Maria A Oquendo
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 75569 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Maria A Oquendo |
| PRENOMES | Maria A |
| SOBRENOME | Oquendo |
| ASSINATURA | OQUENDO M A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7901-5082 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1992 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Self-Reported Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Emerging Adults Screened for a Suicide Prevention Trial
Psychosis spectrum symptoms, including a range of unusual thoughts and perceptual abnormalities, are markers of increased vulnerability to psychotic disorders. Sexual and gender diverse (SGD) populations experience higher rates of psychotic disorders than the general population, raising the possibility that emerging adult SGD individuals may also report elevated psychosis spectrum experiences. We hypothesized that SGD emerging adults would report…
Suicidal behaviour is pathological
Some have challenged the validity of labelling suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STB) as pathological. In this paper, we argue that STB is indeed pathological, thereby, situating suicide prevention within the realm of medicine, complicating calls for the legalisation of medical assistance in dying for individuals whose sole condition is psychiatric (psychiatric medical assistance in dying (MAID)). Evidence shows STB predicts the risk of suicide; …
Suicide Risk Among Cannabis, Heroin and Cocaine Users
Individuals who use substances such as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol and nicotine are at increased risk for suicidal behavior. Our objective is to examine the relationship between substance use and suicide. An observational psychological autopsy study design was used to compare substance use in individuals who died by suicide and individuals who died by other manners. Subjects were recruited at the Medical Forensic Institute of Seville betwe…
Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Mozambique
Screening with the PC-PTSD-5 may facilitate case detection and linkages to appropriate treatment for individuals affected by potentially traumatic events in Mozambique. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Emotional contagion behavior in a group of young girls in a secondary school in Maputo, Mozambique
Background: Emotional Contagion Behavior (ECB), the synchronized expression of emotional symptoms among members of a group, has been observed globally. In Mozambique, there have been numerous reports of ECB in recent years. Since 2010 several girls from a secondary school in Maputo City, Mozambique exhibited ECB which involved repeated fainting spells, sometimes including verbal aggression and threats to colleagues and teachers. We conducted a st…
Lay HIV counselors' knowledge and attitudes toward depression
Introduction: Depression is the most common mental disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS and has a negative impact on HIV treatment outcomes. Training lay HIV counselors to identify and manage depression may contribute to improved patient access and adherence to treatment, and reduce stigma and discrimination among lay health workers toward both HIV and depression. The purpose of this study was to assess the current knowledge and attitudes o…
Women's mental health in Mozambique
The frequency of CMD among women of childbearing age in our study was higher than documented rates in high-income countries and other LMIC. Additionally, we found that motherhood was not protective and that pregnancy and the postpartum period were not stages of increased risk for most disorders. This highlights the need to expand mental health services not only for perinatal women but all women of childbearing age in this and possibly similar set…
Community Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Epilepsy in Sofala, Central Mozambique
CHWs knowledge of medical treatment and epilepsy safety/risks were adequate. However, information on the causes of epilepsy, stigmatizing attitudes, cultural treatment, and some knowledge of epileptic seizure management were low. These areas of poor knowledge should be the focus of educating CHWs in increasing their ability to provide quality care for patients with epilepsy in Mozambique
Does It Matter What Screener We Use? A Comparison of Ultra-brief PHQ-4 and E-mwTool-3 Screeners for Anxiety and Depression Among People With and Without HIV
Suicide and suicide risk
Food insecurity, mental distress and suicidal ideation in rural Africa
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, mental and substance-related disorders account for 19% of all years lived with disability, yet the intersection between poverty and mental distress is poorly understood since most psychiatric research is conducted in high-income countries. AIMS: To examine the prevalence of and associations between food insecurity, mental distress and suicidal ideation in three rural village clusters in sub-Saharan Africa. METHO…
Challenges and Opportunities in Global Mental Health
Religion and Suicide Risk
Mental Health of African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States
This study yielded new data on prevalence of mental disorders in these groups, which has important implications for clinical work with US Blacks
The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale
OBJECTIVE: Research on suicide prevention and interventions requires a standard method for assessing both suicidal ideation and behavior to identify those at risk and to track treatment response. The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) was designed to quantify the severity of suicidal ideation and behavior. The authors examined the psychometric properties of the scale. METHOD: The C-SSRS's validity relative to other measures of suicid…
Clinical Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Ataque de Nervios
Ataque de nervios (attack of nerves) is an idiom of distress generally thought of in relation to Caribbean Hispanics. The following case study discusses the presentation of ataque de nervios in a Colombian female. This case study provides insight into a different presentation of ataque de nervios in a new population that clinicians should be aware of in order to ensure accurate diagnosis. Ataque de nervios is a distinct syndrome that does not ful…
Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt
OBJECTIVE: Few studies have investigated the association between religion and suicide either in terms of Durkheim's social integration hypothesis or the hypothesis of the regulative benefits of religion. The relationship between religion and suicide attempts has received even less attention. METHOD: Depressed inpatients (N=371) who reported belonging to one specific religion or described themselves as having no religious affiliation were compared…
Spanish Adaptation of the Reasonsfor Living Inventory
The Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) is an instrument to mea sure a range of beliefs potentially important as reasons for not com mitting suicide. There is no Spanish version of this instrument. The adaptation process includes translation, back-translation, review of both versions, and application of the resulting instrument to a bilingual sample from the tar get population. This process allows for assessment of the equivalence between the Engl…
Treatment of an Indian Woman With Major Depression by a Latina Theraptis
Differential diagnosis of ataque de nervios
Characteristics of ataque de nervios, a culturally condoned expression of distress that is most frequently seen in Hispanic women, are described. It has symptoms in common with affective and anxiety disorders, with which it can co-occur, and these are delineated for purposes of differential diagnosis. Possible reasons for the preponderance of the condition in women are discussed, along with suggested intervention strategies
The Impact of Psychoanalytic Values on Transference and Countertransference
In transcultural psychoanalytically oriented treatments, the therapist must consider differences between the cultures of origin of both patient and therapist. The therapist also must be aware of a third relevant culture that affects the patient-therapist dyad: the psychoanalytic culture. The effect of the psychoanalytic culture and its values on the development of transference and countertransference is illustrated in three clinical vignettes fro…
Ataques de nervios
Mental Health of African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States
This study yielded new data on prevalence of mental disorders in these groups, which has important implications for clinical work with US Blacks
Ataques de nervios
The Impact of Psychoanalytic Values on Transference and Countertransference
In transcultural psychoanalytically oriented treatments, the therapist must consider differences between the cultures of origin of both patient and therapist. The therapist also must be aware of a third relevant culture that affects the patient-therapist dyad: the psychoanalytic culture. The effect of the psychoanalytic culture and its values on the development of transference and countertransference is illustrated in three clinical vignettes fro…
Differential diagnosis of ataque de nervios
Characteristics of ataque de nervios, a culturally condoned expression of distress that is most frequently seen in Hispanic women, are described. It has symptoms in common with affective and anxiety disorders, with which it can co-occur, and these are delineated for purposes of differential diagnosis. Possible reasons for the preponderance of the condition in women are discussed, along with suggested intervention strategies
Treatment of an Indian Woman With Major Depression by a Latina Theraptis
Spanish Adaptation of the Reasonsfor Living Inventory
The Reasons for Living Inventory (RFL) is an instrument to mea sure a range of beliefs potentially important as reasons for not com mitting suicide. There is no Spanish version of this instrument. The adaptation process includes translation, back-translation, review of both versions, and application of the resulting instrument to a bilingual sample from the tar get population. This process allows for assessment of the equivalence between the Engl…
Religious Affiliation and Suicide Attempt
OBJECTIVE: Few studies have investigated the association between religion and suicide either in terms of Durkheim's social integration hypothesis or the hypothesis of the regulative benefits of religion. The relationship between religion and suicide attempts has received even less attention. METHOD: Depressed inpatients (N=371) who reported belonging to one specific religion or described themselves as having no religious affiliation were compared…
Clinical Pitfalls in the Diagnosis of Ataque de Nervios
Ataque de nervios (attack of nerves) is an idiom of distress generally thought of in relation to Caribbean Hispanics. The following case study discusses the presentation of ataque de nervios in a Colombian female. This case study provides insight into a different presentation of ataque de nervios in a new population that clinicians should be aware of in order to ensure accurate diagnosis. Ataque de nervios is a distinct syndrome that does not ful…
The Columbia–Suicide Severity Rating Scale
OBJECTIVE: Research on suicide prevention and interventions requires a standard method for assessing both suicidal ideation and behavior to identify those at risk and to track treatment response. The Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) was designed to quantify the severity of suicidal ideation and behavior. The authors examined the psychometric properties of the scale. METHOD: The C-SSRS's validity relative to other measures of suicid…
Mental Health of African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States
This study yielded new data on prevalence of mental disorders in these groups, which has important implications for clinical work with US Blacks
Religion and Suicide Risk
Challenges and Opportunities in Global Mental Health
Suicide and suicide risk
Food insecurity, mental distress and suicidal ideation in rural Africa
BACKGROUND: In sub-Saharan Africa, mental and substance-related disorders account for 19% of all years lived with disability, yet the intersection between poverty and mental distress is poorly understood since most psychiatric research is conducted in high-income countries. AIMS: To examine the prevalence of and associations between food insecurity, mental distress and suicidal ideation in three rural village clusters in sub-Saharan Africa. METHO…
Lay HIV counselors' knowledge and attitudes toward depression
Introduction: Depression is the most common mental disorder among people living with HIV/AIDS and has a negative impact on HIV treatment outcomes. Training lay HIV counselors to identify and manage depression may contribute to improved patient access and adherence to treatment, and reduce stigma and discrimination among lay health workers toward both HIV and depression. The purpose of this study was to assess the current knowledge and attitudes o…
Women's mental health in Mozambique
The frequency of CMD among women of childbearing age in our study was higher than documented rates in high-income countries and other LMIC. Additionally, we found that motherhood was not protective and that pregnancy and the postpartum period were not stages of increased risk for most disorders. This highlights the need to expand mental health services not only for perinatal women but all women of childbearing age in this and possibly similar set…
Community Health Workers’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices towards Epilepsy in Sofala, Central Mozambique
CHWs knowledge of medical treatment and epilepsy safety/risks were adequate. However, information on the causes of epilepsy, stigmatizing attitudes, cultural treatment, and some knowledge of epileptic seizure management were low. These areas of poor knowledge should be the focus of educating CHWs in increasing their ability to provide quality care for patients with epilepsy in Mozambique
Does It Matter What Screener We Use? A Comparison of Ultra-brief PHQ-4 and E-mwTool-3 Screeners for Anxiety and Depression Among People With and Without HIV
Emotional contagion behavior in a group of young girls in a secondary school in Maputo, Mozambique
Background: Emotional Contagion Behavior (ECB), the synchronized expression of emotional symptoms among members of a group, has been observed globally. In Mozambique, there have been numerous reports of ECB in recent years. Since 2010 several girls from a secondary school in Maputo City, Mozambique exhibited ECB which involved repeated fainting spells, sometimes including verbal aggression and threats to colleagues and teachers. We conducted a st…
Screening for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in Mozambique
Screening with the PC-PTSD-5 may facilitate case detection and linkages to appropriate treatment for individuals affected by potentially traumatic events in Mozambique. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Suicidal behaviour is pathological
Some have challenged the validity of labelling suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STB) as pathological. In this paper, we argue that STB is indeed pathological, thereby, situating suicide prevention within the realm of medicine, complicating calls for the legalisation of medical assistance in dying for individuals whose sole condition is psychiatric (psychiatric medical assistance in dying (MAID)). Evidence shows STB predicts the risk of suicide; …
Suicide Risk Among Cannabis, Heroin and Cocaine Users
Individuals who use substances such as cocaine, cannabis, heroin, alcohol and nicotine are at increased risk for suicidal behavior. Our objective is to examine the relationship between substance use and suicide. An observational psychological autopsy study design was used to compare substance use in individuals who died by suicide and individuals who died by other manners. Subjects were recruited at the Medical Forensic Institute of Seville betwe…
Self-Reported Psychosis Spectrum Symptoms Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Emerging Adults Screened for a Suicide Prevention Trial
Psychosis spectrum symptoms, including a range of unusual thoughts and perceptual abnormalities, are markers of increased vulnerability to psychotic disorders. Sexual and gender diverse (SGD) populations experience higher rates of psychotic disorders than the general population, raising the possibility that emerging adult SGD individuals may also report elevated psychosis spectrum experiences. We hypothesized that SGD emerging adults would report…
Medicine (16 obras) · Psychiatry (16 obras) · Psychology (16 obras) · Clinical Psychology (10 obras) · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies (9 obras) · Mental health (7 obras) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (7 obras) · Poison control (7 obras) · Suicide prevention (7 obras) · Anxiety (5 obras)