Opinion pieces, interviews, podcasts and video on depression, anxiety, cognition and psychedelics, plus a selection of scientific articles.
A conversation with Paulo Farinha about the moment when anxiety, a normal human response, starts to interfere with daily life. It covers diagnostic criteria, panic, the need for control and treatment options.
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Video podcast episode, as a guest, on depression and mental exhaustion.
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Short video on whether an optimistic attitude can help prevent mental illness and complement treatment.
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Episode of Bial's video series, built around the question «can you die of love?».
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Acknowledges the potential of psychedelic substances but warns against use outside a clinical setting, fuelled by enthusiasm on social…
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Resting and switching off have become a luxury, even though they are essential to mental health.
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Describes the association between depression and a higher cardiovascular risk and worse prognosis, especially in heart failure.
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Starts from World Health Organization figures to show how little attention depression receives and challenges the idea of a merely…
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In the special feature «Understanding Depression», frames depression as an illness with biological components, including inflammation and oxidative stress, and…
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Presents mood, cardiovascular and cognitive disorders as a triad with shared mechanisms, and points to exercise, cognitive…
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News report on the completion of his PhD at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon, unanimously approved with distinction, with…
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Popular science article on the interlinked dysfunction of the cognitive, cardiovascular and mood systems in depression, with oxidative stress as…
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Presents depression as the leading cause of disability worldwide and draws on measurable organic changes, such as reduced…
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Popular science text on the biological mechanisms of depression beyond the monoamine hypothesis.
Read summaryA conversation with Paulo Farinha about the moment when anxiety, a normal human response, starts to interfere with daily life.
Read summaryVideo podcast episode, as a guest, on depression and mental exhaustion.
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Episode of the public education series «Para lá da depressão» (Beyond depression) on the role of positive emotions in mental health.
Read summaryShort video on whether an optimistic attitude can help prevent mental illness and complement treatment.
Read summaryEpisode of Bial's video series, built around the question «can you die of love?».
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Video presentation of the course «Introduction to Psychedelic Therapy: Research and Clinical Practice», at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.
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Post about the inaugural lecture of the first edition of the course at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon.
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The inaugural university course in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy concluded after bringing together an outstanding faculty and a community of…
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