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Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and its Association with Mental Wel...
Pinheiro Guedes, Lara; Sousa-Uva, Mafalda; Gusmão, Ricardo; Martinho , Clarisse; Matias Dias , Carlos; da Conceição, Virgínia; Gomes Quelhas , CarlosIntroduction: Exposure to ambient air pollution may play a role in the onset of common mental disorders like depressive and anxiety disorders. The association of long-term exposure to particles smaller than 10 μm (PM10) with these diseases remains unclear. This study aimed to estimate the association of long-term exposure to PM10 with mental well-being and the frequency of probable diagnosis of common mental di...
Sudden and Transient Block of Left Brain Hemisphere Activity in Catatonic Patie...
Melo, António; Bravo, Joana; Silva dos Santos, Amílcar; Gusmão, Ricardo; Lara, ElsaIntroduction: In the last 21 years, there has been an increase in studies on visual and quantitative EEG (qEEG). Although new findings have been reported, such as the extreme delta brush waves in anti-NMDA receptors encephalitis, there are still undocumented visual EEG alterations. In Psychiatry, these new findings are harder to detect because most patients do not undergo routine EEG. In this work, we report fo...
Prevalence os self-reported Common Mental Disorders in the 2015 resident popula...
Pinheiro-Guedes, Lara; Gaio, Vânia; Sousa-Uva, Mafalda; Martinho, Clarisse; Matias Dias, Carlos; da Conceição, Virgínia; Gusmão, RicardoAntecedentes: As doenças mentais comuns, designadamente as patologias depressivas e ansiosas, constituem as principais causas de doença mental. Estimativas de 2019 do Global Burden of Diseases indicam que Portugal é um dos países da União Europeia com maior prevalência destas patologias. Os dados do último estudo nacional de prevalência em doenças mentais comuns datam de 2009. Objetivo: O objetivo deste estudo ...
Poluição atmosférica exterior e saúde mental um estudo representativo a nível n...
Pinheiro-Guedes, Lara; Sousa Uva, Mafalda; Gusmão, Ricardo; Martinho, Clarisse; Matias Dias, Carlos; da Conceição, Virgínia; Gomes Quelhas, CarlosIntrodução: A poluição atmosférica exterior constitui um grave problema de saúde global. As doenças mentais comuns (DMC), nomeadamente as perturbações depressivas e ansiosas, são uma das principais causas de carga de doença, a nível mundial. A exposição de longo-prazo a partículas inaláveis parece associar-se à redução do bem-estar mental (BEM) e ao diagnóstico de DMC, mas a evidência é inconsistente. Procurámo...
Secular Trends in the Mortality by Cerebrovascular Diseases in Portugal: 1902-2012
Pinhão Ramalheira, Carlos; M. Gonçalves, Ana; Gomes, Filipa; Dutschmann, Rita; Gusmão, RicardoIntroduction: Cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) are one of the main causes of death in Portugal. Research on the epi- demiologic history might help to understand the phenomenon and guide intervention strategies. Objectives: (1) Describe historic trends in mortality. (2) Estimate the impact of demographic variations on the registered number of cases. Methods: (1) We calculated rates, specific and standard- ized, fo...
Increased risk for mental disorders and suicide during the COVID-19 pandemic. P...
Sarchiapone, Marco; Lopez-Castroman, Jorge; Gramaglia, Carla; Baca-Garcia, Enrique; Baralla, Francesca; Barrigon, Maria; Bartollino, SilviaIn March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. The Section on Suicidology and Suicide Prevention of the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) wants to raise awareness about the potential increase in mental health disorders and suicides as a result of the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and of the necessary restrictive measures adopted worldwide to ...
A new viewpoint on the etiopathogenesis of depression : insights from the neuro...
Silva dos Santos, Amílcar; Sales, Miguel; Sebastião, Ana M; Gusmão, RicardoIn this opinion article, we humbly propose a new viewpoint on the etiopathogenesis of depression. We base the model on our interpretation of selected recent neurophysiological findings, mainly regarding Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) to treat Parkinson’s Disease and also DBS to treat Treatment-Resistant Depression (TRD). We coin the idea a mental kindling-like mechanism. However, future clinical research, possibl...