CONCLUÍDOS RECENTEMENTE:

• The Masters in Mental Health Recovery and Social Inclusion European Commission ERASMUS Lifelong Learning (envolvendo também investigadores do Reino Unido, Itália e Polónia).
  EU Lifelong Learning Programme - 517918-LLP-1-2011-1-UK-ERASMUS-ECDCE.
  Investigador principal em Portugal: Miguel Xavier
  
  
• Prevalence of old age neuropsychiatric disorders: Contribution to mental health policy in Portugal – The 10/66 Dementia Research Group Prevalence Study in Portugal
  Investigador principal: Miguel Xavier - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (PTDC/SAU-EPI/113652/2009); 2011-2014.
  Em colaboração com o Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, e 10/66 Dementia Research Group (Coord: Prof. Martin Prince).
  
  
• Actifcare (Access to Timely Formal Care in Dementia)
  EU-JPND project, coord. Prof. Frans Verhey & Prof. M. de Vugt, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
  Investigador principal em Portugal: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira / coordenação executiva: Maria J. Marques - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal (FCT - JPND-HC/0001/2012); 2014-2017.
  
  
• Dementia in Primary Care: the Patient, the Carer and the Doctor in the Medical Encounter (2019-2023)
  Bolsa Bayer/NOVASAÚDE AGEING 2018.
  Investigador principal: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira. Coordenação: Conceição Balsinha.
  
  
• The COGCARE project - cognitive disorders and impact on caregivers: brief technology-assisted measures may be a step forward (2023-2024)
  Bolsa CHRC/2022.
  Investigador principal: Manuel Gonçalves Pereira

• 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. 
• 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, 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.
• Harris MG, Kazdin AE, Munthali RJ, Vigo DV, Stein DJ, Viana MC, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Andrade LH, Bunting B, Chardoul S, Gureje O, Hu C, Hwang I, Karam EG, Navarro-Mateu F, Nishi D, Orozco R, Sampson NA, Scott KM, Vladescu C, Wojtyniak B, Xavier M, Zarkov Z, Kessler RC. Factors associated with satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of mental healthcare: a World Mental Health Surveys report. Int J Ment Health Syst. 2024 Mar 1;18(1):11. doi: 10.1186/s13033-024-00629-7. 
• Gonçalves‐Pereira M, Marques MJ, Alves RF, Jelley H, Wolfs C, Meyer G, Bieber A, Irving K, Hopper L, Zanetti O, Portolani DM, Selbaek G, Rosvik J, Sköldunger A, Sjölund BM, De Vugt M, Verhey F, Woods B, & Actifcare Consortium. Sense of coherence, subjective burden, and anxiety and depression symptoms in caregivers of people with dementia: causal dynamics unveiled by a longitudinal cohort study in Europe. Journal of Affective Disorders, 2025; 371: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2024.12.078 
• Stein DJ, Ruscio AM, Altwaijri Y, Chiu WT, Sampson NA, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Al-Hamzawi A, Alonso J, Chardoul S, Gureje O, Hu C, Karam EG, McGrath JJ, Navarro-Mateu F, Scott KM, Stagnaro JC, Torres Y, Vladescu C, Wciórka J, Xavier M, Kessler RC; World Mental Health Survey collaborators. Obsessive-compulsive disorder in the World Mental Health surveys. BMC Med. 2025 Jul 9;23(1):416. doi: 10.1186/s12916-025-04209-5. 

LIVROS OU CAPÍTULOS RECENTES:

• 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.
• Xavier M, Narigão M, Domingos P, Pires AM, Gago J, Barreto H, Silva FS. Programa de Desinstitucionalização em Saúde Mental. Ed. CNPSM, Ministério da Saúde. 2021
• Xavier M, Vieira F, Barreto H. Programa de Reconfiguração do Sistema Forense do Ministério da Saúde. Ed. CNPSM, Ministério da Saúde. 2022
• Xavier M et al. A reforma da saúde mental em Portugal. Ed. CNPSM, Ministério da Saúde. 2024

Medalha de Ouro de Serviços Distintos do Serviço Nacional de Saúde (Miguel Xavier, 2025)

O grupo tem conexões com redes internacionais como a INTERDEM e o 10/66 Dementia Research Group, bem como com investigadores de outras Universidades, nacionais e de outros países (por exemplo: University College London, Bangor University, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Penn State University, USI Università della Svizzera italiana).

Existem colaborações com diferentes serviços clínicos (hospitalares e de cuidados de saúde primários) e com associações de doentes e familiares, como a Alzheimer Portugal.

Antigos membros do grupo:

• Ana Rita Moura
• Bernardo Barahona-Corrêa
• Conceição Balsinha
• Jaime Grácio
• Joaquim Alves da Silva
• Maria João Marques
• Pedro Mateus
• Teresa Alves dos Reis