Prof. Menezes graduated in Medicine at Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (1981), has a Master degree in Psychiatry and Psychological Medicine from Universidade Federal de São Paulo (1993), a MSc In Epidemiology from University of London (1992), a Phd In Psychiatry from the University of London (1995) and a habilitation from Universidade de Sao Paulo (2002). He is Professor at the Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculdade de Medicina, and coordinator of the Centre for Research on Population Mental Health of Universidade de São Paulo. He coordinated the Disease Control Coordination of the Sao Paulo State Health Secretariat from February 2019 to October 2020. He has experience in Public Health, focusing on Psychiatric Epidemiology and Global Mental Health, acting on the following subjects: psychoses, mental health in old age, common mental disorders in Primary Care. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Mental disorders account for a significant proportion of the global burden of disease. However, estimates of "disability-adjusted life years" and "years of life lost " are underestimated due to a lack of good quality data on mortality associated with mental disorders, especially in middle- and low-income countries. The present project aims to estimate the general mortality and by specific…
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders (SOP) are highly prevalent with significant morbidity and mortality. However, data on the incidence and course of SOP across the globe are still scarce, especially in developing countries. The etiology of SOP is multifactorial, involving biological and social factors, and a genuine advance in the understanding SOP depends crucially on an integra…
In recent years, burnout and common mental disorders (CMD), especially depression, have been identified as problems associated with high costs to the health of individuals and organizations, and as conditions often found in various professional groups. These problems have increasingly being investigated among health professionals. In 1994, the Brazilian Ministry of Health created the Fami…
The older population has been growing in Brazil. Hence, the elderly needs become important in a populational context. In the health field, mental disorders are important because of their high prevalence. Dementia and depression are the main disorders among senior citizens. Therefore, to diagnose mental disorders in the elderly is extremely important. One of the ways of accomplishing this …
Introduction: In the middle of numerous studies with mainly focus in the imbalance of energy balance and sedentary lifestyle as causes of obesity, we find still limited availability of effective methods for prevention and treatment of obesity. Thus, more recent studies are trying to associate weight gain with other factors such as mental health, for example, and some are finding positive …
PPD is a serious public health problem, mainly in developing countries and has important consequences for both, mother and her son. Objectives: 1) to estimate the incidence of PPD and Common Mental Disorders (CMD; 2) to estimate the association between PPD and CMD with social-economic status, domestic violence and social support. Methods: following up of a cohort started 2005 March, with …
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