We are interested in clinical and psychosocial assessment of psychiatric disorders, psychiatric epidemiology, mental health policy/services evaluation research, ageing and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Researchers from our group have coordinated or collaborated in several multicentre studies funded by European and national funding agencies (e.g., psychiatric epidemiology, prediction of depressive episodes, needs assessment in schizophrenia and dementia, family burden, psychoeducational interventions, forensic psychiatry, mental health in prisons, access to timely formal care in dementia). Some of these researchers regularly collaborate with the Portuguese government (Ministry of Health, General Directorate of Health) in the development and implementation of mental health plans and policies on a national basis.

There are strong connections with international research networks like INTERDEM and the 10/66 Dementia Research Group. There are also close collaborations with different clinical services, affiliated or not with NOVA Medical School. The same applies to the third sector, and patient and family associations (e.g. Alzheimer Portugal).

Main interests and Research Areas

• Clinical and psychosocial evaluation of psychiatric disorders and dementia, with a special focus on family aspects.
• Psychiatric epidemiology (psychiatric disorders and dementia, and their determinants).
• Needs and quality of life assessment of people with mental health problems and dementia, and their informal carers (e.g., general population, primary care, secondary care, tertiary care, prisons).
• Non-pharmacological interventions and person-centered care, including psychoeducation; multidisciplinary approaches to older people care, palliative geriatric medicine, prevention of mental disorders and mental health promotion; social health in dementia; information and communication technologies in dementia care.
• Evaluation of mental health policies, programs, and interventions (from local to national level).
• Stigma, attitudes toward psychiatry, recovery and social inclusion.
• Adherence to treatment.
• Implementation science related with the organization of mental health services.
• Communication, humanism and spirituality in health across the life cycle.

Recent scientific contributions (from 2013):

Actifcare (Access to Timely Formal Care in Dementia)
(Coordination – Frans Verhey & Marjolein de Vugt, Maastricht University)
This was a multicentre European project, supported by the EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND)
PI for Portugal: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (FCT - JPND-HC/0001/2012); 2014-2017

The Masters in Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion
www.raiseinrecovery.com
(Coordination: University of Hertfordshire, UK)
This is the first European MSc focused on Recovery, a European Commission ERASMUS Lifelong Learning funded Programme, involving researchers from UK, Portugal (NOVA Medical School), Italy and Poland.
PI for Portugal: Miguel Xavier
Funding: EU Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP) - 517918-LLP-1-2011-1-UK-ERASMUS-ECDCE

Prevalence of old age neuropsychiatric disorders: Contribution to mental health policy in Portugal – The 10/66 Dementia Research Group Prevalence Study in Portugal
Collaboration with the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and the 10/66 Dementia Research Group (Coordination: Martin Prince): 1066.alzint.org
PI for Portugal: Miguel Xavier
Funding: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (PTDC/SAU-EPI/113652/2009); 2011-2014

Ongoing Projects:

“Dementia in Primary Care: the Patient, the Carer and the Doctor in the Medical Encounter” (2019-2020, extended). Bayer / NOVASAÚDE AGEING 2018 grant. (PI: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira; field coordinator: Conceição Balsinha).

Ten recent publications (2011 - Jan 2021)

• Gonçalves‐Pereira M, Zarit SH, Papoila AL, Mateos R. 2021. Positive and negative experiences of caregiving in dementia: The role of sense of coherence. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 36(2): 360–367. doi: 10.1002/gps.5433.
  

• Balsinha, C. Iliffe, S., Dias, S., Freitas, A., Grave, J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., 2020. What is the present role for general practitioners in dementia care? Experiences of general practitioners, patients and family carers in Portugal. Dementia (epub ahead of print). doi: 10.1177/1471301220977710.
  

• Gonçalves-Pereira, M, Zarit, SH, Cardoso, AM, Alves da Silva, J, Papoila, AL, Mateos, R, 2020. A comparison of primary and secondary caregivers of persons with dementia. Psychology and Aging 35, 20–27. doi: 10.1037/pag0000380.
  

• Marques, MJ, Woods, B, Hopper, L, Jelley, H, Irving, K, Kerpershoek, L, Meyer, G, Bieber, A, Stephan, A, Sköldunger, A, Sjölund, BM, Selbaek, G, Rosvik, J, Zanetti, O, Portolani, E, De Vugt, M, Verhey, F, Gonçalves‐Pereira, M, & Actifcare Consortium, 2019. Relationship quality and sense of coherence in dementia: Results of a European cohort study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34, 745–755. doi: 10.1002/gps.5082.
  

• Gonçalves-Pereira, M, Prina, AM, Cardoso, AM, da Silva, JA, Prince, M, Xavier, M, 2019. The prevalence of late-life depression in a Portuguese community sample: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 246, 674–681. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2018.12.067.
  

• Grácio J, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Leff J.Key elements of a family intervention for schizophrenia: A qualitative analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Family Process, 2018; 57 (1): 100-112. doi: 10.1111/famp.12271.
  

• Wardenaar, K.J., Lim, C.C.W., Al-Hamzawi, A.O., Alonso, J., Andrade, L.H., Benjet, C., Bunting, B., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S.E., Gureje, O., Hisateru, T., Hu, C., Huang, Y., Karam, E., Kiejna, A., Lepine, J.P., Navarro-Mateu, F., Oakley Browne, M., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Ten Have, M.L., Torres, Y., Xavier, M., Zarkov, Z., Kessler, R.C., Scott, K.M., de Jonge, P., 2017. The cross-national epidemiology of specific phobia in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychol. Med. 47, 1744–1760. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717000174.
  
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Cardoso A, Verdelho A, Alves da Silva J, Caldas de Almeida M, Fernandes A, Raminhos C, Ferri CP, Prina AM, Prince M, Xavier M. The prevalence of dementia in a Portuguese community sample: a 10/66 Dementia Research Group study. BMC Geriatr. 2017 Nov 7;17(1):261. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0647-5. PMID: 29115922.
• da Silva J, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Xavier M, Mukaetova-Ladinska EB. Affective disorders and risk of developing dementia: systematic review. Br J Psychiatry. 2013 Mar;202(3):177-86. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.101931.
  
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Xavier M, van Wijngaarden B, Papoila AL, Schene AH, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. Impact of psychosis on Portuguese caregivers: a cross-cultural exploration of burden, distress, positive aspects and clinical-functional correlates. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2013 Feb;48(2):325-35. doi: 10.1007/s00127-012-0516-7. Epub 2012 May 31.

Selected books and chapters (2017 – Jan 2021)

• Zhang F, Cheng ST, Gonçalves-Pereira M. Factors contributing to protection and vulnerability in dementia caregivers. In: Martin, C.R., Preedy, V.R. (Eds.), The Neuroscience of Dementia, Vol 2 (Genetics, Neurology, Behavior, and Diet in Dementia). Academic Press, Elsevier, London; 2020. pp. 709–722.
• Balsinha C, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Iliffe S, Freitas JA, Grave J. Healthcare delivery for older people with dementia in primary care. In: de Mendonça-Lima C, Ivbijaro G, editors. Primary Care Mental Health for Older People. Springer, Cham; 2019. ISBN: 978-3-030-10812-0 (Print) 978-3-030-10814-4 (Online) (pp: 311-329; DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10814-4_23.
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Leuschner A. Chap. 29, Portugal. In: Burns A, Robert P, editors. Dementia Care: International Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2019. ISBN: 9780198796046; DOI: 10.1093/med/9780198796046.001.0001. (pp: 219-230; DOI:10.1093/med/9780198796046.003.0029).
• Verdelho A, Gonçalves-Pereira M (Eds): Neuropsychiatric symptoms in cognitive impairment and dementia. Springer, 2017. ISBN: 978-3-319-39136-6 (Print) 978-3-319-39138-0 (Online); DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39138-0.

Other publications (2011 – Jan 2021)

• Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Marques, M.J., Balsinha, C. 2021. A Demência e as Pessoas: Importância do Conceito “Saúde Social” e dos Cuidados de Saúde Primários [Persons with Dementia: The Value of Social Health and Primary Health Care]. Acta Med. Port. 34, 169–170.
• Moura, A.R., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., 2020. Letter to the Editor Regarding the Article “Geriatric Assessment of the Portuguese Population Aged 65 and Over Living in the Community: The PEN-3S study”. On Clinically Significant Depression and Validity of Cut-off Points. [Carta ao Editor Relativa ao Artigo “Avaliação Geriátrica da População Portuguesa Com 65 ou Mais Anos a Residir na Comunidade: Estudo PEN-3S”. Depressão Clinicamente Significativa e Validade dos Pontos de Corte.] Acta Med. Port. 33, 784–785.
• Voormolen, D.C., van Exel, J., Brouwer, W., Sköldunger, A., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Irving, K., Bieber, A., Selbaek, G., Woods, B., Zanetti, O., Verhey, F., Wimo, A., Handels, R.L.H., 2020. A validation study of the CarerQol instrument in informal caregivers of people with dementia from eight European countries. Qual. Life Res. 1, 3.
• Røsvik, J., Michelet, M., Engedal, K., Bergh, S., Bieber, A., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, D.M., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Jelley, H., Kerpershoek, L., Meyer, G., Marques, M.J., Sjølund, B.-M.B.-M., Sköldunger, A., Stephan, A., Verhey, F., de Vugt, M., Woods, B., Wolfs, C., Zanetti, O., Selbaek, G., 2020. Development of best practice recommendations to enhance access to and use of formal community care services for people with dementia in Europe: a Delphi process conducted by the Actifcare project. Aging Ment. Health 1–12.
• Rombach, I., Iftikhar, M., Jhuti, G.S.G.S., Gustavsson, A., Lecomte, P., Belger, M., Handels, R., Castro Sanchez, A.Y., Kors, J., Hopper, L., Olde Rikkert, M., Selbæk, G., Stephan, A., Sikkes, S.A.M., Woods, B., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Zanetti, O., Ramakers, I.H.G.B., Verhey, F.R.J., Gallacher, J., Actifcare Consortium, LeARN Consortium, Landeiro, F., Gray, A.M., 2020. Obtaining EQ-5D-5L utilities from the disease specific quality of life Alzheimer’s disease scale: development and results from a mapping study. Qual. Life Res. 18, 1–13.
• Janssen, N., Handels, R.L., Köhler, S., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Marques, M.J., Irving, K., Hopper, L., Bieber, A., Orrell, M., Selbæk, G., Michelet, M., Wimo, A., Zanetti, O., Portolani, D.M., Woods, B., Jelley, H., Evers, S.M.A.A., Verhey, F.R.J., 2020. Profiles of Met and Unmet Needs in People with Dementia According to Caregivers’ Perspective: Results from a European Multicenter Study. J. Am. Med. Dir. Assoc. 1609-1616.e1.
• Kerpershoek, L., Woods, B., Wolfs, C., Verhey, F., Jelley, H., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Michelet, M., Selbaek, G., Handels, R., Wimo, A., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M.J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, E., Zanetti, O., de Vugt, M., & Actifcare Consortium, 2020 Do caregiver profiles predict the use of dementia care services? Findings from the Actifcare study. Aging Ment. Health, 24(2): 272-279. doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1544215
• Perry-Duxbury, M., van Exel, J., Brouwer, W., Sköldunger, A., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Irving, K., Meyer, G., Selbæk, G., Woods, B., Zanetti, O., Verhey, F., Wimo, A., Handels, R.L.H., & Actifcare Consortium, 2020. A validation study of the ICECAP-O in informal carers of people with dementia from eight European Countries. Qual. Life Res. 29, 237–251. doi:10.1007/s11136-019-02317-3
• Kerpershoek, L., Vugt, M., Wolfs, C., Orrell, M., Woods, B., Jelley, H., Meyer, G., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Selbæk, G., Michelet, M., Wimo, A., Handels, R., Irving, K., Hopper, L., Gonçalves‐Pereira, M., Balsinha, C., Zanetti, O., Portolani, D., Verhey, F., & Actifcare Consortium, 2020. Is there equity in initial access to formal dementia care in Europe? The Andersen Model applied to the Actifcare cohort. Int. J. Geriatr. Psychiatry, 35, 45–52. doi:10.1002/gps.5213
• O’Shea, E., Hopper, L., Marques, M., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Woods, B., Jelley, H., Verhey, F., Kerpershoek, L., Wolfs, C., de Vugt, M., Stephan, A., Bieber, A., Meyer, G., Wimo, A., Michelet, M., Selbaek, G., Portolani, E., Zanetti, O., Irving, K., & Actifcare Consortium, 2020. A comparison of self and proxy quality of life ratings for people with dementia and their carers: a European prospective cohort study. Aging Ment. Health, 24(1): 162-170. doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1517727
• Jelley, H., Kerpershoek, L., Verhey, F., Wolfs, C., De Vugt, M., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Meyer, G., Michelet, M., Selbaek, G., Sjölund, B.M., Sköldunger, A., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M., Balsinha, M.C., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Portolani, D.M., Zanetti, O., Woods, B., & Actifcare Consortium, 2019. Carers’ experiences of timely access to and use of dementia care services in eight European countries. Ageing Soc. doi:10.1017/S0144686X19001119
• Kerpershoek, L., Wolfs, C., Verhey, F., Jelley, H., Woods, B., Bieber, A., Bartoszek, G., Stephan, A., Selbaek, G., Eriksen, S., Sjölund, B., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Marques, M., Gonçalves‐Pereira, M., Portolani, D., Zanetti, O., Vugt, M., & Actifcare Consortium, 2019. Optimizing access to and use of formal dementia care: Qualitative findings from the European Actifcare study. Health Soc. Care Community, 27(5): e814-823. doi:10.1111/hsc.12804
• Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Marques, M.J., Balsinha, C., Fernandes, A., Machado, A.S., Verdelho, A., Barahona-Corrêa, B., Bárrios, H., Guimarães, J., Grave, J., Alves, L., Caldas de Almeida, M. de, Reis, T.A., Orrell, M., Woods, B., De Vugt, M., Verhey, F., Actifcare Consortium, 2019. Necessidades de Cuidados e Recurso aos Serviços na Demência: Avaliação Inicial da Coorte Portuguesa no Estudo Actifcare [Needs for care and service use in dementia: Baseline assessment of Portuguese participants in the Actifcare cohort study]. Acta Med. Port. 32, 355. doi:10.20344/amp.11136
• Verdelho, A., Madureira, S., Correia, M., Ferro, J.M., Rodrigues, M., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Gonçalves, M., Santos, A.C., Vilela, P., Bárrios, H., Borges, M., Santa-Clara, H., 2019. Impact of physical activity in vascular cognitive impairment (AFIVASC): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials 20(1), 114. doi:10.1186/s13063-019-3174-1
• Røsvik, J., Michelet, M., Engedal, K., Bieber, A., Broda, A., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Jelley, H., Kerpershoek, L., Meyer, G., Marques, M.J., Portolani, E., Sjölund, B.-M., Sköldunger, A., Stephan, A., Verhey, F., de Vugt, M., Woods, B., Wolfs, C., Zanetti, O., Selbaek, G., 2019. Interventions to enhance access to and utilization of formal community care services for home dwelling persons with dementia and their informal carers. A scoping review. Aging Ment. Health, 24(2): 200-211. doi:10.1080/13607863.2018.1523876
• Oliveira, D., Jun Otuyama, L., Mabunda, D., Mandlate, F., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Xavier, M., Laks, J., Ferri, C.P., 2019. Reducing the Number of People with Dementia Through Primary Prevention in Mozambique, Brazil, and Portugal: An Analysis of Population-Based Data. J. Alzheimer’s Dis, 70(s1): s283-291. doi:10.3233/JAD-180636
• Janssen, N., Handels, R.L., Sköldunger, A., Woods, B., Jelley, H., Edwards, R.T., Orrell, M., Selbæk, G., Røsvik, J., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Marques, M.J., Zanetti, O., Portolani, E., Irving, K., Hopper, L., Meyer, G., Bieber, A., Stephan, A., Kerpershoek, L., Wolfs, C.A.G., de Vugt, M.E., Verhey, F.R.J., Wimo, A., & Actifcare Consortium, 2018. Impact of Untimely Access to Formal Care on Costs and Quality of Life in Community Dwelling People with Dementia. J. Alzheimer’s Dis. 66, 1165–1174. doi:10.3233/JAD-180531
• Handels, R.L.H., Sköldunger, A., Bieber, A., Edwards, R.T., Gonçalves-Pereira, M., Hopper, L., Irving, K., Jelley, H., Kerpershoek, L., Marques, M.J., Meyer, G., Michelet, M., Portolani, E., Røsvik, J., Selbaek, G., Stephan, A., de Vugt, M., Wolfs, C., Woods, B., Zanetti, O., Verhey, F., Wimo, A., & Actifcare Consortium, 2018. Quality of Life, Care Resource Use, and Costs of Dementia in 8 European Countries in a Cross-Sectional Cohort of the Actifcare Study. J. Alzheimer’s Dis. 66, 1027–1040. doi:10.3233/JAD-180275
• Stephan A, Bieber A, Hopper L, Joyce R, Irving K, Zanetti O, Portolani E, Kerpershoek L, Verhey F, de Vugt M, Wolfs C, Eriksen S, Røsvik J, Marques M, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Sjölund BM, Woods RT, Jelley H, Meyer G and the Actifcare Consortium. Barriers and facilitators to the access to and use of formal dementia care: findings of a focus group study with people with dementia, informal carers and health and social care professionals in eight European countries. BMC Geriatrics, 2018; 18:131. doi: 10.1186/s12877-018-0816-1
• Balsinha C, Marques MJ, Gonçalves-Pereira M. A brief assessment unravels unmet needs of older people in primary care: a mixed-methods evaluation of the SPICE tool in Portugal. Primary Health Care Research and Development; 2018; 19(6): 637-643.
• Kerpershoek L, de Vugt M, Wolfs C, Woods RT, Jelley H, Orrell M, Stephan A, Bieber A, Meyer G, Selbaek G, Handels R, Wimo A, Hopper L, Irving K, Marques M, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Portolani E, Zanetti O, Verhey F, and the Actifcare Consortium. Needs and quality of life of people with middle-stage dementia and their family carers from the European Actifcare study: When informal care alone may not suffice. Aging & Mental Health, 2018; 22(7): 897-902.
• Mateus, P., Caldas de Almeida, J. M., de Carvalho, Á., & Xavier, M. (2017). Implementação de um Modelo de Gestão de Cuidados nos Serviços de Saúde Mental Portugueses: Base Conceptual. Portuguese Journal of Public Health, 35(1), 19-29.
• Palha J, Palha F, Dias P, Gonçalves-Pereira M. Adaptação portuguesa e contribuição para a validação da medida Views on Inpatient Care (VOICE) para avaliação da satisfação com o internamento psiquiátrico. Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2017; 30(11): 790-795.
• Broda A, Bieber A, Meyer G, Hopper L, Joyce R, Irving K, Zanetti O, Portolani E, Kerpershoek L, Verhey F, de Vugt M, Wolfs C, Eriksen S, Røsvik J, Marques M, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Sjölund BM, Woods RT, Jelley H, Orrell M, Stephan A, and the Actifcare Consortium. Perspectives of policy and political decision makers on access to formal dementia care: Expert interviews in eight European countries. BMC Health Services Research, 2017; 17:518. doi 10.1186/s12913-017-2456-0
• Janssen E, de Vugt M, Kohler S, Wolfs C, Kerpeshoek L, Handels R, Orrell M, Woods B, Jelley H, Stephan A, Bieber A, Meyer G, Engedal K, Selbaek G, Wimo A, Irving K, Hopper L, Marques M, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Portolani E, Zanetti O, Verhey F. Caregiver profiles in dementia related to quality of life, depression and perseverance time in the European Actifcare study: the importance of social health. Aging and Mental Health, 2017; 21(1): 49-57. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1255716
• Martín-Carrasco M, Fernández-Catalina P, Domínguez-Panchón AI, Gonçalves Pereira M, González-Fraile E, Ballesteros J and the EDUCA III group. A randomized trial to assess the efficacy of a psychoeducational intervention on caregiver burden in schizophrenia. European Psychiatry, 2016; 33: 9-17.
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Cardoso A, Verdelho A, Alves da Silva J, Caldas de Almeida M, Fernandes A, Ferri C, Prince M, Xavier M. Implementação em Portugal de um estudo de prevalência da demência e da depressão geriátrica: a metodologia do 10/66 Dementia Research Group [Implementing a prevalence study of dementia and geriatric depression in Portugal: The 10/66 DRG methodology]. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública, 2016; 34(2): 134-143.
• Balsinha C, Gonçalves-Pereira M. A avaliação do paciente idoso em Medicina Geral e Familiar: desafios e oportunidades. Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Geral e Familiar 2014; 30: 196-201.
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Zarit SH. The Zarit Burden Interview in Portugal: Validity and recommendations in dementia and palliative care. Acta Médica Portuguesa, 2014; 27(2): 163-165.
• Martín-Carrasco M, Domínguez-Panchón AI, González-Fraile E, Muñoz-González-Fraile E, Domínguez-Panchón AI, Fernández-Catalina, P, Gonçalves-Pereira M. Las diferentes versions del Inventario de Ansiedad Estado-Rasgo. Revista de Psiquiatría y Salud Mental, 2014; 3. Pii: S1888-9891(14)00021-4. doi: 10.1016/j.rpsm.2014.01.005
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Trancas B, Loureiro J, Papoila A, Caldas de Almeida JM. Empathy as related to motivations for medicine in a sample of first-year medical students. Psychological Reports, 2013; 112(1): 73-88.
• Xavier, M., Baptista, H., Mendes, J.M., Magalhães, P., Caldas-de-Almeida, J.M., 2013. Implementing the World Mental Health Survey Initiative in Portugal - rationale, design and fieldwork procedures. Int. J. Ment. Health Syst. 7, 19.
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, van Wijngaarden B, Xavier M, Papoila AL, Caldas de Almeida JM, Schene AH. Caregiving in severe mental illness: The psychometric properties of the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire in Portugal. Annals of General Psychiatry, 2012; 11:8. doi: 10.1186/1744-859X-11-8.
• Cardoso, A. M., Byrne, M., & Xavier, M. (2016). Adesão ao tratamento nas perturbações psiquiátricas: o impacto das atitudes e das crenças em profissionais de serviços de psiquiatria e saúde mental em Portugal. Parte I: aspetos conceptuais e metodológicos. Revista Portuguesa de Saúde Pública, 34(3), 209-219.
• Talina, M., Thomas, S., Cardoso, AM., Aguiar, P., Almeida, JM. C. D., & Xavier, M. (2013). CANFOR Portuguese version: validation study. BMC Psychiatry, 13(157), 157-169.
• Mortier P, Auerbach RP, Alonso J, Axinn WG, Cuijpers P, Ebert DD, Green JG, Hwang I, Kessler RC, Liu H, Nock MK, Pinder-Amaker S, Sampson NA, Zaslavsky AM12, Abdulmalik J, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Benjet C, Demyttenaere K, Florescu S, De Girolamo G, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Huang Y, De Jonge P, Karam EG, Kiejna A, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Mcgrath JJ, O'neill S, Nakov V, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Rapsey C, Viana MC, Xavier M, Bruffaerts R. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among college students and same-aged peers: results from the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2018 Jan 16. doi: 10.1007/s00127-018-1481-6. [Epub ahead of print]
• Navarro-Mateu F, Alonso J, Lim CCW, Saha S, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Andrade LH, Bromet EJ, Bruffaerts R, Chatterji S, Degenhardt L, de Girolamo G, de Jonge P, Fayyad J, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Karam EG, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Medina-Mora ME, Ojagbemi A, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Scott KM, Stagnaro JC, Xavier M, Kendler KS, Kessler RC, McGrath JJ; WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators.(2017) The association between psychotic experiences and disability: results from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2017 May 25. doi: 10.1111/acps.12749. [Epub ahead of print]
• Koenen KC, Ratanatharathorn A, Ng L, McLaughlin KA, Bromet EJ, Stein DJ, Karam EG, Meron Ruscio A, Benjet C, Scott K, Atwoli L, Petukhova M, Lim CC, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Bunting B, Ciutan M, de Girolamo G, Degenhardt L, Gureje O, Haro JM, Huang Y, Kawakami N, Lee S, Navarro-Mateu F, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Sampson N, Ten Have M, Torres Y, C Viana M, Williams D, Xavier M, Kessler RC (2017) Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychol Med. 2017 Apr 7:1-15. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717000708. [Epub ahead of print]
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, González-Fraile E, Santos-Zorrozúa B, Martín-Carrasco M, Fernández-Catalina P, Domínguez-Panchón AI, Muñoz-Hermoso P, Ballesteros J (2017) Assessment of the consequences of caregiving in psychosis: a psychometric comparison of the Zarit Burden Interview (ZBI) and the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire (IEQ). Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2017 Apr 5;15(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0626-8.
• Wardenaar KJ, Lim CC, Al-Hamzawi AO, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Benjet C, Bunting B, de Girolamo G, Demyttenaere K, Florescu SE, Gureje O, Hisateru T, Hu C, Huang Y, Karam E, Kiejna A, Lepine JP, Navarro-Mateu F, Oakley Browne M, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Ten Have ML, Torres Y, Xavier M, Zarkov Z, Kessler RC, Scott KM, de Jonge P. (2017) The cross-national epidemiology of specific phobia in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychol Med. 2017 Feb 22:1-17. doi: 10.1017/S0033291717000174. [Epub ahead of print]
• McGrath JJ, McLaughlin KA, Saha S, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Bruffaerts R, de Girolamo G, de Jonge P, Esan O, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Karam EG, Kovess-Masfety V, Lee S, Lepine JP, Lim CC, Medina-Mora ME, Mneimneh Z, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Sampson N, Viana MC, Xavier M, Bromet EJ, Kendler KS, Kessler RC. (2017) The association between childhood adversities and subsequent first onset of psychotic experiences: a cross-national analysis of 23 998 respondents from 17 countries. Psychol Med. 2017 Jan 9:1-16. doi: 10.1017/S0033291716003263. [Epub ahead of print]
• Grácio J, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Leff J. (2016) What do We Know about Family Interventions for Psychosis at the Process Level? A Systematic Review. Fam Process. 2016 Mar;55(1):79-90. doi: 10.1111/famp.12155. Epub 2015 Apr 21.
• Kerpershoek L, de Vugt M, Wolfs C, Jelley H, Orrel M, Woods B, Stephan A, Bieber A, Meyer G, Engedal K, Selbaek G, Handels R, Wimo A, Hopper L, Irving K, Marques M, Gonçalves-Pereira M1, Portolani E, Zanetti O, Verhey F; Actifcare Consortium. (2016) Access to timely formal dementia care in Europe: protocol of the Actifcare (ACcess to Timely Formal Care) study. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Aug 23;16(1):423.
• Moura M, Silva-Dos-Santos A, Afonso J, Talina M. (2016) First-episode psychosis in a 15 year-old female with clinical presentation of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis: a case report and review of the literature. BMC Res Notes. 2016 Jul 29;9:374. doi: 10.1186/s13104-016-2180-6.
• Fayyad J, Sampson NA, Hwang I, Adamowski T, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Andrade LH, Borges G, de Girolamo G, Florescu S, Gureje O, Haro JM, Hu C, Karam EG, Lee S, Navarro-Mateu F, O'Neill S, Pennell BE, Piazza M, Posada-Villa J, Ten Have M, Torres Y, Xavier M, Zaslavsky AM, Kessler RC; WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators. (2016) The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.Atten Defic Hyperact Disord. 2016 Nov 19. [Epub ahead of print]
• Kovess-Masfety V, Evans-Lacko S, Williams D, Andrade LH, Benjet C5, Ten Have M, Wardenaar K, Karam EG, Bruffaerts R, Abdumalik J, Haro Abad JM, Florescu S, Wu B, De Jonge P, Altwaijri Y, Hinkov H, Kawakami N, Caldas-de-Almeida JM, Bromet E, de Girolamo G, Posada-Villa J, Al-Hamzawi A, Huang Y, Hu C, Viana MC, Fayyad J, Medina-Mora ME, Demyttenaere K, Lepine JP, Murphy S, Xavier M, Takeshima T, Gureje O. (2016) The role of religious advisors in mental health care in the World Mental Health surveys.Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2016 Nov 2. [Epub ahead of print]
• Baptista H, Mendes JM, MacNab YC, Xavier M, Caldas-de-Almeida J. (2016) A Gaussian random field model for similarity-based smoothing in Bayesian disease mapping. Stat Methods Med Res. 2016 Aug;25(4):1166-84. doi: 10.1177/0962280216660407.
• Slade T, Chiu WT, Glantz M, Kessler RC, Lago L, Sampson N, Al-Hamzawi A, Florescu S, Moskalewicz J, Murphy S, Navarro-Mateu F, Torres de Galvis Y, Viana MC, Xavier M, Degenhardt L. (2016) A Cross-National Examination of Differences in Classification of Lifetime Alcohol Use Disorder Between DSM-IV and DSM-5: Findings from the World Mental Health Survey. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Jul 18. doi: 10.1111/acer.13134. [Epub ahead of print]
• Scott KM, Lim CC, Hwang I, Adamowski T, Al-Hamzawi A, Bromet E, Bunting B, Ferrand MP, Florescu S, Gureje O, Hinkov H, Hu C, Karam E, Lee S, Posada-Villa J, Stein D, Tachimori H, Viana MC, Xavier M, Kessler RC. (2016) The cross-national epidemiology of DSM-IV intermittent explosive disorder. Psychol Med. 2016 Aug 30:1-12. [Epub ahead of print]
• Moreno-Küstner B, Jones R, Švab I, Maaroos H, Xavier M, Geerlings M, Torres-González F, Nazareth I, Motrico-Martínez E, Montón-Franco C, Gil-de-Gómez MJ, Sánchez-Celaya M, Díaz-Barreiros MÁ, Vicens-Caldentey C, King M. (2016) Suicidality in primary care patients who present with sadness and anhedonia: a prospective European study. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Apr 6;16(1):94. doi: 10.1186/s12888-016-0775-z.
• An international risk prediction algorithm for the onset of generalized anxiety and panic syndromes in general practice attendees: the Predict A. M. King, C. Bottomley, J. A. Bellon-Saameno, F. Torres-Gonzalez, I. Svab5, J. Rifel, H.-I. Maaroos, A. Aluoja, M. I. Geerlings, M. Xavier, I. Carraça, B. Vicente, S. Saldivia and I. Nazareth. Psychological Medicine, 2011 Jan 6.:1-15.
• Predicting the onset of major depression in primary care: international validation of a risk prediction algorithm from Spain. J Bellon, J Dios Luna, M King, B. Moreno-Kustner, I. Nazareth, M Xavier. Psychological Medicine, 2011, Oct, 41 (10):2075-88.
• Depression, anxiety and physical function: exploring the strength of causality. B Stegenga, I Nazareth, F Torres-González, M Xavier, I Svab, M Geerlings, C Bottomley, L Marston, M King. J Epidemiol Community Health. Jun 21, 2011.
• Heavy Episodic Drinking in Europe: A Cross Section Study in Primary Care in Six European Countries. I Nazareth, C Walker, A Ridolfi, A Aluoja, J Bellon , M Geerlings, I Svab, M Xavier and M King. Alcohol and Alcoholism, Sep-Oct; 46(5): 600-606, 2011.
• Development and Validation of a Risk Model for Prediction of Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in General Practice Attendees: The PredictAL Study. M King, L Marston, I Švab, HI Maaroos, M Geerlings, M Xavier et al. PLoS One. 2011; 6(8):e22175.
• Associations between unemployment and major depressive disorder: Evidence from an international, prospective study (the predict cohort). Jefferis BJ, Nazareth I, Marston L, Moreno-Kustner B, Bellón JÁ, Svab I, Rotar D, Geerlings MI, Xavier M, Goncalves-Pereira M, Vicente B, Saldivia S, Aluoja A, Kalda R, King M. Soc Sci Med. 2011 Dec;73(11):1627-34.

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