[HTML][HTML] Religiousness and mental health: a review

A Moreira-Almeida, F Lotufo Neto… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2006 - SciELO Brasil
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between religiosity and mental health has been a perennial
source of controversy. This paper reviews the scientific evidence available for the …

[HTML][HTML] Hypertension and depression

AZ Scalco, MZ Scalco, JBS Azul, FL Neto - Clinics, 2005 - Elsevier
Despite the high prevalence of depression and hypertension, the relationship between the
two diseases has received little attention. This paper reviews the epidemiological …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of quality of life in Brazilian medical students: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AC Solis, F Lotufo-Neto - Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To examine predictors associated with quality of life (QoL) in Brazilian medical
students. Methods: PubMed, PsycINFO, EMBASE, LILACS, and Google Scholar were …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Beck Depression Inventory-II in a community sample

MH Gomes-Oliveira, C Gorenstein… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2012 - SciELO Brasil
BACKGROUND: The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) is used worldwide for detecting
depressive symptoms. This questionnaire has been revised (1996) to match the DSM-IV …

Meta-analysis of the reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase type A moclobemide and brofaromine for the treatment of depression

F Lotufo-Neto, M Trivedi, ME Thase - Neuropsychopharmacology, 1999 - Elsevier
The reversible inhibitors of monoamine oxidase type A (RIMAs) are a newer group of
antidepressants that have had much less impact on clinical psychopharmacology than …

[HTML][HTML] Exploratory study on the psychological impact of COVID-19 on the general Brazilian population

AP Serafim, RSS Durães, CCA Rocca, PD Gonçalves… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has become one of the main international concerns regarding its
impact on mental health. The present study aims to investigate the prevalence of …

Group cognitive-behavioral therapy versus sertraline for the treatment of children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive disorder

FR Asbahr, AR Castillo, LM Ito… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (GCBT)
and of sertraline in treatment-naïve children and adolescents with obsessive-compulsive …

Major depressive disorder and disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus

FG Nery, EF Borba, JP Hatch, JC Soares… - Comprehensive …, 2007 - Elsevier
The association between psychosocial factors and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is
still a matter of discussion. Mood disorders may represent neuropsychiatric manifestations of …

Comparison of Brazilian spiritist mediumship and dissociative identity disorder

A Moreira-Almeida, FL Neto… - The Journal of nervous …, 2008 - journals.lww.com
We studied the similarities and differences between Brazilian Spiritistic mediums and North
American dissociative identity disorder (DID) patients. Twenty-four mediums selected among …

[HTML][HTML] Virtual reality exposure using three-dimensional images for the treatment of social phobia

CM Gebara, TP Barros-Neto… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2015 - SciELO Brasil
Objective: To test a potential treatment for social phobia, which provides exposure to phobia-
inducing situations via computer-generated, three-dimensional images, using an open …