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Ricardo Azevedo da Silva

Ricardo Azevedo da Silva

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Psychology

D-Index
43
Citations
5794
World Ranking
7355
National Ranking
16

Overview

Ricardo Azevedo da Silva is affiliated with the Universidade Católica de Pelotas in Brazil. Their research spans Medicine and Psychology, with a particular focus on Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry and Mental Health. The scientist's work addresses various intersecting subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Social Psychology, and Pharmacology.

The principal topics explored in their research 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, Suicide and Self-Harm Studies, and Mental Health Treatment and Access.

Selected recent papers by Ricardo Azevedo da Silva 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
  • Systemic GDF11 attenuates depression-like phenotype in aged mice via stimulation of neuronal autophagy (2023) in Nature Aging
  • Suicide Risk and Mood Disorders in Women in the Postpartum Period: a Longitudinal Study (2020) in Psychiatric Quarterly
  • A closer look at the epidemiology of schizophrenia and common mental disorders in Brazil (2020) in Dementia & Neuropsychologia
  • Traumatic brain injury hospital incidence in Brazil: an analysis of the past 10 years (2021) in Revista Brasileira de Terapia Intensiva

Ricardo Azevedo da Silva frequently publishes in the following venues:

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

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors:

  • Karen Jansen
  • Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza
  • Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso
  • Thaíse Campos Mondin
  • Fernanda Pedrotti Moreira

Best Publications

  • Physical activity and quality of life

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

  • 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

  • Uso de álcool por adolescentes: estudo de base populacional

    Eliane Schneider Strauch;Ricardo Tavares Pinheiro;Ricardo Azevedo Silva;Bernardo Lessa Horta

  • 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

  • Prevalência de ansiedade e fatores associados em adultos

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Falls by elderly people living in long-term care institutions in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

    Liege Mata Álvares;Rosângela da Costa Lima;Ricardo Azevedo da Silva

  • Mood disorders and biological rhythms in young adults: A large population-based study.

    Thaíse Campos Mondin;Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso;Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza;Karen Jansen

  • 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

  • Association between perceived social support and anxiety in pregnant adolescents

    Patrícia J. Peter;Christian L. de Mola;Mariana B. de Matos;Fábio M. Coelho

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Jansen
Karen Jansen Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza
Luciano Dias de Mattos Souza Universidade Católica de Pelotas
Gisele Gus Manfro
Gisele Gus Manfro Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Femke Lamers
Femke Lamers Amsterdam UMC
Kathleen R. Merikangas
Kathleen R. Merikangas National Institutes of Health
Jules Angst
Jules Angst University of Zurich
Raúl Fangueiro
Raúl Fangueiro University of Minho

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