Marcelo T Berlim

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Country: Brazil

Publications

  1. ncbi "Quality of life": a brand new concept for research and practice in psychiatry
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Rev Bras Psiquiatr 25:249-52. 2003
  2. ncbi Notes on antipsychiatry
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 253:61-7. 2003
  3. ncbi [Posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression]
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
    Rev Bras Psiquiatr 25:51-4. 2003
  4. ncbi Reliability and validity of the WHOQOL BREF in a sample of Brazilian outpatients with major depression
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Qual Life Res 14:561-4. 2005
  5. ncbi Psychache and suicidality in adult mood disordered outpatients in Brazil
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Mood Disorders Program, Section of Psychiatry, , Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 33:242-8. 2003
  6. ncbi Significant improvement in the quality of life of Brazilian depressed outpatients 12 weeks following the start of antidepressants
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Mood Disorders Program PROTHUM, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Psychiatry Res 153:253-9. 2007
  7. ncbi Quality of life in unipolar and bipolar depression: are there significant differences?
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Mood Disorders Program, , Porto Alegre, Brazil
    J Nerv Ment Dis 192:792-5. 2004
  8. ncbi Quality of life and depressive symptoms in patients with major depression and end-stage renal disease: a matched-pair study
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    J Psychosom Res 61:731-4. 2006
  9. ncbi Suicidal ideation and quality of life among adult Brazilian outpatients with depressive disorders
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Rua Santana 312/201, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, CEP 90040-370
    J Nerv Ment Dis 191:193-7. 2003
  10. ncbi [Review of the guidelines of the Brazilian Medical Association for the treatment of depression (Complete version)]
    Marcelo P Fleck
    Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and Programa de Transtornos de Humor, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Rev Bras Psiquiatr 31:S7-17. 2009

Detail Information

Publications18

  1. ncbi "Quality of life": a brand new concept for research and practice in psychiatry
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
    Rev Bras Psiquiatr 25:249-52. 2003
    ....
  2. ncbi Notes on antipsychiatry
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 253:61-7. 2003
    ..After the 1970s, the antipsychiatry movement became increasingly less influential, due in particular to the rejection of its politicized and reductionistic understanding of psychiatry...
  3. ncbi [Posttraumatic stress disorder and major depression]
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul UFRGS Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil
    Rev Bras Psiquiatr 25:51-4. 2003
    ....
  4. ncbi Reliability and validity of the WHOQOL BREF in a sample of Brazilian outpatients with major depression
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Qual Life Res 14:561-4. 2005
    ..In conclusion, the WHOQOL BREF seems to be a psychometrically valid and reliable instrument that it is suitable for evaluating the quality of life of Brazilian-speaking depressed outpatients...
  5. ncbi Psychache and suicidality in adult mood disordered outpatients in Brazil
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Mood Disorders Program, Section of Psychiatry, , Porto Alegre, Brazil
    Suicide Life Threat Behav 33:242-8. 2003
    ..Psychache appears to deserve its place among key suicide-related variables, and deserves the attention of clinicians working with suicidal people...
  6. ncbi Significant improvement in the quality of life of Brazilian depressed outpatients 12 weeks following the start of antidepressants
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Mood Disorders Program PROTHUM, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Psychiatry Res 153:253-9. 2007
    ..However, our findings are preliminary and suggest that additional controlled and long-term studies are needed...
  7. ncbi Quality of life in unipolar and bipolar depression: are there significant differences?
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and the Mood Disorders Program, , Porto Alegre, Brazil
    J Nerv Ment Dis 192:792-5. 2004
    ....
  8. ncbi Quality of life and depressive symptoms in patients with major depression and end-stage renal disease: a matched-pair study
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    J Psychosom Res 61:731-4. 2006
    ..CONCLUSION: The subjective QOL of patients with major depression is significantly lower than that of subjects undergoing hemodialysis...
  9. ncbi Suicidal ideation and quality of life among adult Brazilian outpatients with depressive disorders
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS, Rua Santana 312/201, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, CEP 90040-370
    J Nerv Ment Dis 191:193-7. 2003
  10. ncbi [Review of the guidelines of the Brazilian Medical Association for the treatment of depression (Complete version)]
    Marcelo P Fleck
    Departamento de Psiquiatria e Medicina Legal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and Programa de Transtornos de Humor, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    Rev Bras Psiquiatr 31:S7-17. 2009
    ..The objective of this paper is to present a review of the Guidelines Published in 2003 incorporating new evidence and recommendations...
  11. ncbi Does a brief training on suicide prevention among general hospital personnel impact their baseline attitudes towards suicidal behavior?
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Service of Psychiatry, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
    J Affect Disord 100:233-9. 2007
    ..To evaluate a brief training program on suicide prevention for front-line general hospital personnel in terms of its impact on their attitudes and beliefs towards suicidality...
  12. ncbi Double depression in adult psychiatric outpatients in Brazil: distinct from major depression?
    Jill M Holm-Denoma
    Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, USA
    Psychiatry Res 144:191-6. 2006
    ..These results may be important in understanding the phenomenology of DD in psychiatric outpatients by informing diagnostics, psychotherapy, and psychotherapeutic treatment of DD...
  13. ncbi Depression and quality of life among depressed Brazilian outpatients
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Psychiatr Serv 54:254. 2003
  14. ncbi Definition, assessment, and staging of treatment-resistant refractory major depression: a review of current concepts and methods
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Depressive Disorders Program, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec
    Can J Psychiatry 52:46-54. 2007
    ..Our paper aims to summarize the current medical literature on the conceptual and methodologic issues involved in the definition, assessment, and staging of TRD...
  15. ncbi What is the meaning of treatment resistant/refractory major depression (TRD)? A systematic review of current randomized trials
    Marcelo T Berlim
    6875 LaSalle Blvd, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, Frank B Common Pavilion, Rm F 3125, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H4H 1R3
    Eur Neuropsychopharmacol 17:696-707. 2007
    ..To summarize and discuss the conceptual and operational definitions of treatment resistant/refractory depression (TRD) by systematically reviewing randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on its somatic treatment...
  16. ncbi Using psychostimulants for treating residual symptoms in major depression
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Depressive Disorders Program and McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, Montr, Que
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 32:304. 2007
  17. ncbi Four studies on how past and current suicidality relate even when "everything but the kitchen sink" is covaried
    Thomas E Joiner
    Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
    J Abnorm Psychol 114:291-303. 2005
    ..Results provide additional support for the importance of past suicidality as a substantive risk factor for later suicidal behavior...
  18. ncbi Current trends in the assessment and somatic treatment of resistant/refractory major depression: an overview
    Marcelo T Berlim
    Depressive Disorders Program, and the McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Ann Med 40:149-59. 2008
    ....