Francisco Lotufo Neto
Biographic Data
| ID | 194665 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francisco Lotufo Neto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francisco |
| FAMILY NAME | Lotufo Neto |
| SIGNATURE | LOTUFO F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de São Paulo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2043-7643 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring the unseen
Uso De Celulares E Redes Sociais Por Crianças E Adolescentes No Brasil
Este estudo tem como objetivo aprofundar o conhecimento da pesquisa brasileira relativa ao uso de celulares e redes sociais por crianças e adolescentes e sua relação com a saúde mental através de uma revisão de escopo. As palavras-chave “uso”, “celular/redes sociais”, “crianças/adolescentes” e “saúde mental” foram pesquisadas em 10 bases de dados. Além da caracterização dos estudos, foi realizada uma análise de temas através da frequência das pal…
Brief intermittent intense exercise as interoceptive exposure for panic disorder
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT06073691
Advancing equity and diversity in engineering education through community based participatory research
Background Engineering students face growing mental health challenges driven by heavy workloads, competitive assessment, and a culture that normalizes stress. These vulnerabilities are compounded by structural inequalities disproportionately affecting women, marginalized racial and ethnic groups, first-generation students, and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The intersection of academic pressure with social inequities amplifies dropou…
Covid-19 E Saúde Mental De Crianças E Adolescentes No Brasil
Este estudo tem como objetivo aprofundar o conhecimento sobre a pesquisa brasileira relativa à saúde mental de crianças e adolescentes no contexto da pandemia de COVID-19 através de uma revisão de escopo. As palavras-chave “‘saúde mental’, ‘crianças’ e ‘COVID’” e “‘saúde mental’, ‘adolescentes’ e ‘COVID’” foram pesquisadas em 10 bases de dados. De 1021 publicações, 253 foram analisadas. A maioria das pesquisas foram conduzidas durante o período p…
Social skills training with a tabletop role-playing game, before and during the pandemic of 2020
Our data indicate that there is a need for further studies assessing social skills training in online contexts
Perspectives on a psychiatric outpatient service for immigrants and refugees in São Paulo, Brazil over a 15-year period
BACKGROUND: Immigrants and refugees have specific mental health needs. Studies of immigrant/refugee psychiatric patients in Latin America are scarce. AIMS: Present the profile of patients from an outpatient psychiatric service in Sao Paulo (Brazil) to better inform mental health service planning for immigrants and refugees in the Global South. METHODS: Exploratory study to characterize the sociodemographic and mental health profile of refugees an…
Personality Impairment in Children and Adolescents with ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents manifests itself in a heterogeneous manner as regards personality aspects. This study aimed to evaluate, by using the Ego Impairment Index, the personality functioning characteristics of children and adolescents between 9 and 15 years old (to be completed), diagnosed with the disorder (clinical group) and compare them with a non-clinical group. The groups included 42 participant…
Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy on Reducing Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Increasing Dyadic Adjustment and Marital Social Skills
Several kinds of marital conflict might be solved through constructive communication, development of interaction skills, and behavioral and thought modification. The aim of this study was to show results of the application of a protocol based on cognitive behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) on dyadic adjustment, marital social skills, depression, and anxiety symptoms. The sample consisted of 32 participants (16 couples) divided in two groups by leng…
Brazil’s need for mental health services with cross-cultural competence
Assessment of a penitentiary relapse prevention program
Ten structured meetings of cognitive-behavioral therapy for relapse prevention were applied with prison inmates. The project had the participation of 28 subjects, divided into a work group and control group (15 and 13 subjects respectively), who were evaluated before and after the intervention. There was no significant difference in reoffending. Despite this, the program reduced the fear of negative evaluation (especially among non-reoffenders) a…
Religiousness and mental health
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between religiosity and mental health has been a perennial source of controversy. This paper reviews the scientific evidence available for the relationship between religion and mental health. METHOD: The authors present the main studies and conclusions of a larger systematic review of 850 studies on the religion-mental health relationship published during the 20th Century identified through several databases. The prese…
History of 'Spiritist madness' in Brazil
Spiritism is widely accepted in Brazil and influences psychiatric practice, especially through religious-oriented hospitals. However, during the first half of the twentieth century it was considered an important cause of mental illness. This paper first reviews opinions on 'Spiritist madness', written by the most eminent psychiatrists of the time, and then discusses the epistemological factors that have contributed to the conflict between medicin…
Spiritist Views of Mental Disorders in Brazil
The Spiritist perspective on mental disorders exerts a great influence in Brazil. Spiritist theory supports the survival of the spirit after death with an exchange of knowledge between the incarnated and disincarnated spirits. This article reviews the texts on mental disorders and Spiritism written by four leading Spiritist authors: Allan Kardec, Bezerra de Menezes, Inácio Ferreira and Joanna de ¬ngelis. These authors advocated a model of spiritu…
History of 'Spiritist madness' in Brazil
Spiritism is widely accepted in Brazil and influences psychiatric practice, especially through religious-oriented hospitals. However, during the first half of the twentieth century it was considered an important cause of mental illness. This paper first reviews opinions on 'Spiritist madness', written by the most eminent psychiatrists of the time, and then discusses the epistemological factors that have contributed to the conflict between medicin…
Spiritist Views of Mental Disorders in Brazil
The Spiritist perspective on mental disorders exerts a great influence in Brazil. Spiritist theory supports the survival of the spirit after death with an exchange of knowledge between the incarnated and disincarnated spirits. This article reviews the texts on mental disorders and Spiritism written by four leading Spiritist authors: Allan Kardec, Bezerra de Menezes, Inácio Ferreira and Joanna de ¬ngelis. These authors advocated a model of spiritu…
History of 'Spiritist madness' in Brazil
Spiritism is widely accepted in Brazil and influences psychiatric practice, especially through religious-oriented hospitals. However, during the first half of the twentieth century it was considered an important cause of mental illness. This paper first reviews opinions on 'Spiritist madness', written by the most eminent psychiatrists of the time, and then discusses the epistemological factors that have contributed to the conflict between medicin…
Spiritist Views of Mental Disorders in Brazil
The Spiritist perspective on mental disorders exerts a great influence in Brazil. Spiritist theory supports the survival of the spirit after death with an exchange of knowledge between the incarnated and disincarnated spirits. This article reviews the texts on mental disorders and Spiritism written by four leading Spiritist authors: Allan Kardec, Bezerra de Menezes, Inácio Ferreira and Joanna de ¬ngelis. These authors advocated a model of spiritu…
Religiousness and mental health
OBJECTIVE: The relationship between religiosity and mental health has been a perennial source of controversy. This paper reviews the scientific evidence available for the relationship between religion and mental health. METHOD: The authors present the main studies and conclusions of a larger systematic review of 850 studies on the religion-mental health relationship published during the 20th Century identified through several databases. The prese…
Assessment of a penitentiary relapse prevention program
Ten structured meetings of cognitive-behavioral therapy for relapse prevention were applied with prison inmates. The project had the participation of 28 subjects, divided into a work group and control group (15 and 13 subjects respectively), who were evaluated before and after the intervention. There was no significant difference in reoffending. Despite this, the program reduced the fear of negative evaluation (especially among non-reoffenders) a…
Brazil’s need for mental health services with cross-cultural competence
Effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioral Couple Therapy on Reducing Depression and Anxiety Symptoms and Increasing Dyadic Adjustment and Marital Social Skills
Several kinds of marital conflict might be solved through constructive communication, development of interaction skills, and behavioral and thought modification. The aim of this study was to show results of the application of a protocol based on cognitive behavioral couple therapy (CBCT) on dyadic adjustment, marital social skills, depression, and anxiety symptoms. The sample consisted of 32 participants (16 couples) divided in two groups by leng…
Personality Impairment in Children and Adolescents with ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents manifests itself in a heterogeneous manner as regards personality aspects. This study aimed to evaluate, by using the Ego Impairment Index, the personality functioning characteristics of children and adolescents between 9 and 15 years old (to be completed), diagnosed with the disorder (clinical group) and compare them with a non-clinical group. The groups included 42 participant…
Perspectives on a psychiatric outpatient service for immigrants and refugees in São Paulo, Brazil over a 15-year period
BACKGROUND: Immigrants and refugees have specific mental health needs. Studies of immigrant/refugee psychiatric patients in Latin America are scarce. AIMS: Present the profile of patients from an outpatient psychiatric service in Sao Paulo (Brazil) to better inform mental health service planning for immigrants and refugees in the Global South. METHODS: Exploratory study to characterize the sociodemographic and mental health profile of refugees an…
Social skills training with a tabletop role-playing game, before and during the pandemic of 2020
Our data indicate that there is a need for further studies assessing social skills training in online contexts
Advancing equity and diversity in engineering education through community based participatory research
Background Engineering students face growing mental health challenges driven by heavy workloads, competitive assessment, and a culture that normalizes stress. These vulnerabilities are compounded by structural inequalities disproportionately affecting women, marginalized racial and ethnic groups, first-generation students, and those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. The intersection of academic pressure with social inequities amplifies dropou…
Covid-19 E Saúde Mental De Crianças E Adolescentes No Brasil
Este estudo tem como objetivo aprofundar o conhecimento sobre a pesquisa brasileira relativa à saúde mental de crianças e adolescentes no contexto da pandemia de COVID-19 através de uma revisão de escopo. As palavras-chave “‘saúde mental’, ‘crianças’ e ‘COVID’” e “‘saúde mental’, ‘adolescentes’ e ‘COVID’” foram pesquisadas em 10 bases de dados. De 1021 publicações, 253 foram analisadas. A maioria das pesquisas foram conduzidas durante o período p…
Exploring the unseen
Uso De Celulares E Redes Sociais Por Crianças E Adolescentes No Brasil
Este estudo tem como objetivo aprofundar o conhecimento da pesquisa brasileira relativa ao uso de celulares e redes sociais por crianças e adolescentes e sua relação com a saúde mental através de uma revisão de escopo. As palavras-chave “uso”, “celular/redes sociais”, “crianças/adolescentes” e “saúde mental” foram pesquisadas em 10 bases de dados. Além da caracterização dos estudos, foi realizada uma análise de temas através da frequência das pal…
Brief intermittent intense exercise as interoceptive exposure for panic disorder
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov, identifier NCT06073691
Psychiatry (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Mental health (5 works) · Anxiety (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes (2 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Cognition (2 works)