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1. Psychopharmacology of smoking cessation medications: focus on patients with mental health disorders

   INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY, v.35, n.5-6, Special Issue, p.397-417, 2023

   The adverse effects of smoking cessation in individuals with mental health disorders have been a point of concern, and progress in the development of treatment has been slow. The primary first-line treatments for smoking cessation are Nicotine Replacement Therapy, Bupropion, Varenicline, and beha...

2. Women and MDMA: particularities of gender and sex

   INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY, v.35, n.5-6, Special Issue, p.461-467, 2023

   This comprehensive review delves into the intricate interplay between gender/sex and MDMA use, drawing upon recent evidence. It explores how girls, as a means of coping with negative emotions, often resort to drug use, while boys primarily initiate drug use due to peer pressure or sensation-seeki...

3. Performance measures for alcohol and other drugs services: a commentary

   INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY, v.35, n.5-6, Special Issue, p.475-485, 2023

   Alcohol and other drugs treatment includes a wide range of service and personal characteristics, along with expected and unexpected barriers to treatment. To capture the benefits and the gaps of a designed treatment, one needs to consider process-of-care and outcome measurements. Process-of-care ...

4. Bariatric surgery and it influence in alcohol consumption-differences before and after surgery, a systematic review and meta-analysis

   INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY, v.35, n.5-6, Special Issue, p.367-376, 2023

   BackgroundThrough new publications on the subject, the main goal of this article is to seek a change in the pattern of alcohol use before and after bariatric surgery.MethodsWe searched the National Library of Medicine, CINAHL, and PsycINFO databases. We included original articles regarding alcoho...

5. BRAF-testing medical education needs in Latin America

   CANCER PATHOGENESIS AND THERAPY, v.1, n.4, p.295-298, 2023

6. Cannabis use influences disorganized symptoms severity but not transition in a cohort of non-help-seeking individuals at-risk for psychosis from Sao Paulo, Brazil

   PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH, v.331, article ID 115665, 7p, 2024

   Background: Cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of developing a psychotic disorder. However, in individuals with at-risk mental states for psychosis (ARMS) this association is not clear, as well as the impact of cannabis use on symptom severity. The objective of this study was to ev...

7. Os efeitos de um treinamento sobre humanização entre médicos comparados a não médicos

   REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE EDUCAçãO MéDICA, v.47, n.2, p.e062, 2023

   Abstract: Introduction: The medical category has been considered of little competence regarding the attributes related to humanization. As such, changes have been made in the course curriculums of undergraduate medical courses in Brazil and worldwide to expand the Humanities disciplines. In addit...

8. Drug use among medical students in São Paulo, Brazil: a cross-sectional study during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

   SAO PAULO MEDICAL JOURNAL, v.142, n.2, article ID e2022493, 10p, 2024

   BACKGROUND: Medical students demonstrate higher rates of substance use than other university students and the general population. The challenges imposed by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic raised significant concerns about mental health and substance use.OBJECTIVES: Assess the cur...

9. Pharmacological Treatment of Alcohol Cravings

   BRAIN SCIENCES, v.13, n.8, article ID 1206, 28p, 2023

   (1) Background: The treatment of substance addiction is challenging and has persisted for decades, with only a few therapeutic options. Although there are some recommendations for specific treatments for Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD), there is no specific medication used to treat alcohol cravings, w...

10. Transtornos alimentares

    Marin, Thaís Muriel; Morikawa, Márcia. Transtornos alimentares. In: Favarato, Maria Helena Sampaio; Saad, Rafael; Ivanovic, Lígia Fidelis; Jorge, Maria Cecília Pavanel; Oliveira, Júlio César de; Santos, Valter Garcia; Morinaga, Christian Valle; Bricola, Solange Aparecida Petilo de Carvalho; Nunes, Maria do Patrocínio Tenório; Martins, Mílton de Arruda (eds); Soeiro, Alexandre de Matos; Silva, Bruno Caldin da; Filadelfo, Cesar Ribeiro; Andrade, Daniel Ciampi de; Carvalho, Daniel Fiordelisio de; Nakagawa, Daniel Makoto; Sitnik, Debora; Colombo, Elisabetta Sachsida; Fonseca, Fabricio Lopes da; Lauterbach, Gerhard da Paz; Maesaka, Jonathan Yugo; Oliveira, Júlio César de; Ivanovic, Lígia Fidelis; Fonseca, Luciana Mazoti Lopes da; Gil Junior, Luiz Antonio; Marzinotto, Maira Andrade Nacimbem; Aun, Marcelo Vivolo; Vieira, Marcio Eduardo Bergamini; Jorge, Maria Cecília Pavanel; Nunes, Maria do Patrocínio Tenório; Favarato, Maria Helena Sampaio; D´Alessandro, Maria Perez Soares; Cordeiro, Maurício Dener; Mak, Milena Perez; Lima, Moisés da Cunha; Guidi, Paula Machado; Saad, Rafael; Teixeira, Ralcyon Francis Azevedo; Bricola, Solange Aparecida Petilo de Carvalho; Takahashi, Tiago Kenji; Santos, Valter Garcia; Cesar, Wagner G. Galvão; Nahas, William (coords). Manual do residente de clínica médica [3.ed.]. SANTANA DE PARNAÍBA: Manole, 2023. p.268-270.