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Cardiovascular risk factors and major depressive disorder: a cross-sectional st...
Bivanco-Lima,Danielle; de Souza Santos,Itamar; Wang,Yuan-Pang; Viana,Maria Carmen; Andrade,Laura Helena; Lotufo,Paulo AndradeABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular risk factors can mediate the association between depression and cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate cardiovascular risk factors in adult individuals with and without histories of major depression in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, Brazil. DESIGN AND SETTING: Cross-sectional study in São Paulo (SP), Brazil. METHODS: This study evaluated 423 individuals withou...
“I don’t need any treatment” – barriers to mental health treatment in the...
Coêlho,Bruno M.; Santana,Geilson L.; Viana,Maria C.; Wang,Yuan-Pang; Andrade,Laura H.Objective: Most countries fail to treat individuals with psychopathologies. Investigating treatment barriers and reasons for dropout are key elements to overcoming this scenario. Methods: A representative sample of 2,942 urban-dwelling adults was interviewed face-to-face within a cross-sectional, stratified, multistage probability survey of the general population. Psychiatric diagnosis, severity level, use of s...
Gender-related dimensions of childhood adversities in the general population
Coêlho,Bruno M.; Santana,Geilson L.; Viana,Maria C.; Andrade,Laura H.; Wang,Yuan-PangObjective: Childhood adversities (CAs) comprise a group of negative experiences individuals may suffer in their lifetimes. The goal of the present study was to investigate the cluster discrimination of CAs through psychometric determination of the common attributes of such experiences for men and women. Methods: Parental mental illness, substance misuse, criminality, death, divorce, other parental loss, family ...
Determinants of the use of health care services: multilevel analysis in the Met...
Chiavegatto Filho,Alexandre Dias Porto; Wang,Yuan-Pang; Malik,Ana Maria; Takaoka,Julia; Viana,Maria Carmen; Andrade,Laura HelenaOBJECTIVE To evaluate the individual and contextual determinants of the use of health care services in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo.METHODS Data from the Sao Paulo Megacity study – the Brazilian version of the World Mental Health Survey multicenter study – were used. A total of 3,588 adults living in 69 neighborhoods in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, SP, Southeastern Brazil, including 38 municipa...
Psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II: a comprehensive re...
Wang,Yuan-Pang; Gorenstein,ClariceObjective: To review the psychometric properties of the Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) as a self-report measure of depression in a variety of settings and populations. Methods: Relevant studies of the BDI-II were retrieved through a search of electronic databases, a hand search, and contact with authors. Retained studies (k = 118) were allocated into three groups: non-clinical, psychiatric/institutionali...
Application of the Spielberger's State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory in clin...
Azevedo,Flávia Barros de; Wang,Yuan-Pang; Goulart,Alessandra Carvalho; Lotufo,Paulo Andrade; Benseñor,Isabela MartinsOBJECTIVE: To examine the factor structure of the Portuguese version of State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) in clinical patients. METHOD: 400 subjects from an internal medicine outpatient unit and 200 from a medical ward were recruited. Patients answered questions about clinical data, the STAXI, and the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Raw score of the STAXI was submitted to reliability assessment an...
The influence of the comorbidity between depression and alcohol use disorder on...
Coêlho,Bruno Mendonça; Andrade,Laura Helena; Guarniero,Francisco Bevilacqua; Wang,Yuan-PangOBJECTIVE: To investigate in a community sample the association of suicide-related cognitions and behaviors ("thoughts of death", "desire for death", "suicidal thoughts", and "suicidal attempts") with the comorbidity of depressive disorders (major depressive episode or dysthymia) and alcohol or substance use disorders. METHOD: The sample was 1464 subjects interviewed in their homes using the Composite Internati...
Epidemiology of suicide in Brazil (1980 - 2000): characterization of age and ge...
Mello-Santos,Carolina de; Bertolote,José Manuel; Wang,Yuan-PangOBJECTIVE: To describe the suicide rates in Brazil in recent decades, drawing comparisons with the worldwide epidemiological situation. METHODS: Descriptive analyses of Brazilian suicide data, relating to the 1980-2000 period and extracted from the DATASUS database. Brazilian suicide trends were examined by age and gender. RESULTS: The overall rate of suicide in Brazil increased 21% in 20 years. Men were found ...