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Overview

André F. Carvalho is affiliated with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada and focuses on research primarily within the field of medicine. Their work concentrates largely on psychiatry and mental health, clinical psychology, neurology, biological psychiatry, and pharmacology.

The specific areas of study addressed by Carvalho include bipolar disorder and treatment, tryptophan and brain disorders, schizophrenia research and treatment, electroconvulsive therapy studies, transcranial magnetic stimulation studies, treatment of major depression, and adolescent and pediatric healthcare.

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Marco Solmi
  • Jae Il Shin
  • Brendon Stubbs
  • Chih-Sung Liang
  • Ping-Tao Tseng

André F. Carvalho publishes regularly in several prominent venues, among which are:

  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • World Psychiatry
  • Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry

Significant recent papers involving Carvalho include:

  • Bipolar Disorder, 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies, 2021, Molecular Psychiatry
  • A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders, 2020, World Psychiatry
  • The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality, 2021, World Psychiatry
  • Major depressive disorder, 2023, Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Best Publications

  • Age at onset of mental disorders worldwide: large-scale meta-analysis of 192 epidemiological studies.

    Marco Solmi;Marco Solmi;Joaquim Radua;Joaquim Radua;Miriam Olivola;Enrico Croce

  • Prevalence, incidence and mortality from cardiovascular disease in patients with pooled and specific severe mental illness: a large-scale meta-analysis of 3,211,768 patients and 113,383,368 controls.

    Christoph U. Correll;Marco Solmi;Nicola Veronese;Beatrice Bortolato

  • Physical Activity and Incident Depression: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

    Felipe B. Schuch;Davy Vancampfort;Joseph Firth;Simon Rosenbaum

  • The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Najma Siddiqi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Ai Koyanagi;Dan J Siskind

  • Peripheral cytokine and chemokine alterations in depression: a meta-analysis of 82 studies.

    C. A. Köhler;T. H. Freitas;M. Maes;N. Q. De Andrade

  • The growing field of digital psychiatry: current evidence and the future of apps, social media, chatbots, and virtual reality.

    John Torous;Sandra Bucci;Imogen H Bell;Lars V Kessing

  • A meta-review of "lifestyle psychiatry": the role of exercise, smoking, diet and sleep in the prevention and treatment of mental disorders.

    Joseph Firth;Joseph Firth;Marco Solmi;Robyn E Wootton;Davy Vancampfort

  • Sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Davy Vancampfort;Joseph Firth;Felipe B. Schuch;Simon Rosenbaum;Simon Rosenbaum

  • The Safety, Tolerability and Risks Associated with the Use of Newer Generation Antidepressant Drugs: A Critical Review of the Literature.

    André F. Carvalho;Manu S. Sharma;André R. Brunoni;Eduard Vieta

  • Relationship between depression and frailty in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Pinar Soysal;Nicola Veronese;Trevor Thompson;Kai G Kahl

  • Suicidal thoughts and behaviors and social isolation: A narrative review of the literature.

    Raffaella Calati;Chiara Ferrari;Marie Brittner;Osmano Oasi

  • The Effects of Dietary Improvement on Symptoms of Depression and Anxiety: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

    Joseph Firth;Wolfgang Marx;Sarah Dash;Rebekah Carney

  • Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for the Acute Treatment of Major Depressive Episodes: A Systematic Review With Network Meta-analysis

    Andre R. Brunoni;Anna Chaimani;Adriano H. Moffa;Lais B. Razza

  • Alcohol use disorders

    Andre F Carvalho;Markus Heilig;Augusto Perez;Charlotte Probst

  • The new field of ‘precision psychiatry’

    Brisa S. Fernandes;Brisa S. Fernandes;Brisa S. Fernandes;Leanne M. Williams;Leanne M. Williams;Johann Steiner;Marion Leboyer

  • Treatment-resistant depression: Definitions, review of the evidence, and algorithmic approach

    Roger S. McIntyre;Marie-Josée Filteau;Lawrence Martin;Simon Patry

  • Peripheral Alterations in Cytokine and Chemokine Levels After Antidepressant Drug Treatment for Major Depressive Disorder: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

    Cristiano A. Köhler;Thiago H. Freitas;Brendan Stubbs;Brendan Stubbs;Michael Maes

  • Safety, tolerability, and risks associated with first- and second-generation antipsychotics: a state-of-the-art clinical review

    Marco Solmi;Andrea Murru;Isabella Pacchiarotti;Juan Undurraga

  • Physical activity protects from incident anxiety: A meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.

    Felipe B Schuch;Felipe B Schuch;Brendon Stubbs;Brendon Stubbs;Jacob Meyer;Andreas Heissel

  • Peripheral inflammatory markers in Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 175 studies

    Ka Sing P Lai;Ka Sing P Lai;Celina S Liu;Celina S Liu;Allison Rau;Allison Rau;Krista L Lanctôt

Frequent Co-Authors

Brendon Stubbs
Brendon Stubbs King's College London
Michael Maes
Michael Maes University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Michael Berk
Michael Berk Deakin University
Marco Solmi
Marco Solmi University of Ottawa
Roger S. McIntyre
Roger S. McIntyre University of Toronto
Ai Koyanagi
Ai Koyanagi University of Barcelona
Eduard Vieta
Eduard Vieta University of Barcelona
Thomas Hyphantis
Thomas Hyphantis University of Ioannina
João Quevedo
João Quevedo The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Nicola Veronese
Nicola Veronese University of Palermo

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