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Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

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Psychology

D-Index
39
Citations
4602
World Ranking
8673
National Ranking
20

Overview

Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza is affiliated with the Universidade Católica de Pelotas in Brazil. Their research spans the fields of Medicine and Psychology, focusing notably on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health subfields. Their work also touches on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics covered in their publications include Bipolar Disorder and Treatment, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, Mental Health Treatment and Access, Schizophrenia Research and Treatment, and Treatment of Major Depression.

Luciano's recent papers demonstrate a particular interest in mood disorders, resilience, and suicide risk studies, as shown by selected works such as:

  • Resilience as a mediator factor in the relationship between childhood trauma and mood disorder: A community sample of young adults (2020), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and resilience in major depressive disorder: the impact of cognitive psychotherapy (2020), published in Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
  • 5-year incidence of suicide-risk in youth: A gradient tree boosting and SHAP study (2021), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Brief cognitive behavioral therapy in pregnant women at risk of postpartum depression: Pre-post therapy study in a city in southern Brazil (2021), published in Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Are big five personality traits associated to suicidal behaviour in adolescents? A systematic review and meta-analysis (2023), published in Journal of Affective Disorders

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Affective Disorders (8 publications)
  • Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (8 publications)
  • Psychiatry Research (7 publications)
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research (5 publications)
  • Psychiatry Research Communications (4 publications)

Collaboration is a significant aspect of Luciano's research activity, with frequent coauthors such as Karen Jansen, Ricardo Azevedo da Silva, Thaíse Campos Mondin, Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso, and Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira, each contributing extensively to joint works.

Best Publications

  • Physical activity and quality of life

    Rodrigo Sinnott Silva;Ivelissa da Silva;Ricardo Azevedo da Silva;Luciano Souza

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

    Ricardo Silva;Karen Jansen;Luciano Souza;Luciana Quevedo

  • 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

  • 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

  • An evaluation of quality of life and its determinants among people living with HIV/AIDS from Southern Brazil

    Susane Müller Klug Passos;Susane Müller Klug Passos;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

  • Prevalência de ansiedade e fatores associados em adultos

    Camilla Oleiro da Costa;Jerônimo Costa Branco;Igor Soares Vieira;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza

  • Bem-estar psicológico e adolescência: fatores associados

    Ricardo Azevedo da Silva;Bernardo Lessa Horta;Lívia Malta Pontes;Augusto Duarte Faria

  • 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

  • Prevalência e fatores associados ao transtorno da conduta entre adolescentes: um estudo de base populacional

    Ana Laura Sica Cruzeiro;Ricardo Azevedo da Silva;Bernardo Lessa Horta;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

  • Ideação suicida na adolescência: prevalência e fatores associados

    Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza;Liliane Ores;Gabriela Teixeira de Oliveira;Ana Laura Sica Cruzeiro

  • O uso da psicoeducação no tratamento do transtorno bipolar

    Ângela Leggerini de Figueiredo;Luciano de Souza;José Caetano Dell´Áglio;Irani Iracema de Lima Argimon

  • History of childhood trauma as risk factors to suicide risk in major depression

    Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza;Mariane Lopez Molina;Ricardo Azevedo da Silva;Karen Jansen

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

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

  • Immune dysfunction in bipolar disorder and suicide risk: is there an association between peripheral corticotropin-releasing hormone and interleukin-1β?

    Xênia Monfrim;Marta Gazal;Pâmela B De Leon;Luciana Quevedo

Frequent Co-Authors

Ricardo Azevedo da Silva
Ricardo Azevedo da Silva Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Karen Jansen
Karen Jansen Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Flávia de Lima Osório
Flávia de Lima Osório Universidade de São Paulo
Jules Angst
Jules Angst University of Zurich
Femke Lamers
Femke Lamers Amsterdam UMC
Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health
Gisele Gus Manfro
Gisele Gus Manfro Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

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