Psychology & Health

Team leader

José Carlos Rocha

Major interests

The mission of this research line is to promote psychosocial health and resilience.

The specific objectives are:
i) To understand psychosocial issues, and develop approaches to improve patients' quality of life
Research activities include: stress disorder-related functional impairment; new virtual reality stimuli and emotion induction techniques; biomarkers associated with cognitive impairment; cardiovascular diseases and cognitive impairment; correlation of iodine status with cognitive status in school-aged children; neuropsychological assessment of illiterate and low school level patients; new clinical trials for complex traumatic stress; impact of long-term tamoxifen therapy on bio behavioral factors in premenopausal women.

ii) To build up robust tools to assess psychological variables in health and illness
Research activities include validation of assessment tools.

iii) To study the living person as victim of labor accidents or violence, and forensic repercussions
Research activities include: sociofamilial outcomes and profile of victims of trauma; communication of healthcare providers and forensic professionals with victims of trauma.

iv) To disseminate good practices and detect/report of abuses
Activities include: health education and promotion; training of health professionals; education of patients.

Current Projects

OrthoAlign-PI-4RL-IINFACTS-2019: Orthodontic tooth movement: biomechanics involved on aligners appliances.

              
        OrthoAlign-PI-4RL-IINFACTS-2019: Orthodontic tooth movement: biomechanics involved on aligners appliances  
Principal Investigator: 
Teresa Pinho (teresa.pinho@iucs.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PI-4RL_2019
Budget: 
16.900€
Period covered: 
03/2019 - 02/2020
Abstract: 
The search for means/strategies that may subserve or enhance orthodontic movement is a current reality. Mechanical vibration and photobiomodulation (PBM) are non-invasive methods that can be applied with orthodontic treatment (OT) in order to increase the tooth movement rate, although the fundamental basis of its mechanisms of action and its predictable use remain unclear. It is well known that during OT, several therapeutic steps may lead to the following temporary alterations: reduced mouth opening, reduced bite force (BF), chewing performance interferences and appearance of muscle or joint pain. In this project we will focus on the biomechanics of clear aligners (CA) technique. We aim to understand the biomechanics involved in orthodontic tooth movement and to evaluate the possible effect of vibration and PBM on the acceleration of orthodontic tooth movement, by using customized medical devices. We also intend to verify the performance of mastication, pain pressure threshold in chewing muscles, and the incidence of Temporomandibular Disorders (TMDs), when using current orthodontic treatments such as CA in healthy individuals, without any previous signs or symptoms of TMDs.
Research Team: 
Teresa Pinho (PI), Susana Coimbra (Co-PI), Luís Moutinho Monteiro (Co-PI), Vera Almeida (Co-PI), Rui Azevedo, Virgínia Gonçalves, Vanessa Marcelino, Selma Pascoal, Óscar Carvalho, Mariana Santos, Mara Paço, Maria João Calheiros Lobo, Maria Elizabeth Tiritan, Lígia Rocha, José Carlos Ferreirinha, Filipe Samuel, Duarte Rocha, Cristina Manzanares Cespedes, António Sérgio Guimarães, Aline Gonçalves, Alexandra Costa, Albina Resende

DEBORA-PI-3RL-IINFACTS-2019: Disease, Emotion and Wellbeing: Regulated Organization of Action.

              
        DEBORA-PI-3RL-IINFACTS-2019: Disease, Emotion and Wellbeing: Regulated Organization of Action  
Principal Investigator: 
José Carlos Rocha (jose.rocha@iucs.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PFT_2019
Budget: 
4.000€
Period covered: 
03/2019 - 02/2020
Abstract: 
The emotional mediated processes between negative life-events and the actions enabling a positive outcome are capable to prevent problems and to promote happiness in societies. This pathway has been used to overcome the most challenging wellbeing difficulties, with known extreme consequences in health, considered today the most powerful modifiable disease risk factors, with known effects on relationships and economical productivity impairment. This knowledge expanded largely on last years and opened the way for new organised approaches, fine-tuned to address very specific predictors. To act we need to know exactly the best options, there is a concomitant premise of understanding the underlying factors, never disclosed nor measured. This project aims to develop or to adapt a set on very new instruments that are possible candidate variables to produce such extreme positive effect. The operational side of the project has focus on the development of twenty different instruments, some absolutely new, some very recently developed, some being developed on worldwide ongoing efforts.
Research Team: 
José Carlos Rocha (PI), Ana Teixeira (Co-PI), Maria Amélia Pçao (Co-PI), Manuela Leite, Sónia Remondes Costa, Paula Chaves, Teresa Pinho, Sara Lima, Ricardo João Teixeira, Joana Soares, Vera Almeida

AbuGenoToxTraTap-PI-3RL-IINFACTS-2019: Comparative study of the abuse and genotoxic potential deriving from sub-chronic exposure to therapeutic doses of tramadol and tapentadol.

              
        AbuGenoToxTraTap-PI-3RL-IINFACTS-2019: Comparative study of the abuse and genotoxic potential deriving from sub-chronic exposure to therapeutic doses of tramadol and tapentadol  
Principal Investigator: 
Ricardo Dinis Oliveira (ricardo.dinis@iucs.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PI-3RL_2019
Budget: 
10.000€
Period covered: 
03/2019 - 02/2020
Abstract: 
Tramadol and tapentadol are synthetic opioid analgesics widely used in the treatment of moderate to severe pain, both in acute and chronic settings. Their mechanism of action combines mu-opioid receptor agonism and neurotransmitter reuptake inhibition, acting synergistically to optimize analgesia and minimize side effects. However, adverse reactions, including serotonin syndrome and respiratory depression, have been reported, and their abuse potential has not been fully established. Since they are frequently used in a chronic context, often concomitantly with other drugs, the evaluation of their abuse, genotoxic and carcinogenic potential becomes relevant. The present study aims to evaluate the abuse potential of therapeutic doses of both opioids, sub-chronically administered to Wistar rats. Abuse- and anxiety-oriented behavioral studies, including conditioned place preference studies, will be performed upon intraperitoneal injection with tramadol, tapentadol, in single or combined administrations with naloxone, fluoxetine and MDMA. In addition, the putative genotoxic and carcinogenic effect of both opioids will be assessed by quantifying 8-OHdG levels in the same animals.
Research Team: 
Ricardo Dinis Oliveira (PI), Teresa Magalhães (Co-PI), Juliana Faria (Co-PI), Joana Barbosa, Sandra Leal, Félix Carvalho, Frederico Pereira

INSIGHT4ADHERE-PFT-IINFACTS-2019: Posological patterns, health literacy and psychosocial and clinical factors-implications for adherence to topical treatment in dermatology.

              
        INSIGHT4ADHERE-PFT-IINFACTS-2019: Posological patterns, health literacy and psychosocial and clinical factors-implications for adherence to topical treatment in dermatology  
Principal Investigator: 
Vera Almeida (vera.almeida@iucs.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PFT_2019
Budget: 
2.500€
Period covered: 
03/2019 - 02/2020
Abstract: 
Dermatosis are pathologies with high prevalence that affect the quality of life of the patient. Most skin diseases can be treated effectively and safely with topical therapies. However, non-adherence to treatment leads to the clinical ineffectiveness of this therapeutic approach, with implications not only from the point of view of patient health, but also economic on the health system. Specific parameters such as difficulty in establishing dosing instructions and treatment-related psychosocial and clinical factors have been appointed as determinants of non-adherence. In accordance, the optimization of dosing instructions in dermatology and the intervention of health professionals (including pharmacists and psychologists) may contribute to the establishment of guidelines for an adequate use of medicines and the promotion of adherence to topical treatment.
Research Team: 
Vera Almeida, : Ana Isabel Pacheco Teixeira, Carmen Maribel Bento Teixeira, Isabel Filipa Martins de Almeida, Ana Rita Almeida e Sá, Ana Rita Mendes Correia

PESQVITS-PFT-IINFACTS-2019: Health Status Profile and Quality of Life of the elderly people of the Tâmega and Sousa Region.

              
        PESQVITS-PFT-IINFACTS-2019: Health Status Profile and Quality of Life of the elderly people of the Tâmega and Sousa Region.  
Principal Investigator: 
Sara Lima (sara.lima@ipsn.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PFT_2019
Budget: 
3.000€
Period covered: 
03/2019 - 02/2020
Abstract: 
Current demographics and projections, now available for the next decades, are unmistakable about the growth of the elderly population. Aging populations are associated with an increase in pathologies of prolonged evolution, making necessary to redirect and reorganize social and health structures, in order to meet the specific needs of the populations. These issues have received considerable political attention from both national governments and international organizations, emphasizing the need to develop support and response measures tailored to the real needs and characteristics of the community. This study aims to characterize the profile of the elderly population of the region of Penafiel, regarding the health status and quality of life as well as some clinical and psychological variables associated and, therefore, produce a first mapping of the main needs and specificities in the region. This study will allow a characterization of the elderly people, redesign the measures and reorient services and structures.
Research Team: 
Sara Lima, Lurdes Teixeira, Raquel Esteves, Clarisse Magalhães, Maria de Fátima Ribeiro, Ana Isabel Teixeira, Fernanda Pereira

PCERTS-PFT-IINFACTS-2019: Behavioral Profile of the 3rd Grade Students from Schools of Tamega and Sousa Region - Penafiel.

              
        PCERTS-PFT-IINFACTS-2019: Behavioral Profile of the 3rd Grade Students from Schools of Tamega and Sousa Region - Penafiel.  
Principal Investigator: 
Clarisse Magalhães (clarisse.magalhaes@ipsn.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PFT_2019
Budget: 
3.000€
Period covered: 
03/2019 - 02/2020
Abstract: 
It is in adolescence that the acquirement of skills can be more significant and produce more impact towered to building skills, attitudes and behaviours, designated by behavioural profile (BP), that enable them to grow up healthy, in order to be accomplished and socially competent adults. Although it is a complex development phase and of considerable risk regarding the adoption of unhealthy behaviors, it is also a very favorable period for health education and health promotion interventions. We propose, through a Health Planning work, involving the students of the degree in Nursing, to draw the BP of the 1008 adolescents attending the 3rd School cycle at the schools of Tâmega and Sousa Region, to design action plans and tools of assessment of the intervention and towards the resolution of identified problems.
Research Team: 
Clarisse Magalhães, Raquel Esteves, Sara Sofia Lima, Maria de Fátima Pinto Ribeiro, Carla Susana Pedras, Maria Assunção Almeida Nogueira, Luísa Maria Seara Moreira Carneiro Aires, Gustavo Marçal Gonçalves da Silva, Maria Teresa Herdeiro

TMD&Hdache-CESPU-2018: Temporomandibular disorders, headache and psychosocial factors: a characterization and genetic study.

              
        TMD&Hdache-CESPU-2018: Temporomandibular disorders, headache and psychosocial factors: a characterization and genetic study  
Principal Investigator: 
Maria Amélia Paço (maria.paco@ipsn.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PI4AC_2018
Budget: 
5000€
Period covered: 
2018-2019
Abstract: 
TMDs is the most common chronic orofacial pain condition, being accepted that it has a multifactorial etiology with several contributing factors that may be the cause or contribute to its chronicity, namely neurobiological, neuromuscular, biomechanical and psychosocial factors. With this project, we aim to deepen the link between TMDs and associated comorbidities as primary headaches, regarding the shared common mechanisms between the two pathologies. We will apply a Next Generation approach to explore genetic variations that may act on the pathogenesis of TMDs and migraine and we expect to provide new insights regarding shared genetic risk for these conditions. Understanding the mechanisms underlying migraine and TMDs pathophysiology could lead to the development of more effective and better-tolerated therapeutic approaches to avoid the overlay of painful events. Furthermore, a deepest understanding about the presence of psychosocial factors in these patients may contribute to more efficient interventions, in the light of bio-psycho-social model.
Research Team: 
Maria Amélia Paço, Soraia Telha, Margarida Pacheco, Vera Almeida, José Carlos Rocha, Paula Chaves, Júlio Fonseca, José Alberto Coelho, Vanessa Marcelino, Miguel Ferreira, Carolina Lemos, José Monteiro, Teresa Pinho

HAI-CAVP-CESPU-2018: Handwashing Assessement Inventory: Cultural Adaptation and Validation in Portuguese Nurses.

              
        HAI-CAVP-CESPU-2018: Handwashing Assessement Inventory: Cultural Adaptation and Validation in Portuguese Nurses  
Principal Investigator: 
Maria Raquel Esteves (raquel.esteves@ipsn.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
HealthCare_2018
Budget: 
1500€
Period covered: 
2018-2019
Abstract: 
The Control of Acquired Infections in Health Care is associated with Handwashing. This project aims to validate and adapt the Handwashing Assessement Inventory for Portuguese nurses and it is composed by 3 moments: i) contact with the health institutions of the north and Order of Nurses: presentation of the project and online data collection; ii) data processing and analysis for cross-cultural adaptation and validation; iii) concurrent analysis of the scale by the Attitudes Regardings Guidelines Practices. The choice of this instrument is justified: i) reliability for concurrent analysis for Handwashing Assessement Inventory; ii) identify motivational factors and barriers to compliance with Handwashing procedures. The knowledge of the factors and the results of the application of the scale may be useful in the creation of more assertive strategies to promote adherence to Handwashing. Data processing by SPSS and AMOS; native speaker for translation validation and retroversion.
Research Team: 
Maria Raquel Esteves, Clarisse Magalhães, Sara Lima, Clara Pedras, Maria Lino, Maria Preto,

HEALTH_COM-CESPU-2018: Communication in Nursing: Construction of an instrument to identify and assess communication failures during nurses’ shifts handover.

              
        HEALTH_COM- CESPU-2018: Communication in Nursing: Construction of an instrument to identify and assess communication failures during nurses’ shifts handover  
Principal Investigator: 
Maria de Fátima Ribeiro (fatima.ribeiro@ipsn.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
HealthCare_2018
Budget: 
1500€
Period covered: 
2018-2019
Abstract: 
Understanding and making us understand is intrinsic and present at all times in our lives. It is part of the human being to be fallible, this art of communicating can, of course, suffer failures that can have various reasons and consequences (Santos et al, 2010). This project intends to build and validate an assessment instrument which identifies the nurses' perception of communication failures during the shift handover, as well as the strategies that can be used to reduce these failures. Thus, will be possible to redesign measures and reorient services and structures so that practices can be patient-centered. With communication being one of the pillars of the nursing profession, it must be valued and operate as the invigorating element for care delivery (Santos et al, 2010).
Research Team: 
Maria de Fátima Ribeiro, Sara Lima, Maria Isabel Preto, Maria Assunção Nogueira, Clarisse Magalhães, Carla Pedras, Ana Rita Duarte

PESQVITS_CESPU_2017: Health Status Profile and Quality of Life of the elderly people of the Tâmega and Sousa Region.

              
        PESQVITS_CESPU_2017: Health Status Profile and Quality of Life of the elderly people of the Tâmega and Sousa Region.   
Principal Investigator: 
Sara Sofia Fernandes Lima (sara.lima@ipsn.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
HealthCare 2017
Budget: 
2.500,00 €
Period covered: 
2017-2018
Abstract: 
Current demographics and projections, now available for the next decades, are unmistakable about the growth of the elderly population. Aging populations are associated with an increase in pathologies of prolonged evolution, making necessary to redirect and reorganize social and health structures, in order to meet the specific needs of the populations. These issues have received considerable political attention from both national governments and international organizations, emphasizing the need to develop support and response measures tailored to the real needs and characteristics of the community. This study aims to characterize the profile of the elderly population of the region of Penafiel, regarding the health status and quality of life as well as some clinical and psychological variables associated and, therefore, produce a first mapping of the main needs and specificities in the region. This study will allow a characterization of the elderly people, redesign the measures and reorient services and structures.
Research Team: 
Maria Raquel Esteves, Clarisse Magalhães, Maria de Fátima Ribeiro, Maria Lurdes Teixeira, Fernanda Pereira

PALLIATIVE-LOSS_CESPU_2017: Evaluation of the efficacy of a therapeutic intervention based on the Dignity Model in cáncer patients at end of life and the grieving process of their families.

              
        PALLIATIVE-LOSS_CESPU_2017: Evaluation of the efficacy of a therapeutic intervention based on the Dignity Model in cáncer patients at end of life and the grieving process of their families.  
Principal Investigator: 
Maria Manuela da Silva Leite (manuela.leite@iucs.cespu.pt)
Leader Institution: 
CESPU
Funding entity: 
CESPU
Programe: 
PI4AC 2017
Budget: 
1.500,00 €
Period covered: 
2017-2018
Abstract: 
Oncological palliative care, in the impossibility of curing the disease and the eminence of death, has as main objective to promote the quality of life of end-of-life patients and their families. Dignity therapy, based on the Chochinov Model, it’s a psychotherapeutic intervention that aims to address the psychosocial and existential anguish of end-of-life patients, culminating in the writing of a "legacy" for posterity, aiming at to help the patient deal with finitude. Relatives seem to be secondary elements in this process, but equally important in view of impotence in the face of the suffering of the other, the imminence of the loss of their loved one and their survival, which implies a proper process of grief. This process, although normative, is not always peaceful, and there are complicated grief’s, with negative impact on mental health and biopsychosocial repercussions.
Research Team: 
José Carlos Rocha, Ricardo Teixeira, Gerly Gonçalves

Publications Highlights

Barbosa F, Pasion R, Silvério J, Coelho CM, Marques-Teixeira J, Monteiro LC. (2019). Attention allocation to 2D and 3D emotion-inducing scenes: a neurophysiological study. Neurosci Lett. 2019 Jan 7. pii: S0304-3940(19)30017-5. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2019.01.011.

Rocha J, Rodrigues V, Santos E, Azevedo I, Machado S, Almeida V, et al. (2019). The first instrument for complex PTSD assessment: psychometric properties of the ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire. Braz J Psychiatry. 2019;00:000-000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2018-0272

Bastos, Vânia, Rocha, José Carlos, & Almeida, Thiago de. (2019). Os efeitos do rompimento de um relacionamento amoroso em estudantes universitários. Psicologia, Saúde & Doenças, 20(2), 402-413. https://dx.doi.org/10.15309/19psd200210

Lima S, Garrett C, Machado JC, Vilaça M, Pereira MG. (2019). Quality of life in patients with mild Alzheimer disease: the mediator role of mindfulness and spirituality. Aging Ment Health. 2019 Aug 14:1-8. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2019.1650891. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 31411042.

Pereira, M. G., Vilaça, M., Pedras, S., Vieira, S., & Lima, S. (2019). Validation of the spiritual and religious attitudes in dealing with illness (SpREUK) in Portuguese Alzheimer‘s patients. Journal of Religion, Spirituality and Aging. https://doi.org/10.1080/15528030.2019.1610989

Rocha J, Rodrigues V, Santos E, Azevedo I, Machado S, Almeida V, Silva, C., Almeida, J., Cloitre, M. (2019). The first instrument for complex PTSD assessment: psychometric properties of the ICD-11 Trauma Questionnaire. Braz J Psychiatry. 2019;00:000-000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1516-4446-2018-0272

Silva, F.; Almeida, I.; Guerreiro, S. & Monteiro, L.(2019). Avaliação de Estímulos Emocionais e Reatividade Psicofisiológica em Pacientes com Lesão Encefálica Adquirida. Clinical & Biomedical Research, Vol 39 (4)

Teixeira, A., Vasconcelos, V, Teixeira, M., Almeida, V., Azevedo, R., Torres, T., Sousa Lobo, J.M. Costa, P.C., Almeida, I.F. (2019) Mechanical properties of topical anti-psoriatic medicines: Implications for patient satisfaction with treatment. AAPS PharmSciTech. 20:36

Areias ME, Peixoto B, Santos I, Cruz L, Regadas A, Pinheiro C, Monteiro H, Araújo S, Carvalho T, Miranda J, Moura C, Soares J, Viana V, Quintas J, Areias JC. (2018). Neurocognitive profiles in adolescents and young adults with congenital heart disease. Rev Port Cardiol. 2018 Nov 16. pii: S0870-2551(17)30802-8.

Rocha J.C., Moreira A., Veiga V., Silva R.R. and Teixeira R.J. (2018). Perseverative Thinking, Anxiety and Emotional Coping Effects on Determinants of Academic Success. In Advances in Mental Health Studies (Chapter 07). Avid Science. ISBN: 978-93-88170-18-5

Ferreira-Silva B., Fonseca-Cardoso M., Porto MJ., Magalhães T., & Cainé L. (2018). A Comparison Among Three Multiplex Y-STR Profiling Kits for Sexual Assault Cases. J Forensic Sci. 2018 Feb 21.

Ferreira‐Silva, B., Porto, M.J., Magalhães, T., Cainé, L. (2018). Contribution to the Development of Guidelines in the Analysis of Biological Evidence in Sexual Assault Investigations. Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2018 Jul 19.

Silva M., Pereira E., Rocha A., Sousa D., Peixoto B. (2018). Neurocognitive impairment after acute coronary syndrome: Prevalence and characterization in a hospital-based cardiac rehabilitation program sample. J Cardiovasc Thorac Res. 2018;10(2):70-75.

Ivanova, M. Y., Achenbach, T., Leite, M., Almeida, V., Caldas, C., Turner, L., & Dumas, J. A. (2018). Empirically Derived Dimensional Syndromes of Self-Reported Psychopathology: Cross-Cultural Comparisons of Portuguese and US Elders. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 33 (5), 695-702.

Peixoto, B., Machado, M., Rocha, P., Macedo, C., Machado, A., Baeta, E., Gonçalves, G., Pimentel, P., Lopes, E. , Monteiro, L. (2018). Validation of the Portuguese version of Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination III in mild cognitive impairment and dementia. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine, 27(6), 781-786.

Vasconcelos V, Teixeira A, Almeida V, Teixeira M, Ramos S, Torres T, Sousa Lobo JM, Almeida IF. (2018). Patient preferences for attributes of topical anti-psoriatic medicines. J Dermatolog Treat. 2018 Nov 23:1-19.

Costa LJ., Keating E., Pestana D., Cruz Fernandes V., Maia ML., Norberto S., Pinto E., Moreira-Rosário A., Sintra D., Moreira B., Costa A., Silva S., Costa V., Martins I., Castro Mendes F., Queirós P., Peixoto B., Carlos Caldas J., Guerra A., Fontoura M., Leal S., Moreira R., Palmares Carvalho I., Matias Lima R., Martins C., Delerue-Matos C., Almeida A., Azevedo L., & Calhau C. (2017). Iodine Status and Iodised Salt Consumption in Portuguese School-Aged Children: The Iogeneration Study. Nutrients. May 5; 9: pii: E458.

Teixeira A., Oliveira C., Teixeira M., Gaio AR., Sousa Lobo JM., Almeida IF., & Almeida V. (2017). Development and validation of a novel questionnaire for adherence with topical treatments in psoriasis, QATOP. Am J Clin Dermatol. Aug;18(4):571-581.

Costa Leite J, Keating E, Pestana D, Cruz Fernandes V, Maia ML, Norberto S, Pinto E, Moreira-Rosário A, Sintra D, Moreira B, Costa A, Silva S, Costa V, Martins I, Castro Mendes F, Queirós P, Peixoto B, Carlos Caldas J, Guerra A, Fontoura M, Leal S, Moreira R, Palmares Carvalho I, Matias Lima R, Martins C, Delerue-Matos C, Almeida A, Azevedo L, Calhau C (2017). Iodine Status and Iodised Salt Consumption in Portuguese School-Aged Children: The Iogeneration Study. Nutrients. 2017; 5;9(5).

Alves MJ., Manita C., Caldas IM., Fernández-Martinez E., Gomes da Silva A., & MagalhãesT. (2016). Evolution and Analysis of Cultural and Cognitive Factors Related With Domestic Violence Against Women. J Interpers Violence. May 2.

Hill M., Johnson JA., Langlois S., Lee H., Winsor S., Dineley B., Horniachek M., Lalatta F., Ronzoni L., Barrett NA., Advani HV., Choolani M., Rabinowitz R., Pajkrt E., van Schendel RV., Henneman L., Rommers W., Bilardo CM., Rendeiro P., Ribeiro MJ., Rocha J., Bay Lund IC., Petersen B., Becher N., Vogel I., Stefánsdottir V., Ingvarsdottir S., Gottfredsdottir H., Morris S., & Chitty LS. (2016). Preferences for prenatal tests for Down syndrome: an international comparison of the views of pregnant women and health professionals. Eur J Hum Genet. Jul; 24(7):968-75.

Lima S., Gago M., Garrett C., & Pereira MG. (2016). Predictors and Moderators of Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Patients. J Alzheimers Dis. Aug 19.