Completed the Postdoctoral at the Academic Unity of Psychiatry, University of Bristol (2008), PhD in Psychology - University of London (1996), Master's degree in Epidemiology - London School of Hygiene And Tropical Medicine (2006), Master degree in Social Psychology at the University of São Paulo (1990) and graduated in Psychology at the Catholic University of São Paulo (1984). Since 2009 holds the position of Scientific Researcher VI at the Hospital das Clinicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Psychopathology Laboratory of Psychiatric Therapeutics (LIM-23 / IPq-FMUSP). Researcher Colaborator of the Faculty of Medicine - USP, Lecturer and Supervisor at the post-graduation course at the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Department of Psychiatry. Visiting Scientist at the Lown Scholar Program, Department of Global Health and Population, T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University since 2017, and Visiting Researcher at the Global Mental Health Research Group, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neurosciences, King's College London, since 2018. Experience in psychiatric epidemiology, acting on the following topics: epidemiology of mental disorders in adults and elderly (dementia, depression, psychosis, and postpartum women), the health of the elderly and mental health in primary care. Has participated as a researcher and coordinator of national and international multicenter studies. Ad-hoc reviewer for Brazilian and international Research Agencies, Research Institutions and Scientific Journals. Works since 1999 with epidemiological population-based studies (cross-sectional, cohort and pragmatic clinical trials). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Depression among the elderly is common and is often unrecognized, untreated, or receive sub-optimal treatment. Health care services in Brazil are all prepared to serve the health needs of this population. This proposal aims to estimate to what extent adding to usual care a psychosocial, community-based intervention mostly delivered by Community Health Workers (CHWs) and integrated within …
This proposal aims to estimate to what extent adding to usual care a psychosocial, community-based intervention managed mostly delivered by nurse assistants (NA) and integrated within the existing primary care system improves depression recovery rates and functioning among depressed older adults from poor socioeconomic background in São Paulo, Brazil. This will be a two-arm cluster random…
Four 'Scientific Initiation' scholarships linked to the Thematic Project "MRC-FAPESP Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) for late depression in socioeconomically deprived areas of São Paulo, Brazil" were requested. The fellows will participate in academic and field activities (data collection, activities related to psychosocial intervention, etc.) related to the clinical trial. The …
Depression among the elderly is common and is often unrecognized, untreated, or receive sub-optimal treatment. Health care services in Brazil are ill-prepared to serve the health needs of this population. This proposal aims to estimate to what extent adding to usual care a psychosocial, community-based intervention mostly delivered by Community Health Workers (CHWs) and integrated within …
This scholarship is linked to the research grant (thematic project) "Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) for late life Depression in socioeconomically deprived areas of São Paulo, Brazil". The doctoral fellow who will receive this scholarship will have full dedication to the project, interest in developing research skills with a focus on epidemiology and mental health. The project w…
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Digital psychosocial interventions for the management of depressive symptoms may be a potential approach to reduce the mental health gap in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including in Brazil. For this reason, beyond the evaluation of their effectiveness and cost-effectiveness, data on implementation of these interventions are also needed. We are conducting two randomized contro…
Depression among older adults is a public health concern. Strategies to manage this condition in primary care are still scarce in low- and middle-income countries. Thus, we have been conducting randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to assess psychosocial interventions for the management of depressive and subthreshold depressive symptoms among older adults in primary care. The aim of this pr…
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