocha,Neusa S.; Fleck,Marcelo P.Objective: There have been significant reductions in numbers of psychiatric beds and length of stay (LOS) worldwide, making LOS in psychiatric beds an interesting outcome. The objective of this study was to find factors measurable on admission that would predict LOS in the acute psychiatric setting. Methods: This was a prospective, observational study. Results: Overall, 385 subjects were included. The median LO...
Psychometric properties of the EUROHIS-QOL 8-item index (WHOQOL-8) in a Brazili...
Pires,Ana Caroline; Fleck,Marcelo P.; Power,Mick; da Rocha,Neusa S.Objective: To test the psychometric properties of the EUROHIS-QOL 8-item index in a Brazilian sample. Methods: The sample consisted of 151 patients and 174 healthy controls (n=325). Several psychometric properties were tested. Results: Reliability showed good internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.81). The measure showed good discriminant validity between patients and healthy controls (mean1 = 3.32, SD1 = 0...
Outcomes of inpatients with severe mental illness: a naturalistic descriptive s...
Nuernberg,Gabriela L.; Baeza,Fernanda L.; Fleck,Marcelo P.; Rocha,Neusa S.Objective: To describe and evaluate the response and predictors of remission during inpatient treatment in a psychiatric unit in a general hospital based on symptomatology, functionality, and quality of life (QoL). Methods: Patients were admitted to a psychiatric unit in a tertiary general hospital in Brazil from June 2011 to December 2013 and included in the study if they met two of the severe mental illness (...
Childhood trauma and dimensions of depression: a specific association with the ...
Vares,Edgar A.; Salum,Giovanni A.; Spanemberg,Lucas; Caldieraro,Marco A.; Souza,Lívia H. de; Borges,Roberta de P.; Fleck,Marcelo P.Objective: To investigate associations between a history of childhood trauma and dimensions of depression in a sample of clinically depressed patients. Methods: A sample of 217 patients from a mood-disorder outpatient unit was investigated with the Beck Depression Inventory, the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale, the CORE Assessment of Psychomotor Change, and the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. A previous latent...
Internalizing disorders and quality of life in adolescence: evidence for indepe...
Salum,Giovanni A.; DeSousa,Diogo A.; Bosa,Vera L.; Schuch,Ilaine; Goldani,Marcelo; Isolan,Luciano R.; Teche,Stefania P.; Fleck,Marcelo P.; Rohde,Luis A.Objective: To investigate whether internalizing disorders are associated with quality of life (QoL) in adolescents, even after accounting for shared risk factors. Methods: The sample comprised 102 adolescents from a community cross-sectional study with an oversampling of anxious subjects. Risk factors previously associated with QoL were assessed and divided into five blocks organized hierarchically from proxima...
Estudos latino-americanos sobre melancolia: um transtorno do humor melhor defin...
Juruena,Mario F.; Calil,Helena M.; Fleck,Marcelo P.; Del Porto,Jose A.OBJETIVO: A depressão melancólica é um diagnóstico psiquiátrico de história de vida, geralmente com episódios recorrentes. Melancolia é uma síndrome com longa duração e características específicas de psicopatologia, insuficientemente diferenciada de depressão maior por um especificador no DSM-IV e parcialmente descrito nos critérios da Classificação Internacional de Doenças-10ª Edição. Dentro da classificação a...