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Karen Jansen is affiliated with Universidade Católica de Pelotas in Brazil. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health. They have contributed extensively to areas including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, and Social Psychology.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Schizophrenia research and treatment
  • Tryptophan and brain disorders
  • Stress Responses and Cortisol
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access

Several frequent co-authors have collaborated with Karen Jansen, including:

  • Ricardo Azevedo da Silva
  • Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza
  • Thaíse Campos Mondin
  • Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso
  • Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira

Karen Jansen has published in numerous scientific journals, with repeated contributions to:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Psychiatry Research Communications

Key publications include:

  • "Resilience as a mediator factor in the relationship between childhood trauma and mood disorder: A community sample of young adults" (2020) in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • "CD300f immunoreceptor is associated with major depressive disorder and decreased microglial metabolic fitness" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Internet addiction in students from an educational institution in Southern Brazil: prevalence and associated factors" (2020) in Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • "A closer look at the epidemiology of schizophrenia and common mental disorders in Brazil" (2020) in Dementia & Neuropsychologia
  • "BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and resilience in major depressive disorder: the impact of cognitive psychotherapy" (2020) in Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry

Best Publications

  • Kynurenine pathway dysfunction in the pathophysiology and treatment of depression: evidences from animal and human studies

    Gislaine Z. Réus;Karen Jansen;Karen Jansen;Stephanie Titus;André F. Carvalho

  • The impact of maternal post-partum depression on the language development of children at 12 months

    L. A. Quevedo;R. A. Silva;R. Godoy;K. Jansen

  • Sociodemographic risk factors of perinatal depression: a cohort study in the public health care system

    Ricardo Silva;Karen Jansen;Luciano Souza;Luciana Quevedo

  • Childhood trauma and suicide risk in a sample of young individuals aged 14–35 years in southern Brazil

    Luana Porto Barbosa;Luciana Quevedo;Giovanna Del Grande da Silva;Karen Jansen

  • Fatores associados à idade da primeira relação sexual em jovens: estudo de base populacional

    Tairana Dias de Oliveira Hugo;Vanessa Teixeira Maier;Karen Jansen;Cristine Eliane Gomes Rodrigues

  • PERCEPTIONS OF CONTROL AND LONG-TERM RECOVERY FROM RAPE

    Cheryl Regehr;Susan Cadell;Karen Jansen

  • Psychiatric and substance-use comorbidities associated with lifetime crack cocaine use in young adults in the general population

    Joana C.M. Narvaez;Karen Jansen;Ricardo T. Pinheiro;Flávio Kapczinski

  • Childhood trauma, family history, and their association with mood disorders in early adulthood

    K. Jansen;K. Jansen;T. A. Cardoso;T. A. Cardoso;G. R. Fries;G. R. Fries;J. C. Branco

  • Suicidal ideation in adolescents aged 11 to 15 years: prevalence and associated factors

    Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza;Ricardo Azevedo da Silva;Karen Jansen;Renata Peretti Kuhn

  • Neurotrophic Factors, Clinical Features and Gender Differences in Depression

    Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;Thaise Campos Mondin;Carolina David Wiener;Melina Bazili Marques

  • Peripheral oxidative damage in early-stage mood disorders: a nested population-based case-control study.

    Pedro Vieira da Silva Magalhães;Karen Jansen;Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro;Gabriela Delevati Colpo

  • Serum levels of nerve growth factor (NGF) in patients with major depression disorder and suicide risk

    Carolina David Wiener;Sharon de Mello Ferreira;Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira;Guilherme Bittencourt

  • The effect of proinflammatory cytokines in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira;Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;Thaíse Campos Mondin;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

  • Depression during pregnancy in the Brazilian public health care system

    Ricardo Azevedo da Silva;Karen Jansen;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza;Inácia Gomes da Silva Moraes

  • Cocaine abuse and effects in the serum levels of cytokines IL-6 and IL-10

    Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira;João Ricardo Carvalho Medeiros;Alfredo Cardoso Lhullier;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

  • Mental common disorders and quality of life in young adulthoods: a population-based sample in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

    Karen Jansen;Thaíse Campos Mondin;Liliane da Costa Ores;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

  • Metabolic syndrome in subjects with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder in a current depressive episode: Population-based study: Metabolic syndrome in current depressive episode

    Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira;Karen Jansen;Karen Jansen;Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;Thaíse Campos Mondin

  • Prevalence of suicide risk and comorbidities in postpartum women in Pelotas

    Daniele Tavares;Luciana Quevedo;Karen Jansen;Luciano Souza

  • Prevalence of episodes of mania and hypomania and associated comorbidities among young adults

    Karen Jansen;Liliane da Costa Ores;Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;Rosangela da Costa Lima

  • Biological rhythms in bipolar and depressive disorders: A community study with drug-naïve young adults.

    Augusto Duarte Faria;Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;Thaise Campos Mondin;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

  • Depressão pós-parto e percepção de suporte social durante a gestação

    Caroline Elizabeth Konradt;Ricardo Azevedo da Silva;Karen Jansen;Daniela Martins Vianna

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Azevedo da Silva
Ricardo Azevedo da Silva Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza
Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health
Femke Lamers
Femke Lamers Amsterdam UMC
Jules Angst
Jules Angst University of Zurich
Gisele Gus Manfro
Gisele Gus Manfro Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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