ONGOING:

• Dementia in Primary Care: the Patient, the Carer and the Doctor in the Medical Encounter (2019- )

Bolsa Bayer/NOVASAÚDE AGEING 2018. 

PI: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira. Coordination: Conceição Balsinha.

• The COGCARE project - cognitive disorders and impact on caregivers: brief technology-assisted measures may be a step forward (2023- )

Bolsa CHRC/2022

PI: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira.

RECENTLY CONCLUDED:

• Prevalence of old age neuropsychiatric disorders: Contribution to mental health policy in Portugal – The 10/66 Dementia Research Group Prevalence Study in Portugal
  
  In collaboration with Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, and 10/66 Dementia Research Group (Coord: Martin Prince):
  
  PI: Miguel Xavier - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (PTDC/SAU-EPI/113652/2009); 2011-2014
  
  
• Actifcare (Access to Timely Formal Care in Dementia)
  
  EU-JPND project, coord. Prof. Frans Verhey & Prof. M. de Vugt, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  
  PI: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (FCT - JPND-HC/0001/2012); 2014-2017
  
  
• The Masters in Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion
  

  European Commission ERASMUS Lifelong Learning (with collaborators in the United Kingdom, Italy and Poland). EU Lifelong Learning Programme - 517918-LLP-1-2011-1-UK-ERASMUS-ECDCE. 

  PI: Miguel Xavier

SELECTED ARTICLES (2013-2022)

• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Xavier M, van Wijngaarden B, Papoila AL, Schene AH, Caldas de Almeida JM. Impact of psychosis on Portuguese caregivers: A cross-cultural exploration of burden, distress, positive aspects and clinical-functional correlates. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2013; 48: 325-335. 
• Alves da Silva J, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Xavier M, Mukaetova-Ladinska E. Affective disorders and risk of developing dementia: Systematic review. British Journal of Psychiatry, 2013; 202: 177-86. 
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Cardoso A, Verdelho A, Alves da Silva J, Caldas de Almeida M, Fernandes A, Raminhos C, Prina AM, Ferri C, Prince M, Xavier M. The prevalence of dementia in a Portuguese community sample: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group study. BMC Geriatrics, 2017; 17:261. 
• Wardenaar, K.J., Lim, C.C.W., Al-Hamzawi, A.O., Alonso, J., Andrade, L.H., Benjet, C., Bunting, B., de Girolamo, G., Demyttenaere, K., Florescu, S.E., Gureje, O., Hisateru, T., Hu, C., Huang, Y., Karam, E., Kiejna, A., Lepine, J.P., Navarro-Mateu, F., Oakley Browne, M., Piazza, M., Posada-Villa, J., Ten Have, M.L., Torres, Y., Xavier, M., Zarkov, Z., Kessler, R.C., Scott, K.M., de Jonge, P. The cross-national epidemiology of specific phobia in the World Mental Health Surveys. Psychol. Med, 2017; 47, 1744–1760. 
• Grácio J, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Leff J. Key elements of a family intervention for schizophrenia: A qualitative analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Family Process, 2018; 57 (1): 100-112. 
• Gonçalves-Pereira, M, Prina, AM, Cardoso, AM, da Silva, JA, Prince, M, Xavier, M. The prevalence of late-life depression in a Portuguese community sample: A 10/66 Dementia Research Group study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2019; 246, 674–681. 
• Gonçalves-Pereira, M, Zarit, SH, Cardoso, AM, Alves da Silva, J, Papoila, AL, Mateos, R. A comparison of primary and secondary caregivers of persons with dementia. Psychology and Aging, 2020; 35, 20–27. 
• Gonçalves‐Pereira M, Zarit SH, Papoila AL, Mateos R. Positive and negative experiences of caregiving in dementia: The role of sense of coherence. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2021; 36(2): 360–367. 
• Balsinha C, Iliffe S, Dias S, Freitas JA, Barreiros F, Gonçalves-Pereira M. Dementia and primary care teams: obstacles to the implementation of Portugal’s Dementia Strategy. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 2022; 23, E10.
• Marques MJ, Tan E, Woods B, Jelley H, Kerpershoek L, Hopper L, Irving K, Bieber A, Stephan A, Sköldunger A, Sjölund BM, Selbaek G, Rosvik J, Zanetti O, Portolani DM, Marôco J, De Vugt M, Verhey F, Gonçalves‐Pereira M & Actifcare Consortium. Trajectories of relationship quality in dementia: a longitudinal study in eight European countries. Aging & Mental Health, 2022; 26(11): 2307-2315.

RECENT BOOKS AND CHAPTERS:

• Verdelho A, Gonçalves-Pereira M (Eds): Neuropsychiatric symptoms in cognitive impairment and dementia. Springer, 2017. ISBN: 978-3-319-39136-6 (Print) 978-3-319-39138-0 (Online); DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-39138-0. 
• Gonçalves-Pereira M, Leuschner A. Chap. 29, Portugal. In: Burns A, Robert P, editors. Dementia Care: International Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2019. ISBN: 9780198796046. DOI:10.1093/med/9780198796046.001.0001. (pp: 219-230; DOI:10.1093/med/9780198796046.003.0029.
• Balsinha C, Gonçalves-Pereira M, Iliffe S, Freitas JA, Grave J. Healthcare delivery for older people with dementia in primary care. In: de Mendonça-Lima C, Ivbijaro G, editors. Primary Care Mental Health for Older People. Springer, Cham; 2019. ISBN: 978-3-030-10812-0 (Print) 978-3-030-10814-4 (Online) (pp: 311-329; DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-10814-4_23.
• Zhang F, Cheng ST, Gonçalves-Pereira M. Factors contributing to protection and vulnerability in dementia caregivers. In: Martin, C.R., Preedy, V.R. (Eds.), The Neuroscience of Dementia, Vol 2 (Genetics, Neurology, Behavior, and Diet in Dementia). Academic Press, Elsevier, London; 2020. pp. 709–722. 

The group has connections with international networks such as INTERDEM and the 10/66 Dementia Research Group, as well as with researchers from other Universities, national and international (for example: University College London, Bangor University, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Penn State University).

There are collaborations with different clinical services (hospital and primary health care) and with patient and family associations, such as Alzheimer Portugal.

Former members of the Research Team:

• Bernardo Barahona-Corrêa
• Conceição Balsinha
• Jaime Grácio
• Joaquim Alves da Silva
• Maria João Marques
• Pedro Mateus