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MEDICINA Y SEGURIDAD DEL TRABAJO . 70(277):229-237. 2024 Interaction of Val66Met Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and 5-HTTLPR Serotonin Transporter Gene Polymorphisms with Lifetime Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Primary Care Patients. GENES. 15(11). 2024 Life and last year prevalence of psychiatric disorders in primary level of care in a region of southern Chile. GACETA MEDICA ESPIRITUANA. 26:1-14. 2024 Adaptation and Validation of the Canadian Mental Health Literacy Test TMHHSCG in Chilean students. REVISTA CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD. 21(1):1-22. 2023 Increased academic stress is associated with decreased plasma BDNF in Chilean college students. PEERJ. 11. 2023 Interaction of Val66Met BDNF and 5-HTTLPR polymorphisms with prevalence of post-earthquake 27-F PTSD in Chilean population. PEERJ. 11. 2023 Effect of sensorimotor rehabilitation based on an immersive virtual reality model on mental health. 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EUREKA-REVISTA CIENTIFICA DE PSICOLOGIA. 17(1):162-187. 2020 Etifoxine is non-inferior than clonazepam for reduction of anxiety symptoms in the treatment of anxiety disorders: a randomized, double blind, non-inferiority trial. PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY. 237(11):3357-3367. 2020 Gabapentin Inhibits Multiple Steps in the Amyloid Beta Toxicity Cascade. ACS CHEMICAL NEUROSCIENCE. 11(19):3064-3076. 2020 Impact of child abuse on the prevalence of mental disorders in chilean children and adolescents. CIENCIA Y ENFERMERIA. 26:1-6. 2020 Percentage of total weight loss and weight regain in bariatric patients: A time perspective analysis. REVISTA CHILENA DE NUTRICION. 47(1):41-49. 2020 Psychometric Properties of SISCO-II Inventory of Academic Stress. REVISTA IBEROAMERICANA DE DIAGNOSTICO Y EVALUACION-E AVALIACAO PSICOLOGICA. 3(56):101-116. 2020 Health metal services within educational process. HUMANIDADES MEDICAS. 19(1):47-64. 2019 Intrapartum synthetic oxytocin exposure and risk of postpartum depression. REVISTA CHILENA DE OBSTETRICIA Y GINECOLOGIA. 84(3):196-207. 2019 Psychological factors influencing weight regain after bariatric surgery. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 147(11):1390-1397. 2019 Psychological predictors of the regain of weight in bariatric patients. TERAPIA PSICOLOGICA. 37(3):199-209. 2019 Psychometric characteristics of the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9). REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 147(1):53-60. 2019 Effect of Cholesterol on Membrane Fluidity and Association of A beta Oligomers and Subsequent Neuronal Damage: A Double-Edged Sword. FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE. 10:1-1. 2018 Mental health in the Americas: an overview of the treatment gap. REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 42:1-10. 2018 Potential benefit of N-acetylcistein for the management of cocaine base paste addiction. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 56(3):186-193. 2018 Pre-disaster PTSD as a moderator of the relationship between natural disaster and suicidal ideation over time. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 230:7-14. 2018 Risk of eating disorders in Chilean adolescents of different types educational establishments. ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION. 68(3):217-223. 2018 Virtual reality and its applications in metal disorders: a review. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 56(2):127-135. 2018 Evaluation of the results of the actions of detection, diagnosis and treatment of the depressive episode carried out in patients attended in primary care from the province of Concepción, Chile. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 55(3):160-169. 2017 Longitudinal course of disaster-related PTSD among a prospective sample of adult chilean natural disaster survivors. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY. 46(2):440-452. 2017 Mental disorders over-diagnosis and DSM diagnosis criteria: Jerome Wakefield´s perspective. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 55(3):186-194. 2017 Suicide attempt and risk factors among adolescent students of Chile. REVISTA DE PSICOPATOLOGIA Y PSICOLOGIA CLINICA. 22(1):33-42. 2017 Biopsychosocial depression determinants in patients treated in Primary Health Centers at Concepción, Chile. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 54(2):102-112. 2016 Concepcion inventory. Development of a screening instrument for depression in primary care in Chile. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 144(5):555-562. 2016 Prevalence and gaps today; mental health tomorrow. ACTA BIOETHICA. 22(1):51-61. 2016 Association between serotonin transporter and monoamine oxidase A gene polymorphisms and depression. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 143:1252-1259. 2015 Brain-derived neurotrophic factor as a marker of suicidal behavior in major depressive disorder patients . REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 53(1):44-52. 2015 Reliability and validity of the adapted Scale of Attentional Deficit (EDAH) in Chilean students. SALUD MENTAL. 38(4):245-252. 2015 Development of an algorithm to predict the incidence of major depression among primary care consultants. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 142(3):323-329. 2014 Separation anxiety, social phobia and generalized anxiety disorder in the chilean epidemiological study of children and adolescent. JOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR. 2(3):133-133. 2014 The Maristan stigma scale: a standardized international measure of the stigma of schizophrenia and other psychoses. BMC PSYCHIATRY. 14:1-9. 2014 Challenges for psychiatric recruitment and training in Chile. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF PSYCHIATRY. 25(4):413-418. 2013 Epidemiology of ADHD in chilean children and adolescents. ADHD ATTENTION DEFICIT AND HIPERACTIVITY DISORDERS. 5:1-8. 2013 Standardization of the maristan scale of informal care in people with schizophrenia and other psychoses. ACTA PSYCHIATRICA SCANDINAVICA. 10:1-7. 2013 Suicidal behavior and psychiatric disorders in Chile. A population-based study. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 141(10):1275-1282. 2013 Validación de la entrevista diagnóstica estructurada DISC-IV para la identificación de trastornos psiquiátricos en niños y adolescentes en Chile. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 51(1):70-78. 2013 Epidemiology of mental disorders, use of service, and treatment gap in Chile.. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH. 41:7-20. 2012 Inteligencia y Conductas Delictuales en Adolescentes Chilenos. REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE CIENCIAS SOCIALES, NIÑEZ Y JUVENTUD. 10(1):441-452. 2012 Investigación en servicios de salud mental en Chile: Avances y desafíos. MEDWAVE. 12(10). 2012 Oxitocina y Comportamiento Social: Estado del Arte.. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 50(1):78-78. 2012 Perceived discrimination is a potential contributing factor to substance use nd mental health problems among primary care patients in Chile. JOURNAL OF ADDICTION MEDICINE. 6:297-303. 2012 Prevalence of child and adolescent mental disorders in Chile: a community epidemiological study. JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY. 53(10):1026-1035. 2012 Salud mental infanto-juvenil en Chile y brechas de atención sanitaria. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 140:447-457. 2012 Standardised measure of needs, stigma and informal carein schizophrenia using a bottom-up, cross-cultural approach. MENTAL HEALTH AND FAMILY MEDICINE. 9(2):125-134. 2012 Associations between unemployment and major depressive disorder: Evidence from an international, prospective study (the predict cohort). SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE. 73:1627-1634. 2011 Controversias respecto de la conceptualización del trastorno de estrés postraumático. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 49(3):288-297. 2011 Development and Validation of a Risk Model for Prediction of Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in General Practice Attendees: The PredictAL Study. PLOS ONE. 6/(8):e22175. 2011 Factores Sociales, Educacionales, Familiares, Inteligencia y Riesgo de Trastorno de Conducta en Adolescentes de Sexo Masculino. REVISTA MEXICANA DE PSICOLOGÍA. 28(2):161-171. 2011 Prevalence of child and adolescent psychiatric disorders in Santiago, Chile: a community epidemiological study. SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 0:0-0. 2011 An International çRisk Prediction Algorith for the Onset of Generalized Anxiety and Panic Syndromes in General Practice Attendees: The PredictA Study. PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 41:1-15. 2010 Análisis de la Escala para la Evaluación del Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad en Población Escolar Chilena. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 138:1502-1509. 2010 Epidemiología de Trastornos Mentales Infanto-Juveniles en la Provincia de Cautín. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 138:965-973. 2010 Medición de Resultados en Evaluaciones Económicas. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 138(2):83-86. 2010 Estudio Epidemiológico de Sucesos Traumáticos, Trastorno de Estrés Post-Traumático y Otros Trastornos Psiquiátricos en una Muestra Representativa de Chile. SALUD MENTAL. 31:145-153. 2009 Prevalencia de Trastornos Psiquiátricos en Adolescentes Infractores de Ley. Estudio Caso-Control. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 47(3):190-200. 2009 Análisis de la Escala para la Evaluación del Trastorno por Déficit de Atención con Hiperactividad en Población Escolar Chilena. ARCHIVES OF GENERAL PSYCHIATRY. 65(12):1368-1376. 2008 Childhood Trauma, Trauma in Adulthood and Psychiatric Diagnoses: Results from a Community Sample Comprehensive Psychiatry. COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY. 49:163-169. 2008 Meso-Level Comparison of Mental Health Service Availability and Use in Chile and Spain. PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 59:421-428. 2008 Meso-Level Comparison of Mental Health Service Availability and Use in Chile and Spain. PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 59:421-428. 2008 The Mini-Mental State Examination: Age and Education Distribution for a Latin American Population. AGING & MENTAL HEALTH. 12(1):66-71. 2008 Carga del Enfermar Psiquíco, Barreras y Brecha en la Atención de Salud Mental en Chile. REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 135:1591-1599. 2007 El Costo de los Cuidados Comunitarios. GACETA UNIVERSITARIA. 2(1):75-81. 2006 Epidemiology of Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and Comorbid Disorders in Chile. PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 36:1523-1533. 2006 Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of DSM-III-R Disorders in the Chile Psychiatric Prevalence Study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 163:1362-1370. 2006 Prediction of Depression in European General Practice Attendees: the PREDICT Study. BMC PUBLIC HEALTH. 6(6):1-8. 2006 Regional Differences in Psychiatric Disorders in Chile. SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 0:1-9. 2006 Training Primary Care Physicians in Chile in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression. JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS. 2006 América Latina y la Investigación en Salud Mental. GACETA UNIVERSITARIA. 1:75-79. 2005 Antecedentes y Perspectivas de la Psiquiatría Social y la Epidemiología Psiquiátrica. GACETA UNIVERSITARIA. 1(2):191-196. 2005 Los Trastornos Mentales en América Latina y el Caribe: Asunto Prioritario para la Salud Pública. REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 18(4/5):229-240. 2005 Patrones de Uso de Servicios Entre Adultos con Problemas de Salud Mental en Chile. REVISTA PANAMERICANA DE SALUD PUBLICA-PAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH. 18(4/5):263-270. 2005 Prevalencia de Trastornos Psiquiátricos en Latinoamérica: Revisión Crítica. REVISTA COLOMBIANA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 34(4):506-514. 2005 Psychiatric Disorders Among the Mapuche in Chile. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY. 51(2):119-127. 2005 Training Latin American Primary Care Physicians in the WPA Module on Depression: Results of a Multicenter Trial. PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE. 35:35-45. 2005 Alteraciones Tiroideas en Pacientes con Depresión y Trastorno de Pánico Consultantes al Servicio de Psiquiatría del Hospital Regional de Concepción. REVISTA CHILENA DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA. 42(4):251-258. 2004 Clima Organizacional en Establecimientos Dependientes de la Municipalidad de Concepción. PAIDEIA (UDEC-CONCEPCION). 36:49-61. 2004 Population Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders in Chile: 6-Month and 1-Month Rates. BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 184:299-305. 2004 Use of Mental Health. PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES. 55(1):71-76. 2004 Validación de un índice de calidad de vida en población chilena (QLI SpM). ACTA PSIQUIÁTRICA PSICOLÓGICA AMERICA LATINA. 50(1):35-41. 2004 Investigación Epidemiológica en América Latina. PSIQUIATRIA Y SALUD INTEGRAL. 3(1):16-18. 2003 The Epidemiology of Major Depressive Episodes: Results from the International Consortium of Psychiatric Epidemiology (ICPE) Surveys. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF METHODS IN PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH. 12(1):3-21. 2003 The Prevalence of Treated and Untreated mental Disorders in Five Countries. HEALTH AFFAIRS. 22:122-133. 2003 Estudio Chileno de Prevalencia de Patología Psiquiátrica (DSM-III-R/CIDI) (ECPP). REVISTA MEDICA DE CHILE. 130:527-536. 2002 Investigación Epidemiológica en América Latina. PSIQUIATRÍA Y SALUD INTEGRAL. 2(14):15-18. 2002 La Región, Chile y la Colaboración Internacional en Salud Mental. CUADERNOS DE PSIQUIATRÍA COMUNITARIA. 2(1):56-63. 2002 Psiquiatría Social Versus Epidemiología. PSIQUIATRÍA Y SALUD INTEGRAL. 2(3):27-30. 2002 Adherencia a Tratamiento Farmacológico y Remisión de Síntomas en Mujeres Tratadas por Depresión en el Nivel Primario de Atención . REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(4):225-230. 2000 Análisis Descriptivo de Intervención en Depresión en Nivel Primario de Atención-Servicio de Salud de Concepción. REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(3):162-166. 2000 Depresión en Estudio de Campo. ACTA PSIQUIÁTRICA PSICOLÓGICA AMERICA LATINA. 46(1):41-50. 2000 Determination of the Culture-Free Items of the Munich Alcoholism Test (MALT). TAIWANESE JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY. 14(2):98-110. 2000 Diferencias Etnicas en las Prevalencias de los Trastornos Psiquiátricos más Frecuentes en la Provincia de Cautín-Chile. REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(2):87-97. 2000 Distribución Urbano-Rural de los Trastornos Psiquiátricos más Frecuentes. REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(2):109-117. 2000 Ell Nivel Socio-Económico como Factor de Riesgo del Enfermar Psiquiátrico. REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(2):98-108. 2000 Epidemiología psiquiátrica(Editorial). REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(2):64-65. 2000 Legislación y Salud Mental (Editorial). REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(3):128-129. 2000 Niveles de Satisfacción de la Población Adulta de Cautín-Chile con los Servicios de Salud General y Salud Mental que Utilizan. REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(2):118-125. 2000 Prevalencia de Vida y Seis Meses de Algunos Trastornos Psiquiátricos en la Provincia de Cautín-Chile. REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(2):75-86. 2000 Salud Mental 2000 (editorial). REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(1):2-4. 2000 Salud Mental: Presente Futuro (Editorial). REVISTA DE PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(4):188-190. 2000 Utilización de la Batería Neuropsicológica Halstead-Reitan en un Servicio de Psiquiatría. REV. PSIQUIATRÍA. 17(4):240-246. 2000 libro Manual de Psiquiatría para la Atención Primaria 2001