Miguel Xavier

Datos Biográficos

ID3928901
NOMBREMiguel Xavier
NOMBRESMiguel
APELLIDOXavier
FIRMAXAVIER M
AFILIACIONESUniversidade Nova de Lisboa
ORCID0000-0003-2698-1284
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS15
TOTAL DE CITAS20
TOTAL COMO AUTOR15
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2006
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Determinants of mental health help-seeking in Europe

    Open AccessSílvia Conde, Miguel Xavier et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2026

  • Patterns and predictors of the transition between minimally adequate treatment and effective treatment coverage for mental disorders

    Open AccessAlan E Kazdin, Kazdin Ae et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2026

    BACKGROUND: The quality of mental disorder treatment varies widely, with many patients not receiving treatments based on evidence-based guidelines. We examine data from the World Mental Health (WMH) surveys to investigate prevalence and correlates of receiving effective treatment coverage (ETC) among patients receiving minimally adequate treatment (MAT) in the 12 months before interview. METHODS: Data come from 25 WMH surveys carried out in 21 co…

  • O Uso De Psicotrópicos Relacionado a Qualidade Do Sono Da Pessoa Idosa

    Open AccessThaís Monara Bezerra Ramos, Rosangela Rosendo da Silva et al.ARTICLERevista Foco2025

    Com o crescimento da longevidade, observa-se que os idosos são um grupo particularmente afetado por essas perturbações do sono. Isso está relacionado às condições físicas e psicológicas dos idosos, bem como a presença de doenças e o uso de medicamentos que reduzem as possibilidades de um boa noite de sono. Este estudo tem por objetivo, descrever acerca do uso de psicotrópicos e a sua relação com a qualidade do sono no idoso. Trata-se de um estudo…

  • Age of onset and cumulative risk of mental disorders

    Open AccessJohn J Mcgrath, Ali Al-Hamzawi et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet Psychiatry2023

    BACKGROUND: Information on the frequency and timing of mental disorder onsets across the lifespan is of fundamental importance for public health planning. Broad, cross-national estimates of this information from coordinated general population surveys were last updated in 2007. We aimed to provide updated and improved estimates of age-of-onset distributions, lifetime prevalence, and morbid risk. METHODS: In this cross-national analysis, we analyse…

  • The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder

    Open AccessWHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators, Dan J Stein et al.ARTICLEBMC Medicine2017

    BACKGROUND: There is evidence that social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a prevalent and disabling disorder. However, most of the available data on the epidemiology of this condition originate from high income countries in the West. The World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative provides an opportunity to investigate the prevalence, course, impairment, socio-demographic correlates, comorbidity, and treatment of this condition across a range of high, …

  • The descriptive epidemiology of DSM-IV Adult ADHD in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    Open Accesson behalf of the WHO World Mental Health Survey Collaborators, John Fayyad et…ARTICLEADHD Attention Deficit and…2017

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder in the World Mental Health Surveys

    Open AccessKarestan C Koenen, Andrew Ratanatharathorn et al.ARTICLEPsychological Medicine2017

    Background Traumatic events are common globally; however, comprehensive population-based cross-national data on the epidemiology of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the paradigmatic trauma-related mental disorder, are lacking. Methods Data were analyzed from 26 population surveys in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys. A total of 71 083 respondents ages 18+ participated. The Composite International Diagnostic Interview …

  • Anxious and non-anxious major depressive disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    Open AccessR C Kessler, Nancy A Sampson et al.ARTICLEEpidemiology and Psychiatric…2015

    Background. To examine cross-national patterns and correlates of lifetime and 12-month comorbid DSM-IV anxiety disorders among people with lifetime and 12-month DSM-IV major depressive disorder (MDD). Method. Nationally or regionally representative epidemiological interviews were administered to 74 045 adults in 27 surveys across 24 countries in the WHO World Mental Health (WMH) Surveys. DSM-IV MDD, a wide range of comorbid DSM-IV anxiety disorde…

  • Barriers to mental health treatment

    Open AccessLaura Helena Andrade, Jordi Alonso et al.ARTICLEPsychological Medicine2014

    Background To examine barriers to initiation and continuation of mental health treatment among individuals with common mental disorders. Method Data were from the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) surveys. Representative household samples were interviewed face to face in 24 countries. Reasons to initiate and continue treatment were examined in a subsample ( n = 636 78) and analyzed at different levels of clinical severity.…

  • Standardization of the MaristÁN scale to measure needs in people with schizophrenia and related psychoses

    Open AccessSandra Saldivia, Francisco Torres-González et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Social…2014

    OBJECTIVE: Existing measures of needs in severe mental illness have been developed mainly from professionals' viewpoints and are Eurocentric. Our aim was to standardize a measure of the needs of people with schizophrenia across several cultures and based on users' own viewpoints. METHOD: An instrument to measure needs, based on qualitative data on users', carers' and professionals' views, was tested in 164 people with schizophrenia or related psy…

  • The Prevalence and Correlates of Binge Eating Disorder in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys

    Open AccessR C Kessler, Patricia A Berglund et al.ARTICLEBiological Psychiatry2013

  • O Modelo de Falloon para intervenção familiar na esquizofrenia

    Open AccessManuel Goncalves-Pereira, Miguel Xavier et al.ARTICLEAnálise Psicológica2012

    Os autores fazem uma retrospectiva da utilização de psicoterapia comportamental em famílias de pessoas com doença mental grave, nomeadamente esquizofrenia, focando o modelo de Falloon e colaboradores (Terapia Familiar Comportamental). Trata-se de uma intervenção unifamiliar, psicoeducativa, de inspiração comportamental, que pretende melhorar a capacidade de resolução de problemas no seio da família. Os resultados estão bem documentados em termos …

  • Depression, anxiety and physical function

    Bauke T Stegenga, Irwin Nazareth et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2012Citada por: 3Referencias: 36

    BACKGROUND: Depression, anxiety and physical function may be bi-directionally related. We aim to estimate the strength of the longitudinal associations between depression, anxiety and physical function. METHODS: Prospective cohort study of general practice attendees across Europe (N=4757) assessed at baseline, 6, 12 and 24 months. Main outcome measures were Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV major depression, Patient Health …

  • Associations between unemployment and major depressive disorder

    Open AccessBarbara J Jefferis, Irwin Nazareth et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2011Citada por: 17Referencias: 21

  • Prediction of depression in European general practice attendees

    Open AccessMichael King, Weich et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2006

    Response rate to follow-up in all countries was uniformly high, which suggests that prediction will be based on almost a full cohort. The results of our reliability analysis are encouraging and suggest that data collected during the course of PREDICT will have a satisfactory level of stability. The development of a multi-factor risk score for depression will lay the foundation for future research on risk reduction in primary care. Our data will a…