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{"title":"Intimate partner violence and women's mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil.","authors":"Angelica Cerveira de Baumont, Géssica Sá Oliveira, Juliana Bastos de Figueiredo, Júlia Foschiera Dos Santos, Bruna Pasqualini Genro, Luísa Fernanda Habigzang, Gisele Gus Manfro","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2022-0594","DOIUrl":"10.47626/2237-6089-2022-0594","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Intimate partner violence (IPV) increased extensively around the world during the pandemic, causing severe harm to women's mental health. However, there are no studies showing these effects in Brazil. The objectives of this study were to assess perpetration of IPV and presence of depression and suicidal ideation in women living in Brazil during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Cross-sectional online survey including women living in Brazil from July 2020 to June 2021. Participants answered a 43-item self-administered questionnaire exploring their characteristics and life changes due to the pandemic (CoRonavIruS Health Impact Survey [CRISIS]), IPV (World Health Organization Violence Against Women [WHO-VAW]), and depressive symptoms or suicidal ideation (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 [PHQ-9]). We used Poisson multiple regression analyses with robust variance to model associations between IPV and mental health outcomes, considering aspects of social vulnerability as covariates.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We found high frequencies of IPV (33.3%), depression (36.1%), and suicidal ideation (19.8%) among the participants. IPV was significantly associated with depression (prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.502, p = 0.001 for one type of IPV; PR = 2.702, p < 0.001 for two or three types of IPV) and with suicidal ideation (PR = 2.264, p < 0.001 for one type of VPI; PR = 3.272, p < 0.001 for two or three types of IPV). Food insecurity, being black, lower educational levels, and being in a relationship with a person of the same gender were associated with one or both mental health outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We demonstrated associations between IPV and higher frequencies of depression and suicidal ideation in women living in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the urgency of strengthening strategies to protect women during adversity.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":"e20220594"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11790106/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9687968","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Randomized Clinical Trial on the Comparison of Effect of Asynchronous Mobile Application and Guided Brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Managing Anxiety among Medical Students.","authors":"Andrian Fajar Kusumadewi, Carla Raymondalexas Marchira, Doni Widyandana, Ronny Tri Wirasto","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2023-0713","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2023-0713","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Medical students are a population at increased risk for anxiety due to their demanding schedule and concerns about potential stigmatization, which often leads to discouragement when seeking help. COVID-19 pandemic has been reported to worsen this issue by restricting social interaction and mobility. To address this problem, an innovative method known as Asynchronous Digital Cognitive Education GAMA-AIMS (DCE GAMA-AIMS) has been introduced. Compared to traditional therapy, this modality can be accessed independently without the guidance of a therapist.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To compare the effectiveness of DCE GAMA-AIMS in reducing anxiety scores compared to guided brief Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (guided bCBT).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A non-blinding RCT was conducted on 66 medical students. The participants were equally divided into two groups, namely intervention and control. The intervention group was given DCE GAMA-AIMS, while the control was administered with guided bCBT. The data obtained were analyzed using independent t-test and ANOVAs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The application had a significant effect on reducing anxiety scores from the 2nd week (M TMAS = 18) to the 8th week (M TMAS = 13). A faster and more significant improvement was observed in the intervention group from the 1st to the 2nd week compared to the control, which began to improve in the 4th week. Furthermore, the intervention group had larger effect sizes (1.32) compared to the control (0.79) from the 1st to 8th week.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Asynchronous DCE GAMA-AIMS and guided bCBT could reduce TMAS scores in medical students with anxiety, but DCE GAMA-AIMS yielded a greater effect size.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136399664","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"U-SMILE: a brief version of the Short Multidimensional Inventory on Lifestyle Evaluation.","authors":"Raquel B De Boni, Jurema C Mota, Felipe Barreto Schuch, Daniel Alvarez Pires, Thiago Sousa Matias, Renato Sobral Monteiro-Junior, Andrea C Deslandes, Danilo R Silva, Helena Ferreira Moura, Nicole Galvão-Coelho, Fabianna Resende de Jesus-Moraleida, Flavio Kapczinski, Vicent Balanzá-Martinez","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2023-0722","DOIUrl":"10.47626/2237-6089-2023-0722","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Lifestyle Medicine comprises six domains: diet, substance use, physical activity, stress management, social connection, and sleep. The comprehensive assessment of lifestyle is challenging, but the \"Short Multidimensional Inventory on Lifestyle Evaluation\" (SMILE) was developed to fill out this gap. In this paper, we describe the development and the psychometric properties (internal consistency, concurrent and convergent validity) of a shorter version of the SMILE among university students.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data from a cross-sectional study including 369 students from 10 Brazilian universities were used. Considering a theoretical nomological net, we performed exploratory factor analysis to obtain the most parsimonious, interpretable and good-fitting model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The final model was called U-SMILE, comprised 24 items, and presented acceptable internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.73, McDonald's ω = 0.79). To evaluate the concurrent validity of the U-SMILE, we compared it to the original SMILE and found a high correlation between the instruments (Spearman's r= 0.94). Furthermore, we evaluated convergent validity by examining the U-SMILE correlation with the PHQ-9 (Spearman's r= -0.517), and GAD-7 (Spearman's r= -0.356), two validated instruments to screen for depression and anxiety, respectively.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our findings suggest that the U-SMILE is a valid instrument for assessing lifestyle among university students. We recommend that the use of U-SMILE to evaluate overall lifestyle scores rather than individual domain scores. Finally, we discuss the importance of clarifying the definitions of lifestyle and related constructs in future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49683476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Does the intensity of dissociation predict antidepressant effects 24 hours after infusion of racemic ketamine and esketamine in treatment-resistant depression? A secondary analysis from a randomized controlled trial.","authors":"Mariana V F Echegaray,&nbsp;Rodrigo P Mello,&nbsp;Guilherme M Magnavita,&nbsp;Gustavo C Leal,&nbsp;Fernanda S Correia-Melo,&nbsp;Ana Paula Jesus-Nunes,&nbsp;Flávia Vieira,&nbsp;Igor D Bandeira,&nbsp;Ana Teresa Caliman-Fontes,&nbsp;Manuela Telles,&nbsp;Lívia N F Guerreiro-Costa,&nbsp;Roberta Ferrari Marback,&nbsp;Breno Souza-Marques,&nbsp;Daniel H Lins-Silva,&nbsp;Cassio Santos-Lima,&nbsp;Taiane de Azevedo Cardoso,&nbsp;Flávio Kapczinski,&nbsp;Acioly L T Lacerda,&nbsp;Lucas C Quarantini","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2022-0593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2022-0593","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Ketamine and esketamine have both shown significant antidepressant effects in treatment-resistant depression (TRD), and conflicting evidence suggests that induced dissociation by these drugs can be a clinical predictor of esketamine/ketamine's efficacy.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This study is a secondary analysis from a bi-center, randomized, controlled trial. Participants were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive an IV infusion of esketamine (.25 mg/kg) or racemic ketamine (.50 mg/kg) over 40 minutes. Dissociative symptoms were assessed using the Clinician-Administered Dissociative State Scale (CADSS) 40 minutes following the beginning of the infusion. The variation in depression scores was measured with the Montgomery-Asberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), which was administered before the intervention as a baseline measure and 24 hrs, 72 hrs, and 7 days following infusion.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sixty-one patients were included in the analysis. Examining CADSS scores of 15 or below, for every 1-point increment in the CADSS score, there was a mean change of -0.5 (SD = 0.25; p-value 0.04) of predicted MADRS score from baseline to 24 hrs. The results for 72 hrs and 7 days following infusion were not significant. Limitations: This study was not designed to assess the relationship between ketamine or esketamine-induced dissociation and antidepressant effects as the main outcome, therefore confounding variables for this relationship were not controlled.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>We suggest a positive relationship between dissociation intensity, measured by CADSS, and antidepressant effect 24 hours after ketamine and esketamine infusion for a CADSS score of up to 15 points.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10633570","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Haloperidol versus Second-generation Antipsychotics on the cognitive performance of individuals with schizophrenia and related disorders: pairwise meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.","authors":"Daniel Prates Baldeza,&nbsp;Tais Boeira Biazus,&nbsp;Francisco Diego Rabelo-da-Ponte,&nbsp;Guilherme Pedro Nogaro,&nbsp;Dayane Santos Martins,&nbsp;João Pedro Soledade Signori,&nbsp;Vanessa Gnielka,&nbsp;Ives Cavalcante Passos,&nbsp;Letícia Sanguinetti Czepielewski,&nbsp;Maurício Kunz","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2023-0664","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2023-0664","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Despite previous literature, the superiority of Second-generation Antipsychotics (SGAs) relative to First-generation Antipsychotics- especially haloperidol - on cognitive management in schizophrenia is still controversial. Thus, we aimed to compare the effects of haloperidol versus SGAs on the cognitive performance of individuals with schizophrenia or related disorders.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted an updated systematic review and nine pairwise meta-analyses of double-blinded randomized controlled trials published up to October 30th, 2022, using Medline, Web of Science, and Embase.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-eight trials were included, enrolling 1,932 individuals. Compared to SGAs, haloperidol performed worse on cognitive composite (MD -0.13; 95% CI: -0.33 to -0.03; MD = mean difference, CI = confidence interval), processing speed (MD -0.17; 95% CI: -0.28 to -0.07), attention (MD -0.14; 95% CI: -0.26 to -0.02), motor performance (MD -0.17; 95% CI: -0.31 to -0.03), memory and verbal learning (MD -0.21; 95% CI: -0.35 to -0.08), and executive function (MD -0.27; 95% CI: -0.43 to -0.11). In contrast, there were no significant differences between SGAs and haloperidol on working memory (MD 0.10; 95% CI: -0.08 to 0.27), visual learning (MD 0.08; 95% CI: -0.05 to 0.21), social cognition (MD 0.29; 95% CI: -0.30 to 0.88), and visuoconstruction (MD 0.17; 95% CI: -0.04 to 0.39).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Haloperidol had poorer performance in global cognition and in some cognitive domains, but with small effect sizes. Therefore, it was not possible to conclude that haloperidol is certainly worse than SGAs in the long-term cognitive management of schizophrenia.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10239536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations between the triarchic traits and mental health symptoms: the role of coping styles as mediators.","authors":"Lucas de Francisco Carvalho,&nbsp;Maria Clara Romão Pontes Rolim Garcia,&nbsp;Gisele Magarotto Machado,&nbsp;Cibelle de Oliveira","doi":"110.47626/2237-6089-2023-0625","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/110.47626/2237-6089-2023-0625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We investigated relationships between the triarchic model of psychopathy, coping styles, and externalizing and internalizing symptoms, and verified the mediating effect of coping styles.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Participants were 957 adults responding to the Triarchic Psychopathy Measure, Inventory of depression and anxiety symptoms expanded version, and Crime and Analogous Behavior Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Data were analyzed using four path analyses to test our hypothesis, indicating each triarchic trait is differently associated with psychological symptoms and coping styles. We also observed the preference for some coping styles affecting the association between triarchic traits and psychological symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings suggest that coping styles affect only the associations between boldness*distress and boldness*fear, indicating that specific coping strategies can account for variations in distress and fear linked to boldness.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9593030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Functional impairment and post-stroke depression: a 6-month longitudinal study.","authors":"Larissa P Borlina Beltrami,&nbsp;Paula Teixeira Marques,&nbsp;Francisco Jaime Lopes Barbosa,&nbsp;Viviane H Flumignan Zetola,&nbsp;Marcos Christiano Lange,&nbsp;Raffael Massuda","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2022-0589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47626/2237-6089-2022-0589","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In recent decades, considerable advances have been made in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (IS) and its prevention. However, even after treatment, approximately two-thirds of patients with IS have some degree of disability that requires rehabilitation, along with an increased possibility of developing psychiatric disorders, particularly depression.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine the predictors of post-stroke depression in a 6-month period in patients with IS.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Ninety-seven patients with IS without previous depression were included in the study. The study protocol was applied during hospitalization and at 30, 90, and 180 days after hospital discharge. A binary logistic regression was then used. Age, sex, marital status, occupation, education, thrombolysis, National Institute of Health Stroke Scale, modified Rankin scale (mRS) score, Barthel index, and Mini-Mental State Examination score were included as independent variables.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of the 97 patients, 24% of patients developed post-stroke depression. In the longitudinal follow-up, an mRS score of > 0 was the lone significant predictor of depression development (odds ratio = 5.38; 95% confidence interval: 1.25-23.12; p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our results showed that in patients without previous depression, functional impairment of any degree has a 5-fold greater chance of leading to depression development in the first 6 months post-stroke as compared to that in patients without functional impairment.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9248976","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"King George III of England and Queen Maria I of Portugal: bipolar disorder and prince regents as common features of their reigns.","authors":"M da Mota Gomes, Lucio Lage Gonçalves, Elie Cheniaux, Antonio E Nardi","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0315","DOIUrl":"10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0315","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Humanity is sporadically subjected to leaders with deviant behavior, ego problems, or psychiatric disorders, potentially leading to social instability. Bipolar disorder is not common in all populations, but, coincidentally, studies suggest that it affected two sovereigns that were contemporaries, King George III of England, who died 201 years ago, and Queen Maria I of Portugal, who died 205 years ago. They lived during a time when Europe was in turmoil with the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, which also coincided with the rise of psychiatry. Both monarchs were forced to have prince regents rule in their place, due to their emotional decline, and they shared the same medical consultant, Francis Willis.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":"45 ","pages":"e20210315"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9991418/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9493082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Internet addiction and depressive symptoms: a dose-response effect mediated by levels of physical activity.","authors":"Lauro Miranda Demenech, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Rosângela Mattos Muller, Vera Regina Levien, Samuel Carvalho Dumith","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0279","DOIUrl":"10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0279","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>There are several negative impacts on the physical and mental health of people presenting internet addiction, including development of mood disorders, such as depression.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of the study was to evaluate the association between internet addiction and depressive symptoms, as well as to test the mediating role of physical activity in this association.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A cross-sectional study was conducted with undergraduate students from three universities (one private and two public institutions) in southern Brazil. Depressive symptoms were measured with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-21), internet addiction with the Internet Addiction Test (IAT-20), and physical activity with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ - short version). Poisson regression and the Karlson-Holm-Breen mediation method were used for statistical analyses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We observed a dose-response relationship between internet addiction and depressive symptoms. Levels of physical activity mediated the association between moderate internet addiction and depressive symptoms, accounting for 10.7% of the effect observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Internet addiction can be detrimental to individuals' health, contributing to development of depressive symptoms. Along with psychological and pharmacological therapies, prescription of physical activities is recommended.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":"45 ","pages":"e20210279"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9991419/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10871458","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised - Abbreviated (EPQR-A): psychometric properties of the Brazilian Portuguese version.","authors":"Victória Machado Scheibe, Augusto Mädke Brenner, Gianfranco Rizzotto de Souza, Reebeca Menegol, Pedro Armelim Almiro, Neusa Sica da Rocha","doi":"10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0342","DOIUrl":"10.47626/2237-6089-2021-0342","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised - Abbreviated (EPQR-A) consists of 24 items for assessment of the three fundamental personality traits (psychoticism, extraversion, and neuroticism) and a validity scale (lie scale). Our objectives were to assess the psychometric properties of a version of this instrument culturally adapted for Brazil.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>321 participants were recruited using a non-probabilistic method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Internal consistencies ranged from minimally acceptable to respectable, except for the psychoticism domain. Higher neuroticism scores were associated with higher depression and anxiety scores, higher extraversion scores were associated with lower levels of depression symptoms, and higher psychoticism scores were associated with higher levels of depression symptoms.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Our findings describe sustainable psychometric properties for the Brazilian Portuguese version of EPQR-A.</p>","PeriodicalId":46305,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy","volume":"45 ","pages":"e20210342"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9991414/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10132824","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}