Publications by authors named "Camila MagalhAes Silveira"
Introduction: Alcohol Use Disorders are frequently comorbid with personality disorders. However, the heterogeneity of the prevalence estimates is high, and most data come from high income countries. Our aim is to estimate the prevalence and association between alcohol use outcomes and the three DSM-5 clusters of personality disorders in a representative sample of the São Paulo Metropolitan Area.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEstimating Service Needs for Alcohol and Other Drug Users According to a Tiered Framework: The Case of the São Paulo, Brazil, Metropolitan Area.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs Suppl
January 2019
Objective: The purpose of this study was to estimate the need for population-level services for alcohol and other drug abuse in support of local planning.
Method: Data were drawn from a subsample of 2,942 interviewees from the São Paulo Megacity Study, which evaluated mental health in the general population (18 years and older) of residents in the São Paulo metropolitan area. This population was classified into five hierarchical categories of severity, making it possible to obtain estimates of need for services, combining evaluation criteria regarding drug and alcohol use and general and mental health comorbidities over the last 12 months.
Background: We assessed comorbid associations of 12-month DSM-IV mood/any anxiety disorders with chronic physical conditions within the São Paulo (SP) Megacity Mental Health cross-sectional survey of 5037 participants and explored whether strength of comorbid associations were modified when controlling for demographics.
Methods: Chi-square tests and logistic regressions were used to examine comorbid associations of DSM-IV mood/anxiety disorders as measured by the WHO Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI 3.0), and self-reported chronic physical conditions among adults from the SP Megacity Mental Health Survey.
Article Synopsis
- The study examined the effects of neighborhood social deprivation and individual socioeconomic status on alcohol use disorders in Brazil, a topic less explored compared to high-income countries.
- The research involved a sample of over 5,000 adults in São Paulo, using established diagnostic interviews to assess various alcohol-related disturbances.
- The findings indicated that greater neighborhood deprivation was linked to higher rates of alcohol issues, with variations noted between males and females in terms of correlates like education and employment.
Objective: To investigate drinking patterns and gender differences in alcohol-related problems in a Brazilian population, with an emphasis on the frequency of heavy drinking.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a probability adult household sample (n = 1,464) in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Alcohol intake and ICD-10 psychopathology diagnoses were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview 1.
Article Synopsis
- Rapid population growth in megacities like São Paulo is linked to increased social inequality and mental disorders, with about 30% of adults reporting a mental health issue in the past year.
- Most common disorders include anxiety (19.9%) and mood disorders (11%), with factors like exposure to violence and neighborhood deprivation influencing prevalence.
- Only one-third of those with severe mental disorders sought treatment, indicating a critical gap in mental health care accessibility for vulnerable populations, particularly women and migrant men in deprived areas.
Aims: To evaluate sociodemographic correlates associated with transitions from alcohol use to disorders and remission in a Brazilian population.
Methods: Data are from a probabilistic, multi-stage clustered sample of adult household residents in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area. Alcohol use, regular use (at least 12 drinks/year), DSM-IV abuse and dependence and remission from alcohol use disorders (AUDs) were assessed with the World Mental Health version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview.
The aim of the study was to examine the psychosis continuum in a Latin-American community setting. Data were from the Brazilian São Paulo Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study, a cross-sectional survey conducted in two boroughs of the city of São Paulo. The Composite International Diagnosis Interview (version 1.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Cognitive changes due to crack cocaine consumption remain unclear.
Methods: For clarification, 55 subjects were assigned to three groups: control group, crack cocaine current users, and ex-users. Participants were submitted to Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and tasks evaluating executive functioning and verbal memory.
Background: Decreased signal intensity in the corpus callosum, reported in adult bipolar disorder patients, has been regarded as an indicator of abnormalities in myelination. Here we compared the callosal signal intensity of children and adolescents with bipolar disorder to that of matched healthy subjects, to investigate the hypothesis that callosal myelination is abnormal in pediatric bipolar patients.
Methods: Children and adolescents with DSM-IV bipolar disorder (n=16, mean age+/-S.
Objective: The aims of this study were to quantify heavy episodic drinking (HED) among adults living in two middle-class boroughs in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, and to estimate possible effects of gender, age, and other sociodemographic factors.
Method: Data were taken from the São Paulo Catchment Area Study. A representative sample (N = 1,464) of the adult population living in households was assessed through Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 1.